Best useless plugins for WordPress
The most popular useless plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. hello_navi leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of hello_dave (10+) and Restful Hello Dolly (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “useless” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 useless plugins
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hello_naviThe most installed useless plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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hello_dave10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Restful Hello Dolly10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
All 7 plugins tagged “useless”
hello_navi
Down in the last 7 days:461#34,749by RoiArthurB10 years ago
Based on Matt Mullenweg's "Hello, Dolly." Instead of the lyrics from Louis Armstrong's Hello, Dolly you get Navi's quotes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
hello_dave
Down in the last 7 days:3,132#38,969by gpThomas12 years ago
Based on Matt Mullenweg's "Hello, Dolly." Instead of the lyrics from Louis Armstrong's Hello, Dolly you get HAL 9000 quotes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restful Hello Dolly
Up in the last 7 days:2,276#44,370by Jake Spurlock10 years ago
Do you think that all of core needs to have REST support? This is the plugin for you!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day