Title: Howdy World Author: Topher Published: June 1, 2026 Last modified: June 1, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/howdy-world/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3556983) ![](https://ps.w.org/howdy-world/assets/icon.svg?rev=3556983) # Howdy World By [Topher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/howdy-world.1.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/howdy-world/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/howdy-world/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/howdy-world/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/howdy-world/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/howdy-world/) ## Description Ever get tired of the same old “Howdy, Username!” in the WordPress admin bar? **Howdy World** swaps that greeting out for a randomly selected hello from over 100 languages and dialects from around the globe — from _Hola_ to _こんにちは_ to _Kia ora_ to _Sawubona_. A new greeting appears every time you load a page in the admin, turning a tiny UI detail into a small window on the world. #### Features * 100+ greetings spanning languages from every continent * Completely random selection on each page load * Zero configuration required — works immediately on activation * No external requests, no tracking, no nonsense #### Supported Languages Include English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Zulu, Swahili, Hausa, Chichewa, Setswana, Persian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian, Armenian, Albanian, Croatian, Slovenian, Irish, Welsh, Luxembourgish, Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Esperanto, Hawaiian, Ojibwe, Choctaw, Cherokee, Navajo, Anishinaabe, Norwegian, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi, Igbo, Akan/Twi, Tongan, Fijian, Samoan, Tahitian, Māori, Australian English, Filipino/Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Tibetan, Mongolian, Kurdish, Latin, and more. #### Privacy Howdy World does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. No external connections are made. ## Installation 1. Upload the `howdy-world` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, **or** install directly from the WordPress plugin repository via **Plugins Add New**. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. That’s it — the greeting changes immediately. Optionally, visit **Settings Howdy World** to: * Browse the full list of supported greetings ## FAQ ### Does this affect the front end of my site? No. The greeting only appears in the WordPress admin toolbar, which is only shown to logged-in users. ### Can I choose specific languages or disable certain ones? Not yet — it’s fully random by design. A future version may add an allow/deny list. Feel free to open a feature request on the plugin’s support forum. ### Will this conflict with translation plugins? It should not. The plugin hooks into WordPress’s `gettext` filter at a high priority and only modifies the specific “Howdy, %1$s!” string. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Howdy World” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Topher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/) [Translate “Howdy World” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/howdy-world) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/howdy-world/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/howdy-world/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/howdy-world/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/howdy-world/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.3 * Removed tooltip feature entirely — no CSS, no JS, no settings form. Plugin is now pure PHP. #### 1.0.2 * Fix: Replaced transient-based caching with a PHP static variable. The greeting now changes on every page load instead of being held for up to 45 seconds. #### 1.0.1 * Fix: Added direct toolbar node manipulation as a belt-and-suspenders approach, ensuring the greeting is replaced on all WordPress versions and locales, not just English installs. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. * 100+ languages supported. * Settings page with tooltip options. * Full greeting reference table. ## Meta * Version **1.0.3** * Last updated **23 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[fun](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fun/) [Greeting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/greeting/)[internationalization](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/internationalization/) [toolbar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/toolbar/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/howdy-world/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/howdy-world/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/howdy-world/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Topher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/howdy-world/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://heropress.com/donate)