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Freshdesk (official)

Quickly embed the Freshdesk help widget, convert WordPress comments to tickets and seamlessly log your WordPress users into your support portal.

By Freshworks·Helpdesk·Free
2.5(8 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Freshdesk (official) is a WordPress helpdesk plugin with 900 active installations and a 2.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 47K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Customer….

2.5/58 reviews
900active installs
47K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

With the Freshdesk (official) plugin, you can now:

  • quickly integrate the help widget into your WordPress site or blog
  • convert comments on your WordPress site into Freshdesk tickets
  • allow users on WordPress to seamlessly login to your support portal via SSO

Manual Installation

  1. Download the latest version of the ‘Freshdesk (official)’ plugin from the WordPress plugin directory.
  2. Extract the zip and upload the “freshdesk-support” directory to your /wp-content/plugins directory.
  3. Go to the ‘Plugins’ page in your admin section and activate the plugin.
  4. You now have a new admin menu ‘Freshdesk’ in your WordPress admin menu bar. Click on it and configure the settings.

In case of NGNIX Server

Follow the below steps:

Case #1 – If your domain…

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Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

2.58 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.4+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.4.1

Added compatibility with other plugins that uses ‘login_message’ filter

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

FreshworksFreshworks
Plugin Info
Version
2.4.1
Last Updated
Jul 1, 2024
WP Requires
3.4+
Tested Up To
6.4.8
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
900
Downloads
47K+
Added
Mar 7, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

helpdeskfreshdeskcontact formknowledge basecustomer support software

Developer

F
Freshworks
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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