Easily create notes/instructions for your clients – with widgets!
| Author: | MIGHTYminnow (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.9.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 18-04-2014 |
| Last updated: | 10-03-2026 |
| Rating, %: | 94 |
| Rated by: | 19 |
| Plugin URI: | http://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes |
| Total downloads: | 14 929 |
| Active installs: | 600+ |
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The plugin Classic Widgets is needed (this plugin doesn’t work with Gutenberg).
Compatible with PHP 8.2
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Dashboard Notes lets you create super simple notes and instructions for your clients within the WordPress dashboard. Choose the color of the notification, whether or not to include a logo, and exactly what pages to include the notification on (uses simple URL matching).
Usage
- Install the Dashboard Notes.
- Go to Appearance > Widgets where you will see a new “Dashboard Notes” sidebar.
- To create a note, simply drag a new widget into the sidebar and give it some content (we typically use a text/HTML widget).
- Once you’ve added content to the widget, click save, and the Dashboard Notes settings for this widget will appear.
- Adjust the settings to meet your needs, and click save when you’re done.
- Refresh, or navigate to any page to see your new note in action.
- Use the plugin settings found via Settings > Dashboard Notes to choose which user roles can/can’t see the notices.
Credits
Special thanks to Kaspars Dambis for his work on Widget Context – much of this project is based on that code.
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