Plugin Notes
Allows you to add notes to plugins.
5(26 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Plugin Notes is a WordPress memo plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 26 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Plugin Notes Plus.
5/526 reviews
500active installs
14K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Allows you to add notes to plugins. Useful when you’re using lots of plugins and/or make modifications to a plugin and want to make a note of them, and/or work on your WordPress install with a group of people. This plugin was inspired by a post by Chris Coyier: (http://digwp.com/2009/10/ideas-for-plugins/)
Features
- Add/edit/delete notes for each plugin on the plugin page
- You can use HTML in notes (v1.1+)
- You can use markdown syntax in notes (v1.5+)
- You can use a number of variables which will be automagically replaced when the note displays (v1.5+)
- Save a note as a template for new notes (v1.5+)
- You can color-code notes to see in one glance what’s up or down (v1.6+)
- Links within note automagically have
target="_blank"added so you won’t accidently leave your site while…
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Ratings & Reviews
526 reviews
5 ★
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2015-06-13 / 1.6 Originally released Dec 2012 by jrf
- [New feature] Added ability to change the background color of notes.
Contributors
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