Title: Dobby Author: Thorsten Frommen Published: July 30, 2017 Last modified: March 16, 2021 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-dobby/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1705305) 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. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-dobby/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1705305) # Dobby By [Thorsten Frommen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tfrommen/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-dobby.1.4.0.zip) * [Details](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/#description) * [Reviews](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/#installation) * [Development](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/) ## Description Dobby, the friendly Admin Elf, takes care of all your (unwanted) admin notices. #### Contribution To **contribute** to this plugin, please see its [**GitHub repository**](https://github.com/tfrommen/Dobby). 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](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dobby) if you would like to use the plugin in another not yet included language. ## Installation This plugin requires **PHP 5.4**. 1. Upload the `wp-dobby` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory on your web server. 2. Activate the plugin through the _Plugins_ menu in WordPress. 3. See only a single admin notice, if at all. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae886703a8cc108ad9ac9f596c0ca43f9c1ff632a095559ef5e39c86287c032b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice simple and effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-simple-and-effective/)󠁿 [naresh11381](https://profiles.wordpress.org/naresh11381/) February 6, 2018 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! 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cecb936c54916bec4ea78c22c69954d82616b0c5af57fd363f8d3341e2b14549? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works almost as promised](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-almost-as-promised/)󠁿 [rja.tcu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rjatcu/) January 17, 2018 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9750be2641a468a1a2450ec71c4ca8bf80039e53b84a732c67efef2bdca4b1d2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[i always wanted a house elf. thanks!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-always-wanted-a-house-elf-thanks/)󠁿 [emilysparkle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emilysparkle/) November 13, 2017 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). ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/823e0c6f92068762abbf8dfa18c9444ebb71916b4b9797c66cff1adf335aae6d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-work-157/)󠁿 [Nuno Sarmento](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nunosarmento/) September 22, 2017 1 reply Thank you very much for making this free for everyone 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/02a76d95b36cbc866cf2652b1a0739943346028e0564ba8735ed59744c41cfe7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thank you, Dobby!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-dobby/)󠁿 [con](https://profiles.wordpress.org/conschneider/) August 14, 2017 Every time I see Dobby instead of clutter, I briefly smile inside. House elves are great. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/657f27000dfb74203657a60c262bbbf055e54b840bbfde469540109df0c522d5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I kept on thinking of making something like this….](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-kept-on-thinking-of-making-something-like-this/)󠁿 [Mayank Gupta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mayankgupta/) August 6, 2017 Believe me or not, I wanted to make this plugin but Thorsten made it and he’s done a far more smarter job than what I was thinking. I was thinking of doing a far more complex job, however Thorsten did a smarter job of just hiding and revealing. 5 stars for the fact that it does what its supposed to and I wish I could give one or two more stars for smartness behind it! [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Dobby” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Thorsten Frommen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tfrommen/) “Dobby” has been translated into 13 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dobby/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Dobby” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dobby) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dobby/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-dobby/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dobby/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dobby/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.0 * Bump “Tested up to” header, see [issue #12](https://github.com/tfrommen/Dobby/issues/12). #### 1.3.0 * Fix dismissible notices not being able to get dismissed, see [issue #9](https://github.com/tfrommen/Dobby/issues/9). * Add PHP_CodeSniffer, and adapt code. * Pass custom selectors to JavaScript. #### 1.2.1 * Fix output buffering priority. #### 1.2.0 * WordPress.org release. #### 1.1.1 * Only ignore images for export (e.g., the generated ZIP file). #### 1.1.0 * Add `\tfrommen\Dobby\FILTER_THRESHOLD` to filter the minimum number of admin notices required for Dobby to take action. * Add … MAGIC. * Make Dobby reveal the captured admin notices once and for all instead of toggling them. * Make Dobby pick up the according notice level based on what admin notices he captured—error wins over warning, otherwise it is an info. * Make Dobby also capture admin notices with only the `error` or `updated` class. #### 1.0.1 * Move `load_plugin_textdomain()` call to where it actually is needed. * Add missing `Text Domain` information in plugin header. * Fix typos. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.4.0** * Last updated **5 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.7.15** * PHP version ** 5.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dobby) * Tags * [admin](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[notices](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notices/) * [Advanced View](https://mfe.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dobby/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dobby/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Thorsten Frommen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tfrommen/) ## Support Got something to say? 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