Best evergreen plugins for WordPress
The most popular evergreen plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Old Post Date Remover leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Page Expiration Robot (80+) and PlexBlocks (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “evergreen” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 evergreen plugins
- 1.
WP Old Post Date RemoverThe most installed evergreen plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 16 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.
Page Expiration Robot80+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 100 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
PlexBlocksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “evergreen”
WP Old Post Date Remover
Up in the last 7 days:18#4,751by Ben Meredith7 years ago
Removes the date stamp from older posts (you choose how old), while leaving the date stamp on newer posts. Ideal for blogs with evergreen content.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(16)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Page Expiration Robot
Up in the last 7 days:86#17,413by Bill Zimmerman10 years ago
The official #1 most intelligent, scarcity countdown timer plugin ever created for WordPress to expire posts AND pages on autopilot!
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.2(100)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PlexBlocks
#64,597by ConicPlex4 months ago
Add fixed-date and evergreen countdown timers to the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day