As of April 2026, Add Chat App Button is a WordPress button plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 65K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 7.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 45% this week. Top alternative: AddQuicktag.
4.8/513 reviews
2.0K+active installs
65K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
The Add Chat App Button plugin enables adding a customizable click-to-chat WhatsApp button.
The plugin lets you choose between a simple WhatsApp icon and a rectangle with a custom text label (see screenshots).
Usage
To enable the WhatsApp button, check the first checkbox in the settings page. You will find the settings page in the admin dashboard menu, under Settings->Add Chat App Button.
You must enter an international phone number (only numbers, NO plus sign (+), NO dashes(-)) in order to enable the WhatsApp button. Even if you manage to save settings into the database without entering a phone number, your button might not work properly.
The plugin settings page has two tabs: “General Settings” and “Button Design”.
The General Settings tab includes options suc…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.813 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great plugin, easy to use and free
by shlomikalfa·2 years ago
tried about 5-6 plugins before this one, this one is the best ‘free’ plugin I could find. thanks.
Good Plugin
by mjv2022·3 years ago
Good plugin. It really helps. Thanks.
Appreciate if you could add button text for default whatsapp icon style
by Vivek Narayanankutty Nair·3 years ago
Appreciate if you could add button text for default whatsapp icon style
I love it!
by zibah·3 years ago
It’s very easy to use and does what it should.
good
by Sepi·4 years ago
be better to have options about radius and have icon beside text in style
tnx
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 4This week: 58Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 7.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
78.5%
v2.0
14.9%
v1.2
5.6%
v1.1
0.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1.9
- Updated compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4
- Fixed some UI bugs in the button preview in admin settings.
Contributors
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