Best santa claus plugins for WordPress
The most popular santa claus plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Christmas Countdown Widget leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Happy Santa (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “santa claus” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 santa claus plugins
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Christmas Countdown WidgetThe most installed santa claus plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Happy Santa10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “santa claus”
Christmas Countdown Widget
Up in the last 7 days:128#10,644by Monica Haught1 year ago
Displays a cute Santa Claus Christmas Countdown in your sidebar. Use the shortcode [countdown] to display the countdown on any post or page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Happy Santa
#40,769by The Test Guys11 years ago
Show moving santa claus riding sleigh at the bottom of your Wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day