Best old plugins for WordPress
The most popular old plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Stop Oldies leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of DX Out of Date (80+) and Keep it Fresh (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “old” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 old plugins
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Stop OldiesThe most installed old plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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DX Out of Date80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Keep it Fresh10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
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Hide Old Posts10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 5 plugins tagged “old”
Stop Oldies
Down in the last 7 days:39#15,015by Pierre-André Boissinot12 years ago
This plugin detects if a visitor is using some old version of Internet Explorer and suggests to upgrade to a recent browser.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX Out of Date
Down in the last 7 days:75#18,113by Mario Peshev14 days ago
Display a notification box on the single view of your outdated posts, given a set amount of time (configurable).
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Keep it Fresh
Up in the last 7 days:5,426#40,944by jonkern17 years ago
Keep it Fresh will stop WordPress from showing posts older than a set number of days or a specific date.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Old Posts
#41,128by Jan Štětina14 years ago
Hides posts older than given amount of time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day