Best today plugins for WordPress
The most popular today plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Today-Yesterday Dates leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Today's Date (80+) and Timeago (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “today” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 today plugins
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Today-Yesterday DatesThe most installed today plugin, with 90+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Today's Date80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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Timeago10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “today”
Today-Yesterday Dates
Down in the last 7 days:111#16,873by Flector1 year ago
This plugin changes the creation dates of posts to relative dates for posts that are dated today or yesterday (relative to the current time, i.e.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Today's Date
Down in the last 7 days:180#17,897by ben poland13 years ago
Display The Current Date In A Customizable Format
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Timeago
Down in the last 7 days:220#34,692by asadkn16 years ago
Timeago plugin allows you to use the same format on your WordPress blogs using timeago jQuery plugin. Auto-updating/live "timeago" with micr …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day