Best current day plugins for WordPress
The most popular current day plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Today's Date Inserter leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Date Tool (70+). All 2 plugins tagged “current day” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 current day plugins
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Today's Date InserterThe most installed current day plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Date Tool70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 2 plugins tagged “current day”
Today's Date Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:56#8,350by mulscully12 years ago
Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Date Tool
Down in the last 7 days:53#18,837by gordi55512 years ago
A simple plugin that returns the current date/time in a variety of different ways.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day