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Best date plugins for WordPress

The most popular date plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Meta and Date Remover leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Hide/Remove Metadata (20K+) and WP Date and Time Shortcode (10K+). All 179 plugins tagged “date” 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 date plugins

  1. 1.
    WP Meta and Date Remover

    The most installed date plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Hide/Remove Metadata

    20K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  3. 3.
    WP Date and Time Shortcode

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Bulk Post Update Date

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  5. 5.
    Show/Hide Content at Set Time

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 33 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  6. 6.
    Meks Time Ago

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

    10K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 25 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  8. 8.
    WP-Persian

    7K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 32 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  9. 9.
    Bulk Datetime Change

    6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  10. 10.
    Seed Buddhist Year

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

All 179 plugins tagged “date”