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Edit Howdy

by Thomas Griffin · Login & Users

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This plugin allows you to change the "Howdy" message to whatever text message you would like.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 59 average across 1,444 Login & Users plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

7.6K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.72★

Rating (adjusted)

3.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+18%

105

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4278 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+18% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

105

now · peak 141

10530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Edit Howdy · #16183 you Remove Howdy · #7814 TM Replace Howdy · #12383 WP Easy Replace Howd · #14348

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-11 · 1,386 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
11.7y ago
Added
2011-07-26 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.3.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ bloree
    11.5y ago

    This changes the greeting on the admin menu, but not the rest of the site, which makes it worthless.

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  2. ★★★★★ jerryrcole
    13.4y ago

    Better than other edit howdy plugins because it lets you enter whatever greeting you want. On the down side, Howdy still appears when logged in and viewing site pages.

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  3. ★★★★★ Connie Hammond
    13.5y ago

    Works great. I was a bit afraid to install since it appears to no longer be supported, but took a chance and it’s working just fine.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-03-12 200+ → 100+ down after 366 days in tier
  2. 2023-03-12 300+ → 200+ down

Competes with

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