Dobby
Dobby, the friendly Admin Elf, takes care of all your (unwanted) admin notices.
4.9(10 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 5 years agoAs of April 2026, Dobby is a WordPress admin plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Loginizer.
4.9/510 reviews
1.0K+active installs
9.5K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Dobby, the friendly Admin Elf, takes care of all your (unwanted) admin notices.
Contribution
To contribute to this plugin, please see its GitHub repository.
If you have a feature request, or if you have developed the feature already, please feel free to use the Issues and/or Pull Requests section.
Of course, you can also provide me with translations if you would like to use the plugin in another not yet included language.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nice simple and effective
by naresh11381·8 years ago
Great little plugin. Does what it says it will do.
Would be awesome to see some functionality added, things like an option to put the message in the toolbar with just a number or similar. Maybe even an option to enable/disable on a plugin by plugin basis. Might be possible to port some of WP Hide Plugin Updates and Warnings functionality over.
Great stuff all the same! 🙂
Works almost as promised
by rja.tcu·8 years ago
Unwanted notices from other plugins are gone, but unfortunately Dobby creates another new entry.
It would be better to move the Dobby notice in the top admin bar, as it is done by “WP Notification Center”, which unfortunately had been discontinued.
Therefore I’m now using “WP Hide Plugin Updates and Warnings”, but would switch back to Dobby as soon as its notice could be removed from the main dashboard area to somewhere else.
i always wanted a house elf. thanks!
by emilysparkle·8 years ago
works just as i expected. might be nice to be able to see what has been logged as an admin notice somewhere or set an interval (see notices weekly, etc).
Excellent work
by Nuno Sarmento·8 years ago·1 reply
Thank you very much for making this free for everyone 🙂
Thank you, Dobby!
by con·8 years ago
Every time I see Dobby instead of clutter, I briefly smile inside.
House elves are great.
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 4This week: 20Period total: 946
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 5.7.15 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
92.1%
v1.3
7.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4.0
- Bump “Tested up to” header, see issue #12.
Contributors
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