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Tabby Responsive Tabs
Simple tabs that work well until you want to change the colors.
HealthyGrowing
81/100
This lightweight plugin works well out of the box. Most styling features require paid add-ons.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
144 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+50%
Growing fast
14 → 21 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 10 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +50% in the last year
14/day a year ago→21/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayTabby Responsive Tabs is praised for its ease of use, lightweight design, and reliable out-of-the-box functionality, but several users note that key styling options are locked behind paid add-ons.
What people like
- +Easy to use with simple shortcodes and straightforward setup×8
- +Lightweight and non-bloated, integrates well with themes×3
- +Works out of the box; default style fits common themes and frameworks×3
- +Does not conflict with other CSS on the site
- +Responsive support with quick, helpful replies
- +Flexible content handling, works in widgets and avoids Ajax for slow servers
- +Allows custom styling via child themes or custom CSS (for default elements)×2
Common complaints
- −Many styling options and advanced features require a paid add-on×2
- −Shortcode lacks parameters for adding extra classes or IDs
- −Incompatibility with certain shortcodes (e.g., List Category Posts) causing display issues
- −Cannot control tab heading format without purchasing the Pro version
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-12-062026-03-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 144 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Clean tabs which are easy to add, but..ChrisL
- 2023-01-26★★★★★Easy, Lightweight and Perfect!dinaddd
- 2022-12-31★★★★★Excellent plugin!gregblocklive
- 2022-11-19★★★★★Great!KeniVinh
- 2022-10-04★★★★★This is the bestAlessio Pellegrini
- 2022-03-22★★★★★Just excellentmkearns
- 2021-10-20★★★★★Excellent pluginwgio
- 2021-03-30★★★★★Good support to solve my problembecaneweb
- 2020-12-14★★★★★Greatbecca37
- 2020-11-05★★★★★5 Stars!jlschillinger
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
11
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
18
Prior 7-day baseline
22
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
60
Mean release-day peak (30d)
52
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-38.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.86★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered