Title: The Dude
Author: Kostas Vrouvas
Published: <strong>February 16, 2015</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2021

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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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# The Dude

 By [Kostas Vrouvas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kosvrouvas/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-dude.zip)

 * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/the-dude/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/the-dude/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/the-dude/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-dude/)

## Description

That, or His Dudeness… Duder… or El Duderino, if, you know, you’re not into the 
whole brevity thing.

When activated you will randomly see a quote from “The Big Lebowski” in the upper
right of your admin screen on every page, h/t to Matt Mullenberg for the original
code.

Surprisingly featured in [WPTavern.com](http://wptavern.com/the-dude-a-fun-alternative-to-hello-dolly)

RIP David Huddleston

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Branded!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/branded-2/)󠁿

 [TWD](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twd/) April 27, 2023

We are huge fans.

 [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-dude/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Kostas Vrouvas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kosvrouvas/)

[Translate “The Dude” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/the-dude)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.4

Adds more quotes

#### 0.3

 * Removed welcome message, causing backend language to change (sorry @mattrock1)

#### 0.2

 * Added a few more quotes
 * Changed the welcome message. (Thanks @mattrock1)

#### 0.1

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.4**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.13**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-dude/)
 * Tags
 * [admin area](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-area/)[hello](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hello/)
   [humor](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/humor/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/the-dude/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  7 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-dude/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-dude/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-dude/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Kostas Vrouvas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kosvrouvas/)

## Support

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