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Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress
One button works great but the five button promise is pure bait.
HealthyDeclining
77/100
The plugin is easy to use but features misleading claims about free button counts.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
102 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-7%
Declining
1,002 → 934 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -7% in the last year
1,002/day a year ago→934/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCall Now Button is a well-regarded, easy-to-use click-to-call plugin for WordPress, but it draws criticism for deceptive upsell practices around its multi-button feature and inconsistent support responsiveness.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, especially for mobile call functionality×3
- +Works reliably without configuration hassle×2
- +Responsive and knowledgeable support team reported by some users×2
Common complaints
- −Multiple buttons cannot appear on the same page without a paid plan, which users find deceptively advertised — the free tier's five-button offer is misleading
- −Support inquiries go unanswered for some users×2
- −Button disappears in landscape/mobile orientation
- −PHP fatal error (Call to undefined method WP_Error::has_role()) reported in version 1.4.7 (since 1.4.7)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 102 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Does what it says on the tinGlitteringFish
- 2024-07-18★★★★★No support, deceptive claimsks2019
- 2024-04-10★★★★★Site is Experiencing a Technical Issuemarkrr
- 2024-02-06★★★★★Great plugin! Great support!ttrusty
- 2023-12-06★★★★★Removing text beside the buttonmaryam2355
- 2023-09-22★★★★★Awesome PluginMarcus Kasuni
- 2022-08-04★★★★★Awesome supportvimalsoneil
- 2022-05-16★★★★★works with no problem,goodSepi
- 2022-05-04★★★★★Call button doesn't show on mobilealaa361-shot
- 2022-04-29★★★★★Good ++ Nice ++gurcantet
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
818
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
935
Prior 7-day baseline
847
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
27,198
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,467
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-12.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.12
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.86★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered