Son of Clippy
Add "fun" animated characters to your WordPress edit screens!
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 8
- Active installs
- 10+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 18 Dec 2014
- Added
- Nov 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.9
- Tested up to
- WP 4.1.42
- Downloads
- 2,233
Our analysis
AI-assistedSon of Clippy is a WordPress plugin that adds an animated character, inspired by the classic Office Assistant Clippy, to the post edit screen. It allows you to drag the character around and interact with it, providing a light-hearted distraction during content creation.
This plugin is intended for users who enjoy quirky, novelty features in their WordPress dashboard. It is not designed to enhance functionality or productivity, but rather to evoke nostalgia and humour.
Best for: This plugin suits users looking for a humorous addition to their WordPress editing experience.
What it does well
- ✓Adds an animated character to the post edit screen
- ✓Allows interaction with the character
- ✓Inspired by the nostalgic Clippy from Microsoft Office
Where it falls short
- •Does not provide any useful functionality
- •May not appeal to all users
Verdict
Son of Clippy is a novelty plugin that offers a fun distraction but lacks practical utility. It may appeal to those with a fondness for retro tech and humour.
From the developer
Steve Grunwell's own description of Son of Clippy, lightly tidied.
Beginning in Office 97, Microsoft included an Office Assistant named “Clippit” (though his friends call him “Clippy”), a terribly annoying animated paper clip that supposedly helped you write, but more often than not became a shiny thing for people to get distracted by. Clippy gained friends throughout the years, including Merlin (a wizard), Rover (a dog), and Links (a cat). Clippy was retired in Office 2007, but the legacy of Clippy and Friends lives on to this day.
After Clippy had been around long enough to be considered ironically funny (no judgement here, this is a whole plugin around the same joke), Smore, an online flyer design tool, introduced Clippy.js, a JavaScript-powered implementation of Clippy and friends for the modern web. Clippy.js serves as the backbone of this plugin.
Note: In case you haven’t realized it yet, this plugin won’t do anything useful for you, but will add an animated character to your WordPress post edit screen. You can drag the character around, click on it, and watch it interact with your mouse, but this is strictly a novelty plugin.