Best birthday plugins for WordPress

The most popular birthday plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Birthday Emails leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of BP Birthday Greetings (200+) and Countdown Clock (200+). All 23 plugins tagged “birthday” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 birthday plugins

1.
Birthday Emails
The most installed birthday plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
2.
BP Birthday Greetings
200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
3.
Countdown Clock
200+ active installs. Rated 1.6 from 12 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
4.
NM Gift Registry and Wishlist Lite
200+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 25 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
5.
Birthday For WooCommerce
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
6.
Users Birthday Email
80+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
7.
Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails
80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
8.
WP Birthday Users
20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
9.
Born On This Day
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
10.
Jason Birthday Widget
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.