Best outdated plugins for WordPress
The most popular outdated plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP BrowserUpdate leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of WP Outdated Browser (100+) and DX Out of Date (80+). All 5 plugins tagged “outdated” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.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.
Research this niche or see all plugins.
Top 5 outdated plugins
- 1.
WP BrowserUpdateThe most installed outdated plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WP Outdated Browser100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 3.
DX Out of Date80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Juiz Outdated Post Message70+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Aged Content Message10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “outdated”

WP BrowserUpdate
Up in the last 7 days:18#5,758by MacSteini2 months ago
This plugin notifies website visitors to update their outdated browser in a non-intrusive way.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WP Outdated Browser
Down in the last 7 days:102#15,314by Deblyn Prado11 years ago
Show a message if the user using a outdated browser.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/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DX Out of Date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Display a notification box on the single view of your outdated posts, given a set amount of time (configurable).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

Juiz Outdated Post Message
Up in the last 7 days:4#18,869by Geoffrey1 year ago
This plugin adds a message before or after your post content when this post is outdated
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Aged Content Message
Down in the last 7 days:391#29,886by Torsten Landsiedel5 months ago
Displays a message at the top of single posts published x years ago or earlier, informing about content that may be outdated.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day