Best name plugins for WordPress
The most popular name plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Change Mail Sender leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Rename Taxonomies by WebMan (1K+) and Last Name First Name (400+). All 13 plugins tagged “name” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 name plugins
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Change Mail SenderThe most installed name plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Rename Taxonomies by WebMan1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Last Name First Name400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Display Name Author Permalink200+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Nordic Name Days10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Require First and Last Name10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Esmâ-ül Hüsnâ10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.
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LH Personalised Content10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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OutsourcingVN Change category nameFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 13 plugins tagged “name”
Change Mail Sender
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,264by Syed Balkhi1 year ago
Easily change the default WordPress from email name and from email address.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Rename Taxonomies by WebMan
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,449by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Customizes text and menu labels for any registered taxonomy using a simple interface.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Last Name First Name
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,170by isao homma12 years ago
ユーザー管理画面で、名前の表示順や入力順を「名」→「姓」から「姓」→「名」にします。
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Name Author Permalink
Down in the last 7 days:191#11,146by Michael Torbert8 years ago
Replaces the username for author permalinks with the users display name. Returns a 404 if the author permalink using the actual username is used.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Nordic Name Days
#30,142by Sami Keijonen12 years ago
Register shortcode [sk-nnd-name-days] to display current day of the weeek, day and name day.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Require First and Last Name
#36,113by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)15 years ago
Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Esmâ-ül Hüsnâ
Up in the last 7 days:953#41,778by sustun16 years ago
Allah'ın 99 ismini rastgele bir şekilde sayfanızda gösterebileceğiniz bileşen içeren bir eklenti.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LH Personalised Content
Down in the last 7 days:1,905#47,269by shawfactor11 years ago
This plugin allows one to personalise wordpress emails, or content for a logged in user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OutsourcingVN Change category name
Up in the last 7 days:2,326#61,833by OutsourcingVN5 years ago
Major features of this plugin include * Add text before or after current post title * Select category, tag or taxonomy to change
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day