Title: Remove Howdy
Author: Revault Media
Published: <strong>January 4, 2014</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2018

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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.

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# Remove Howdy

 By [Revault Media](https://profiles.wordpress.org/revaultmedia/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-howdy.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/)

## Description

This plugin will remove the “Howdy” text in the top right corner of your dashboard.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * With and without “Howdy”

## Installation

 1. Activate ‘Remove Howdy’ through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Can I change “Howdy” to something else?

This plugin only removes “Howdy”. Others can change it.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63e5ec7e1a40e4279fd841047ffd6b87aeaf3450dea2e44f1c5f708220ae0bc5?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-1794/)󠁿

 [Bart Kuijper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spartelfant/) November 26, 2019

Not even 10 lines of code for a feature that in my opinion should be part of WordPress
core. Thank you Nick Adams for this elegantly simple plugin!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f57200841d404d86b58cf8f7f5f1c4745a1a6044feb175f26b9f44f6f9d53bb4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excelent!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelent-318/)󠁿

 [Sjoerd Linders](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sjoerdlinders/) September 3, 2016

Removes ‘Howdy’ with a very tiny plugin!

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Remove Howdy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Revault Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/revaultmedia/)
 *   [ Nick Adams ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickadamstv/)

[Translate “Remove Howdy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-howdy)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-howdy/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/remove-howdy/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-howdy/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-howdy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Version 1.0
 Plugin removes “Howdy” in the dashboard

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **900+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/)
 * Tags
 * [change howdy](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/change-howdy/)[customize dashboard](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customize-dashboard/)
   [howdy](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/howdy/)[remove howdy](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-howdy/)
   [replace howdy](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/replace-howdy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-howdy/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Revault Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/revaultmedia/)
 *   [ Nick Adams ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickadamstv/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-howdy/)