Title: Hello Donny Author: John James Jacoby Published: December 22, 2016 Last modified: March 31, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/hello-donny/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1560065) 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://ps.w.org/hello-donny/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1560069) # Hello Donny By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hello-donny.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-donny/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-donny/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-donny/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-donny/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/) ## Description He was a man who loved the outdoors… and bowling, and as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and… up to… Pismo. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. * Attribution This is a light-hearted parody, and a fork, of the very popular Hello Dolly plugin by my old friend Matt Mullenweg. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/hello-donny/` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6005e5fe0471f4c6b135bfae8c43f3a50487ba797cab4f0b5b587b61861c7962? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Strike!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strike/)󠁿 [Jason Cosper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boogah/) May 17, 2017 Great plugin! Your wp-admin will never be over the line as long as you use Hello Donny. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Hello Donny” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) [Translate “Hello Donny” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hello-donny) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-donny/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hello-donny/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hello-donny/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hello-donny/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.28** * Tag * [hello](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hello/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-donny/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-donny/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9Q4F4EL5YJ62J)