Dobby
by Thorsten Frommen · Admin & Utilities
Dobby, the friendly Admin Elf, takes care of all your (unwanted) admin notices.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “900+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 242 days in band
- 2025-09-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 112 days in band
- 2025-06-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 185 days in band
- 2024-11-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 12 days in band
- 2024-11-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 87 days in band
- 2024-08-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 58 days in band
- 2024-06-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 457 days in band
- 2023-03-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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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