Best welcome panel plugins for WordPress
The most popular welcome panel plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Welcomify leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of WP Getting Started (10+) and Hide Welcome Panel for Multisite (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “welcome panel” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 welcome panel plugins
- 1.
WelcomifyThe most installed welcome panel plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.WP Getting Started
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago.
- 3.Hide Welcome Panel for Multisite
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 4 plugins tagged “welcome panel”

Welcomify
Up in the last 7 days:280#26,210by Umair Khan3 months ago
Transform the boring WordPress dashboard into a beautiful design experience. Compatible with any page builder.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Getting Started
#39,160by Mike Martel14 years ago
Replace WordPress' Welcome Panel with a simple but effective walkthrough
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Welcome Panel for Multisite
Up in the last 7 days:4,653#41,970by Andrew Nacin15 years ago
Prevent users from seeing the welcome panel (added in WordPress 3.3) on new sites in a network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget
#44,618by luciano-croce8 years ago
dismiss welcome panel nag dashboard widget when it is activated or if it is in mu-plugins directory
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day