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MC Good-bye Howdy

by Mike Hickcox · Uncategorized

Easily remove Howdy, replace with your own words or random list, today's day and date, or daypart greeting.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
75 Health · B
Maintenance 80/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 57 average across 9,575 Uncategorized plugins

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 90/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-46% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

30

now · peak 203

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

MC Good-bye Howdy · #15982 Remove Howdy · #7795 WP Easy Replace Howd · #14348 Edit Howdy · #16183

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈140

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
2.6.5
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2020-10-22 · 5 yrs on WP
Requires WP
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
7.1

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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MC Good-bye Howdy: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mc-good-bye-howdy