Dashboard Notes
Easily create notes/instructions in the WordPress admin using any widget you like!
4.7(19 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Dashboard Notes is a WordPress admin plugin with 600 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Loginizer.
4.7/519 reviews
600active installs
14K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
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 setting…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.719 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
| Dependencies | classic-widgets |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.3
- Add plugin setting to choose which roles can and can’t see the dashboard notes.
- Added .pot file for translation.
Contributors
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