Halloween Panda
Halloween decorations plugin for WordPress. Decorate your WordPress website with pumpkins, ghosts, scary carrots, bats or just display a pop-up to remember your visitors that it’s Halloween.
Consider an alternative
Halloween Panda shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (70+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 5 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.5 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Halloween Panda stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| decorations | >100 |
| halloween | #68 |
| halloween decorations | #11 |
| panda | #14 |
| scary | #13 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Halloween Panda
From the official readme · v1.0.6Description
Halloween decorations plugin for WordPress. Decorate your WordPress website with pumpkins, ghosts, scary carrots, bats or just display a pop-up to remember your visitors that it’s Halloween.
Features:
- Pop-ups
- Monsterfall(like snowfall, but with pumpkins & bats)
- Website decorations
Admin Features:
- Manage decorations
- Enable/Disable monsterfall
- Manage popups
For further information and instructions please see the plugin page
Installation
The quickest method for installing the Panda Reviews is:
- Visit Plugins -> Upload Plugin -> Choose File “halloween-panda.zip”
- Click “Install Now”
- Finally click “Activate Plugin”
If you would prefer to do things manually then follow these instructions:
- Upload the
halloween-pandafolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Changelog
1.0.6
- minor fixes, tested with WordPress 5.5.1
1.0.5
- minor fixes, tested with WordPress 4.9
1.0.4
- fixed popup style on mobile to fit the screen
- backend style fix
1.0.3
- added missing images [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-are-missing-a-lot-of-graphics-in-this-plugin/]
- backend style fix
1.0.2
- wp coding standarts fixes:
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- changed global defined vars form PX_HP_PATH to PIX_HAL_PAN_PATH [base.php]
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- changed namespace names to be unique. Ex: use PixHalloweenPanda\Models\Main as PixHalPanMainModel [base.php and other files];
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- changed all functions(who are not defined in specific class) to start with pix_halpan prefix to be sure it’s unique [base.php and other files]
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- added sanitize_text_field() function for $_POST [_controllers/hp-controller.php]
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- added a check for intval() to be sure it’s an integer [_controllers/hp-controller.php]
1.0.1
- Added 2 new full width banners
- Added 4 new montesrs for monsterfall
- Added 13 new popups
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Best Halloween Panda alternatives
All decorations plugins →| Rank | Plugin | Active installs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Christmas Panda
Christmas decorations plugin for WordPress. Decorate your WordPress website with Christmas…
|
400+ |
| 3 |
FestejarIA Lite
Add one image to the top edge and one to the left edge with simple movement, fixed sizing…
|
<10 |
FAQ
Halloween Panda: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Halloween Panda free?
Yes. Halloween Panda is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Halloween Panda safe to use in 2026?
Halloween Panda shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Halloween Panda?
Halloween Panda is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 7,841 times since it launched in October 2016. It was downloaded 95 times in the last 30 days.
Does Halloween Panda work with WordPress 7.1?
Halloween Panda is officially tested up to WordPress 5.5.22, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Halloween Panda last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.6, was released on October 16, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes Halloween Panda?
Halloween Panda is developed and maintained by pixolette.
What are the best alternatives to Halloween Panda?
The most popular alternatives to Halloween Panda are Christmas Panda (400+ installs) and FestejarIA Lite (<10 installs).
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