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Role Based Help Notes

Help Notes/Posts private to assigned users of a WordPress role.

By Justin Fletcher·User·Free
4.6(10 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Role Based Help Notes is a WordPress user plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.

4.6/510 reviews
10active installs
13K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Do you want to give users a private area to share information based on a role they have been assigned?

…this plugin allows you to quickly create a custom post type for user roles. This allows users, with a specific role, the ability to create and edit their own ‘help notes’ providing a private set of notes for use. It can be used for anything else that fits with that role ( e.g. creating and sharing ideas within teams, minutes-of-meetings, formal notes… etc.).

To add new roles to the basic WordPress roles (Administrator, Editor, Subscriber ..etc ) you will need to use another plugin refer to Roles_and_Capabilities and Resources.. Plugins. You can then use one of these plugins ( e.g. User Role Editor ) to allocate users to multiple roles.

So if you want to quickl…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.610 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.4+ required

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Changelog

Change log is maintained on the plugin website

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

keycapabilitykeycapabilityJustin FletcherJustin Fletcher
Plugin Info
Version
2.5
Last Updated
Sep 24, 2024
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.4+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
13K+
Added
Sep 30, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

J
Justin Fletcher
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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