{"id":313968,"date":"2026-06-01T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/howdy-world\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:46:11","slug":"howdy-world","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/howdy-world\/","author":6250429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.3","stable_tag":"1.0.3","tested":"6.9.4","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Howdy World","header_author":"topher1kenobe","header_description":"Replaces the \"Howdy\" greeting in the WordPress admin toolbar with a randomly selected greeting from dozens of languages around the world.","assets_banners_color":"fcfafc","last_updated":"2026-06-01 15:46:11","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/heropress.com\/donate","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/howdy-world\/","header_author_uri":"","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":45,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.3":{"tag":"1.0.3","author":"topher1kenobe","date":"2026-06-01 15:46:11"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"

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Ever get tired of the same old \"Howdy, Username!\" in the WordPress admin bar?<\/p>\n\n

Howdy World<\/strong> swaps that greeting out for a randomly selected hello from over 100 languages and dialects from around the globe \u2014 from Hola<\/em> to \u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f<\/em> to Kia ora<\/em> to Sawubona<\/em>. 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.<\/p>\n\n

Features<\/h4>\n\n
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  • 100+ greetings spanning languages from every continent<\/li>\n
  • Completely random selection on each page load<\/li>\n
  • Zero configuration required \u2014 works immediately on activation<\/li>\n
  • No external requests, no tracking, no nonsense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Supported Languages Include<\/h4>\n\n

    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, M\u0101ori, Australian English, Filipino\/Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Tibetan, Mongolian, Kurdish, Latin, and more.<\/p>\n\n

    Privacy<\/h4>\n\n

    Howdy World does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. No external connections are made.<\/p>\n\n\n

      \n
    1. Upload the howdy-world<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or<\/strong> install directly from the WordPress plugin repository via Plugins \u2192 Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins<\/strong> menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n
    3. That's it \u2014 the greeting changes immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

      Optionally, visit Settings \u2192 Howdy World<\/strong> to:\n* Browse the full list of supported greetings<\/p>\n\n\n

      \n

      Does this affect the front end of my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

      No. The greeting only appears in the WordPress admin toolbar, which is only shown to logged-in users.<\/p><\/dd>\n

      Can I choose specific languages or disable certain ones?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

      Not yet \u2014 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n

      Will this conflict with translation plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

      It should not. The plugin hooks into WordPress's gettext<\/code> filter at a high priority and only modifies the specific \"Howdy, %1$s!\" string.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

      1.0.3<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Removed tooltip feature entirely \u2014 no CSS, no JS, no settings form. Plugin is now pure PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.0.2<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
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          • 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Initial release.<\/li>\n
            • 100+ languages supported.<\/li>\n
            • Settings page with tooltip options.<\/li>\n
            • Full greeting reference table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Replaces the "Howdy" in the WordPress admin toolbar with a randomly chosen greeting from 100+ languages \u2014 a different one every page load.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/313968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313968"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/topher1kenobe"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=313968"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=313968"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=313968"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=313968"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=313968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}