Meks Time Ago
by Meks 4.3 (9 reviews)

Meks Time Ago

Automatically change your post date display to "time ago" format like 1 hour ago, 3 days ago, etc...

Meks Time Ago ranks #2,104 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, a 4.3/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Dec 4, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 9 months ago Last Update on 04 Dec, 2025
Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads -14.3% this week
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#2,104
-1 this week
Active Installs
10K+
-13.3%
KW Avg Position
26.3
0.2 better
Downloads
219.2K
+44 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 14.7%
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3
9 reviews
Overall 86%
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7 (78%)
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

  1. Meks Time Ago [meks-time-ago] < 1.1.7

    CVE-2023-25989 · Fixed in v1.1.7

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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Dec 04, 2025
Requires WP
3.7+
Tested Up To
6.9
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Meks

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews
9
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Meks Time Ago is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want post dates shown as relative time. It replaces static publish dates with a dynamic "time ago" format like "1 hour ago" or "3 days ago".

  • Overrides the_date function
  • Overrides the_time function
  • Time ago for recent posts only
  • Position "ago" word before value

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Meks Time Ago

Meks Time Ago has 10,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Meks Time Ago holds a 4.3 out of 5 star rating based on 9 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Meks Time Ago is developed by Meks and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Meks Time Ago requires WordPress 3.7 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 6.9.
Meks Time Ago has been downloaded 219,247+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Meks Time Ago is trunk. It was last updated on December 4, 2025.
Yes. Meks Time Ago is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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