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Admin Help Docs

Site developers and operators can easily create help documentation and notices for the admin area.

By PluginRx·Help·Free
5(8 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 4 days ago
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As of April 2026, Admin Help Docs is a WordPress help plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: WP Help.

5/58 reviews
400active installs
11K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

The “Admin Help Docs” WordPress plugin is a brilliant tool for streamlining administrative tasks and empowering website management! It allows you to create custom help documentation for your WordPress admin dashboard, making it easy to remind yourself or guide other administrators through complex tasks and settings.

With this plugin, you can:

  • Add a section to your admin area where users can go to browse or search through help documentation that you create.
  • Add instructions/notes to ANY admin page at the top, bottom, or other areas of the page.
  • Add custom dashboard widgets, or replace your entire WordPress dashboard with help docs.
  • Brand your help section and docs with your own logo and colors.
  • Import and auto-feed docs remotely from other sites.
  • Change the footer text in the…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

58 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.0.2

  • Fix: Replacing dashboard wasn’t working for some roles
  • Tweak: Updated the dashboard docs (when replacing dashboard entirely) to be sorted by date
  • Fix: Make a few minor CSS adjustments
  • Fix: Save button icon wobbly
  • Fix: Doc font color not taking on some docs
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

PluginRxPluginRx
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.0.2
Last Updated
Mar 31, 2026
WP Requires
5.9+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
400
Downloads
11K+
Added
Jan 23, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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PluginRx
12 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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