Dobby
by Thorsten Frommen · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 2.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
Dobby, the friendly Admin Elf, takes care of all your (unwanted) admin notices.
48 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.17.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1992 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
88
now · peak 162
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
5.5y ago
latest release · v1.4.0
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-08-16 · 1,415 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 15 languages, 12 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-14 900+ → 800+ down after 83 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 242 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 112 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 185 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2024-11-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2024-08-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2024-06-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 457 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Hide All Notices 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
No Update Nag 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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