Best hello dolly plugins for WordPress
The most popular hello dolly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dolly leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of The Force (20+) and Hello Star (10+). All 17 plugins tagged “hello dolly” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hello dolly plugins
- 1.
DollyThe most installed hello dolly plugin, with 90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.
The Force20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.Hello Star
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago.
- 4.
Bye Felisha10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.Kill Howdy
10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 6.Charlie Sheen Quote Generator
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.Hello Top 100 Movie Quotes
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 8.Restful Hello Dolly
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 9.
Hello Stranger Things10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.Success Quotes
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 17 plugins tagged “hello dolly”

Dolly
Up in the last 7 days:59#17,128by Brad Parbs5 years ago
A WordPress plugin to make sure Hello Dolly stays deactivated.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

The Force
#25,550by Rohit Motwani10 years ago
This Plugin is Just Similar to the WordPress' Famous Hello Dolly Plugin. Except when activated you will randomly see a quote from The Star Wars S …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hello Star
Up in the last 7 days:846#29,902by sarahphp19 years ago
Yet another plugin inspired by Hello Dolly. This plugin shows information about the 88 constellations and their stars that are most visible given your …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bye Felisha
#33,634by lljb36 months ago
This is just a simple plugin to replace Hello Dolly. For funsies. You're welcome. Now, bye Felisha.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Kill Howdy
Up in the last 7 days:6,035#39,091by Pat Hawks14 years ago
Changes the text Howdy in the admin interface to a different greeting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Charlie Sheen Quote Generator
Up in the last 7 days:2,975#41,949by lamarant15 years ago
This plugin displays a random quote from Charlie Sheen. Includes a widget, short code, and over-writes Hello Dolly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hello Top 100 Movie Quotes
Down in the last 7 days:363#43,154by Milan Ivanović7 years ago
Display Top 100 movie quotes the same way as Hello Dolly does.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restful Hello Dolly
#44,483by Jake Spurlock10 years ago
Do you think that all of core needs to have REST support? This is the plugin for you!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hello Stranger Things
#45,592by Yakovos Frountas8 years ago
This is a fun alternative plugin of Holly Dolly. It takes all the fun of Stranger Things Series!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Success Quotes
Down in the last 7 days:5,276#48,271by rojishroy15 years ago
Need some inspiration? When activated Success Quotes plugin will show random success quotes in the top of your Wordpress admin page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ai Kotoba
#58,604by John Doe7 years ago
This is JUST a plugin. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from the LYRICS in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hello Phil
Up in the last 7 days:2,422#70,870by ryebell9 years ago
Inspired by "Hello Dolly", this provides admins with a line from Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight"...
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hola Emprendedor
Down in the last 7 days:16,492#72,681by Brandkover5 months ago
Displays inspiring quotes from great entrepreneurs in your admin dashboard. A modern and secure version of Hello Dolly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day