Best todays date plugins for WordPress
The most popular todays date plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Today's Date Inserter leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of On This Day (by Room 34) (200+) and Today's Date (80+). All 3 plugins tagged “todays date” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 todays date plugins
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Today's Date InserterThe most installed todays date plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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On This Day (by Room 34)200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
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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.
All 3 plugins tagged “todays date”
Today's Date Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:48#8,340by mulscully12 years ago
Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
On This Day (by Room 34)
Up in the last 7 days:59#12,822by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC5 months ago
Display your blog posts from this date in previous years as a sidebar widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Today's Date
Down in the last 7 days:45#17,789by ben poland13 years ago
Display The Current Date In A Customizable Format
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day