Best april fools plugins for WordPress
The most popular april fools plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Cornify for WordPress leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of WP Pranks (10+) and Whoa! Rotate (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “april fools” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 april fools plugins
- 1.
Cornify for WordPressThe most installed april fools plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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WP Pranks10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.Whoa! Rotate
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “april fools”

Cornify for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:300#29,291by B.7 years ago
Cornify Your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Pranks
#43,375by qwerks6 years ago
A playful plugin with several options to pull a joke/prank on your friends.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Whoa! Rotate
Down in the last 7 days:1,423#46,642by Brad Parbs14 years ago
Whoa! Rotate gives you an easy to use shortcode that will rotate your page for the user. Just use the shortcode [whoa-rotate] anywhere in a page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day