Personal Welcome
Personal welcome is a WordPress/MultiSite/BuddyPress plugin that lists newly registered users, and allows site administrators to send them a personalised welcome message. The welcome messages are based on templates…
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Personal Welcome shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.2 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Personal Welcome stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buddypress | >100 |
| >100 | |
| personal | >100 |
| welcome | >100 |
| wordpress MU | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Personal Welcome
From the official readme · v0.3.7Description
Personal welcome is a WordPress/MultiSite/BuddyPress plugin that lists newly registered users, and allows site administrators to send them a personalised welcome message. The welcome messages are based on templates which you can write yourself (as many templates as you like). Once a message is sent that user won’t appear again.
There are four extra management features:
- The ability to set all users as having been sent a welcome message (an easy way to bulk remove everyone from the list, for example when the plugin is first installed)
- The ability to search for a user and send them a welcome message
- The ability to set the new user as being spam
- The ability to set the new user and all their blogs as spam
Of course, the templates don’t have to be just for welcoming people – they could contain FAQs, help information or anything else.
The plugin also makes use of the __() function to allow for easy translation.
Installation
The plugin hould be installed from the WordPress plugin repository and activated. The menu item will then appear under “Super Admin” menu when using MultiSite, and under the “Users” menu when uing standard WordPress.
Changelog
0.3.7 (2013/05/29)
Tested with WordPress 3.5.1
0.3.6 (2011/03/05)
Fixed a bug with bulk setting users as welcomed
Fixed a bug with non-standard database table names
0.3.5 (2011/03/01)
Fixed a bug with form targets
0.3.4 (2011/02/11)
Made the plugin compatible with standard WordPress (which can be used by BuddyPress)
0.3.3
Fixed bug introduced in 0.3.2. Thanks to Jim from http://www.tripawds.com/ for reporting it.
0.3.2
Compatibility with WP 3.0, updated styles
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FAQ
Personal Welcome: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026
Is Personal Welcome free?
Yes. Personal Welcome is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Personal Welcome safe to use in 2026?
Personal Welcome shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Personal Welcome?
Personal Welcome is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 13,789 times since it launched in June 2009. It was downloaded 81 times in the last 30 days.
Does Personal Welcome work with WordPress 7.1?
Personal Welcome is officially tested up to WordPress 4.2.39, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Personal Welcome last updated?
The latest version, 0.3.7, was released on April 20, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Personal Welcome?
Personal Welcome is developed and maintained by Chris Taylor.
What are the best alternatives to Personal Welcome?
The most popular alternatives to Personal Welcome are Better Messages (10K+ installs), rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs) and BuddyPress Docs (6K+ installs).
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