Title: Kill Howdy Author: Pat Hawks Published: March 3, 2011 Last modified: January 4, 2013 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/dirtysuds-kill-howdy.svg) # Kill Howdy By [Pat Hawks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pathawks/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy.1.02.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/) ## Description Yesterday, a client told me that he was sick of starring at “Howdy” in the WordPress admin interface. He told me it made him want to punch his computer in the face. He asked me if I could replace it with something like “Hello, Your Majesty” After I stopped laughing and picked myself up off the floor, I coded this plugin that will change Howdy to a different, random greeting. ## Installation 1. Upload `dirtysuds-kill-howdy` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate **DirtySuds – Kill Howdy** through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ I have an idea for a new message to display Great! I’d love to hear from you. kill-howdy@pathawks.com ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Kill Howdy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Pat Hawks ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pathawks/) * [ dirtysuds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dirtysuds/) [Translate “Kill Howdy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.02 20130103 * Now works with Admin Bar * Change greeting each day rather than each page load * Cache the greeting of the day, for slightly faster loading #### 1.01 20110315 * Moved `$greetings` to `greetings.txt` #### 1.00 20110303 * First version * Works ## Meta * Version **1.02** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.6.1** * Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[hello dolly](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hello-dolly/) [howdy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/howdy/)[novelty](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/novelty/) [plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugins/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Pat Hawks ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pathawks/) * [ dirtysuds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dirtysuds/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dirtysuds-kill-howdy/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.pathawks.com/p/wordpress-plugins.html)