Best greeting plugins for WordPress
The most popular greeting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Change Howdy leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of wp-greet (50+) and heyly.io Video Greeting Widget (fewer than 10). All 7 plugins tagged “Greeting” 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 6 greeting plugins
- 1.
Change HowdyThe most installed greeting plugin, with 60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
wp-greet50+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
heyly.io Video Greeting WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
Howdy WorldFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
QreetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
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Uplink Hours & GreetingsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “Greeting”
Change Howdy
Up in the last 7 days:68#19,428by Pankaj Anupam3 months ago
Replace the "Howdy" greeting in the WordPress admin bar with a welcome message of your own.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-greet
Down in the last 7 days:229#20,864by tuxlog11 months ago
wp-greet sends greeting cards from your WordPress blog. It works with WordPress-, NextGen- or NextCellentGallery.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
heyly.io Video Greeting Widget
Up in the last 7 days:9,083#50,577by riinagency3 months ago
In a world full of AI, real you wins. Greet visitors with a 30-second video and swap it as easily as an Instagram Story. Up to 5 CTA buttons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Howdy World
Up in the last 7 days:14,137#56,600by Topher5 months ago
Replaces the "Howdy" in the WordPress admin toolbar with a randomly chosen greeting from 100+ languages — a different one every page load.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Qreet
Up in the last 7 days:636#59,399by qreet12 days ago
Let WooCommerce shoppers add a personal video, voice, or text message to a gift. A QR card is included so the recipient can scan and watch.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uplink Hours & Greetings
Up in the last 7 days:3,113#70,268by Stephen Walker20 days ago
Show greetings, opening countdowns, and dates from a reusable seven-day business schedule in blocks, Bricks, Etch, and shortcodes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day