jazzsequence / hello-ziggy

2.1.3 2026-09-13 14:17 UTC

GPL-3.0-or-later

• Chris Reynolds

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-09-13 15:07 UTC

README

Hello Ziggy

Contributors: jazzsequence
Donate link: https://paypal.me/jazzsequence
Tags: hello dolly, hello, david bowie, music, ziggy stardust, ziggy
Requires at least: 2.9
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.0
Stable tag: 2.1.3
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Instead of "Hello Dolly", this plugin will display a random lyric from David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust".

Description

This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation-- okay, yeah, it's just a plugin. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Ziggy Stardust in the upper right of your admin screen on every page. All thanks goes to Matt for actually writing the plugin, and David Bowie for being Ziggy Stardust. Yes, this is just a fork of Hello Dolly.

Installation

Via Composer

Hello Ziggy can be installed on Composer-based WordPress sites by using the following command:

composer require jazzsequence/hello-ziggy

Via Git Updater

Hello Ziggy supports Andy Fragen's Git Updater method of managing plugins.

1. Download and install Git Updater on your WordPress site.
2. From the Git Updater admin pages, navigate to Install Plugin and use the following values:

Plugin URI: jazzsequence/hello-ziggy
Repository Branch: main
Remote Repository Host: GitHub
GitHub Access Token: (optional, leave blank)

Via WordPress Plugin Repository

The plugin can be installed via the WordPress plugin repository. Use the standard methods of searching for and installing the plugin from the Plugins page in your WordPress dashboard. Releases are pushed to WordPress.org automatically, so the version there matches the latest release here.

Changelog

Version 2.1.3

• Added the Plugin URI, Requires at least, Requires PHP and License URI plugin headers, none of which were present.
• Declared WordPress 2.9 as the minimum, which is when wp_kses_post() landed. It said 2.8.
• Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
• Fixed a double slash in the stylesheet URL.
• Releases now deploy to WordPress.org from a GitHub Action instead of by hand.

Version 2.1.2

• made installable via Composer

Version 2.1.1

• tested on WordPress 5.9

Version 2.1

• tested on WordPress 5.0
• moved css to separate file & enqueued normally.
• refactored the main hello_ziggy function to use sanitization and better coding standards.

Version 2.0

• finally fixed the positioning for new admin & posted on wp.org

Version 1.5.2

• fork of Hello Dolly