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Live from WordPress.org · Oct 14, 2026

Best Howdy Plugins for WordPress

17 plugins are tagged “howdy” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Remove Howdy with 700+ active installs.

Plugins in category17
#1 by installsRemove Howdy
Top-17 installs1.5K+
Avg. health (this page)35/100

17 Howdy plugins

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Best Howdy Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Remove Howdy Remove Howdy Remove the "Howdy" text in the top right corner of your dashboard. by Revault Media 700+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 8 years ago 34
2 TM Replace Howdy TM Replace Howdy Banish the "Howdy" greeting from the WordPress admin area with this simple to use plugin! by David Wood 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 11 years ago 33
3 SM Replace Howdy SM Replace Howdy A wordpress plugin for replace Replace Howdy with another word. by Mahabubur Rahman 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 10 years ago 32
4 WP Easy Replace Howdy WP Easy Replace Howdy Description: This plugin will Replace "Howdy" in the top right corner with "Welcome" of… by Asif Ali 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 6 months ago 40
5 MC Good-bye Howdy MC Good-bye Howdy Seven ways to replace Howdy: Random Lists, Day/Date, Daypart, or Remove. by Mike Hickcox 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 1 month ago 71
6 Edit Howdy Edit Howdy This plugin allows you to change the "Howdy" message to whatever text message you would… by Thomas Griffin 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (3) 12 years ago 26
7 Change Howdy Change Howdy Replace the "Howdy" greeting in the WordPress admin bar with a welcome message of your own. by Pankaj Anupam 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 months ago 59
8 Howdy Tweaks Howdy Tweaks Change "Howdy" and add more links to the Favorites drop-down by Kailey (trepmal) 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 10 years ago 32
9 Custom Howdy Custom Howdy Not everyone wants to see 'Howdy, ' on their WordPress admin screen. This allows you to… by csheridan 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 10 years ago 30
10 Disable/Remove Howdy Disable/Remove Howdy Easly Disable or Remove "Howdy" from the the Upper Right corner of your dashboard. by Hybrid Webs 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 7 years ago 23
11 Kill Howdy Kill Howdy Changes the text Howdy in the admin interface to a different greeting. by Pat Hawks 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5) 14 years ago 35
12 Remove Profile Dropdown in Admin Bar Remove Profile Dropdown in Admin Bar Simple plugin to hide the annoying profile dropdown that opens when you accidentally hover… by WPZOOM 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 month ago 62
13 Howdy Against Humanity Howdy Against Humanity This plugin changes the "Howdy" in the top right corner to something much more fun (and… by Mitch Canter 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 13 years ago 30
14 Remove Howdy Remove Howdy This plugin will Replace the "Howdy" with your custom text in the top right corner of your… by swadeshswain 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (4) 11 years ago 24
15 Better Howdy Better Howdy Remove and restructure the 'Howdy' line by changing 'Howdy' to 'Logged in as'. by Matt Martz 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 15 years ago 23
16 Greetings byGosh Greetings byGosh Supplements the standard greeting "Howdy" in the WordPress admin dashboard. by Kenny Moore 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 6 years ago 23
17 Howdy Howdy A WordPress plugin to remove "Howdy" from the admin bar. by Brad Parbs <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 years ago 21

Top Howdy plugins, head to head

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How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

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FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 14, 2026

What is the most popular howdy plugin for WordPress?

Remove Howdy is the most popular howdy plugin with 700+ active installs and a 5/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many howdy plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 17 plugins tagged “howdy” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Are these howdy plugins actively maintained?

0 of the top 17 howdy plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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