Best time plugins for WordPress
The most popular time plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Reading Time WP leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded (20K+) and WP Date and Time Shortcode (10K+). All 132 plugins tagged “time” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 time plugins
- 1.
Reading Time WPThe most installed time plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 3.
WP Date and Time Shortcode10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Show/Hide Content at Set Time10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 33 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Meks Time Ago10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Bulk Datetime Change6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Seed Buddhist Year3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
The Future Is Now1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 14 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Change Empty Trash Time1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 10.
Date Time Field Add-On for Gravity Form1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 132 plugins tagged “time”
Reading Time WP
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,112by yingles2 months ago
Reading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 194/day
WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,234by Johnnie5 years ago
Did you receive a message, "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded?" Not anymore. Just Plug'n-Play. It's that easy!
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 42/day
WP Date and Time Shortcode
#1,812by Denra.com2 months ago
Shortcode to show any current, past, and future date or time. Display this, previous, or next year, month, day, etc.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(31)
- Downloads
- 54/day
Show/Hide Content at Set Time
Up in the last 7 days:7#2,072by Dave Clements7 years ago
Shortcodes to wrap around text, which specify at what date or time that content should appear or disappear, either once, or on a recurring basis.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(33)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Meks Time Ago
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,105by Meks11 months ago
Automatically change your post date display to "time ago" format like 1 hour ago, 3 days ago, etc...
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Bulk Datetime Change
Up in the last 7 days:26#2,893by Katsushi Kawamori20 days ago
Bulk change date/time for posts.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 61/day
Seed Buddhist Year
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,901by Seed Webs2 years ago
Change output year to Buddhist year or Buddhist Era (BE).
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day
The Future Is Now
Down in the last 7 days:34#5,829by xjlin09 months ago
Allow future-time-stamped posts to appear live on your site immediately.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Change Empty Trash Time
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,948by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin adds a new setting in the last position of Settings > General, this option will allow you to select the days that WordPress take to emp …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Date Time Field Add-On for Gravity Form
Up in the last 7 days:20#6,613by Awais10 months ago
A date-time add-on for Gravity Forms with custom date time format.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reading Position Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:35#7,379by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)3 months ago
Add reading position indicator on page top.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(66)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Last Updated Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,727by Luke Mlsna11 years ago
Creates a shortcode to display the date/time when a post/page was last updated (with optional formatting).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Blog Time
Down in the last 7 days:30#8,517by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Display the time according to your blog via an admin toolbar widget, a sidebar widget, and/or a template tag.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.6(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-Farsi
Down in the last 7 days:76#8,542by Ali.Dbg10 years ago
تبدیل تاریخ میلادی وردپرس به شمسی Gregorian date to Solar, time jalali persian parsi farsi wp iran shamsi khorshidi hejri
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Time Clock
Down in the last 7 days:25#8,908by Scott Paterson2 months ago
An employee / volunteer time clock for WordPress
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 12/day
All in One Time Clock Lite
Down in the last 7 days:44#8,923by Codebangers2 months ago
Employees can easily clock in and out. Managers can run reports, keep track of employees/volunteers/contractors and their time.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 17/day
WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic
Down in the last 7 days:2#9,644by activity-log.com29 days ago
Plugin will accurately measure all activity time per page and user like working time, reading time, watching time, sessions time for specific user on …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Hide My Dates
Up in the last 7 days:5#9,811by Flector1 year ago
The plugin hides post and comment publishing dates from Google.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Upload Media Exif Date
Up in the last 7 days:33#11,385by Katsushi Kawamori4 days ago
When registering images in the media library, register with the date of EXIF information.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reading Time
Up in the last 7 days:5#11,950by whiletrue2 months ago
Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the post.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Delay Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:23#12,578by Vasilis Triantafyllou9 years ago
Delay Redirect
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP TimeZone
Down in the last 7 days:21#12,965by ezraverheijen11 years ago
Takes care of publishing posts that missed their schedule, for CET/CEST time zones only.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Change Prices with Time for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8#13,095by Igor Benic2 years ago
Change Prices on Products with defined Times in the future. Build scarcity so your customers won't be able to resist.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Date & Time Widget
Up in the last 7 days:53#13,505by Chris Jean18 years ago
Provides a widget that shows the current date and time given a specified timezone and format.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP-RelativeDate
Down in the last 7 days:88#13,536by Lester Chan3 months ago
Displays relative date alongside with your post/comments actual date.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
GenTime
Down in the last 7 days:84#13,722by Sybre Waaijer11 months ago
GenTime accurately shows the page generation time in your WordPress admin bar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Date/Time Fields for Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:32#13,752by Gravity Extra20 days ago
Create a new custom combined "Date/Time" picker field for Gravity Forms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Time goes by
Up in the last 7 days:6#13,761by ウェブ屋のさとーさん1 year ago
Switch the display of content based on time using a shortcode. ショートコードで囲んだコンテンツを時間に応じて表示切替できるプラグイン。
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Change Autosave Time
Up in the last 7 days:55#14,964by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin adds a new setting in the last position of Settings > General, this option will allow you to select the days that WordPress take to emp …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
jClocksGMT World Clocks
Down in the last 7 days:2#15,085by kingkode10 years ago
jQuery based analog and digital world clocks for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
World Clocks
Up in the last 7 days:34#15,533by Sanket Parmar2 months ago
Enable world clocks for the sites with different timezones, with a custom block for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dynamic Dates
Up in the last 7 days:29#16,004by Jason Hendriks11 years ago
Calculate dates ('next Sunday') and relative dates ('December 25th two years from now') in your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bangla Date and Time
Up in the last 7 days:65#16,383by MH Mithu11 years ago
A simple but useful plugin to display relevant Bangla date, time, calendar and numbers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Analog Clock Widget
Up in the last 7 days:28#17,307by mcnika8 years ago
Analog Clock Widget plugin allows you to create an unlimited number of different analog clocks. The plugin based on SVG Raphael - JavaScript Library.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Server Date Time
Up in the last 7 days:42#17,775by dhruwal10 months ago
This plugin shows the server local current date time & timezone in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Last Modified
Up in the last 7 days:58#18,093by Nick Momrik16 years ago
Displays the date ad time the post/page was last modified.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
info
Down in the last 7 days:88#19,460by webvitalii6 years ago
Plugin shows in the admin bar the number of SQL queries, the amount of time in seconds and memory load.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minimalistic Event Manager
Down in the last 7 days:577#19,716by Manuel Schmalstieg9 years ago
A simple and flexible solution for managing event dates.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private4Time
Up in the last 7 days:136#20,537by peter_gross12 years ago
Makes a blog private or not accessable for a time period. Allows and dissallows registering also in WP Multiple Blogs. Shows your own login message.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Current Date Time
Down in the last 7 days:299#21,332by inforeole1 year ago
Simple plugin for current, localized dates & times via shortcodes. Use in content, H1 & SEO titles. Lightweight.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LP Estimated Reading Time
Down in the last 7 days:90#21,441by layerpoint10 years ago
Displays an estimated reading time of your blog posts
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Schedule Revisions
Up in the last 7 days:445#21,761by torres1266 years ago
Control when content (or revisions) appear or disappear in your posts through a new Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
Localize Time
Up in the last 7 days:6#22,024by JB Christy12 years ago
Provides a [localize_time] shortcode, which displays times in the user's local timezone.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Worktime Logger
Down in the last 7 days:21#22,373by blackus3r7 years ago
Post Worktime Logger is a WordPress plugin that allows you to track the time you worked on each post.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Day Counter
Down in the last 7 days:45#22,450by charlestsmith4 years ago
This plugin enables you to create customized timelines and dates on WordPress pages and posts with a shortcode.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
A Year Before
Up in the last 7 days:152#22,831by Ralf7 years ago
"A Year Before" shows a list of articles, which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a history, what happend in your blog in …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Visitors Tracker by tech-c.net
Down in the last 7 days:77#23,128by tech-c.net8 years ago
This plugin logs the visitors of your homepage.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Chrono
Down in the last 7 days:328#23,153by milan.latinovic8 years ago
WP Chrono is plugin that uses simple shortcodes to help you show parts of your pages and posts at specific time and date range(s).
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HRM Work Tracking
#24,469by theode5 years ago
HRM Work Tracking plugin is a complete employee or user time tracking in the WordPress backend.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP User Level Timezone
#25,050by khill076 years ago
Allows the site-level timezone to be changed at the user profile level
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day