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Best new year plugins for WordPress

The most popular new year plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Xmas Decoration leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Rocket Fireworks (90+) and New Year Countdown Clock (40+). All 7 plugins tagged “New Year” 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 7 new year plugins

  1. 1.
    Xmas Decoration

    The most installed new year plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  2. 2.
    Rocket Fireworks

    90+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  3. 3.
    New Year Countdown Clock

    40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  4. 4.
    WAJ Copyright Year

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  5. 5.
    OtFm Countdown to New Year block

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  6. 6.
    Sinhala Avurudu Flakes

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    BeforeSunrise Realistic Fireworks

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

All 7 plugins tagged “New Year”