The Replace Howdy Plugin is designed to replace the word “Howdy” in the WordPress admin area/admin bar with something else. By default it randomly pulls from a list of several replacement words and phrases such as “Hello”, “Welcome”, and “Get to the choppa”. The plugin also comes with a menu where you can limit it to professional sounding greetings, set a static word or phrase, or add your own list (which can be by itself or added into the default list for even more variety)!
List of replacement words/phrases
Professional greetings, also part of the default list
- Chow,
- Hello,
- Aloha,
- Bonjour,
- Welcome,
- Greetings,
- Konnichiwa,
Default list
- Get to the choppa,
- Live long and prosper,
- We require a shrubbery,
- May the force be with you,
- Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,
- Wassap,
- Don’t mind me,
- Looking good today,
- Eat all your vegetables,
- I can see you right now,
- I can hear you breathing,
- Have you showered recently,
- There is a ninja behind you,
- Do you know what time it is,
- Wipe that grin off your face,
- Don’t make me come down there,
- You just gained +5 WordPress skills,
- I know you are sitting at a computer,
- Did you remember to brush your teeth,
- Did you put on clean underwear this morning,
- Don’t read this directly or you will get a lazy eye,
A word on support and additional features
Due to time constraints, I am not able to keep up with this plugin as much as I would like. If you want to help keep it up do date, feel free to create a pull request on the GitHub repo!
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.