Remove Howdy
by Revault Media · Admin & Utilities
Remove the "Howdy" text in the top right corner of your dashboard.
47 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.27, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2820 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
145
now · peak 213
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-29 · 1,420 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bart Kuijper6.8y ago
Not even 10 lines of code for a feature that in my opinion should be part of WordPress core. Thank you Nick Adams for this elegantly simple plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sjoerd Linders10.4y ago
Removes ‘Howdy’ with a very tiny plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nathaniel Harter11.4y ago
I hate how it says “Howdy” by my name. I will install this on all sites. Also works with 4.2-beta3-31975 so it should work in 4.2.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dasped12.6y ago
Does exactly what it says on the tin! Get rid of that stupid Howdy nonsense once and for all…
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 800+ → 700+ down after 80 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 900+ → 800+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 1119 days in tier
- 2023-02-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- W WP Easy Replace Howdy 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
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MC Good-bye Howdy 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B - T TM Replace Howdy 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Remove Howdy 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D - E Edit Howdy 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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Change Howdy Verbiage – Raineri Software, LLC 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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