Best override plugins for WordPress
The most popular override plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gettext override translations leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Display Event Location for The Events Calendar (90+) and Prioritize Hooks (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “override” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 override plugins
- 1.Gettext override translations
The most installed override plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
Display Event Location for The Events Calendar90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Prioritize Hooks
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.Custom Admin Email for Gravity Forms
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.Author Bind
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 5 plugins tagged “override”
Gettext override translations
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,704by ramon fincken2 years ago
GUI in backend to override texts and translations without any programming knowledge.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Display Event Location for The Events Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:124#16,943by Michael Weiner2 months ago
This plugin works with The Events Calendar by Modern Tribe. It adds an event's location information to the tooltip on the monthly calendar view.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prioritize Hooks
Down in the last 7 days:639#47,258by Jon Weatherhead13 years ago
Prioritize Hooks allows the overriding of the priority of various filters and actions hooked by plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Admin Email for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:5,148#61,990by watermelons4 months ago
Adds a new settings tab to Gravity Forms to globally override the {admin_email} merge tag destination.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Bind
Down in the last 7 days:11,668#67,875by Jarl André Hübenthal9 years ago
Author Bind is a plugin that lets you configure a User ID to override all future added or edited posts/pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day