Dashboard Notes

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Reviewers call it simple and useful for putting notes and banners on the admin dashboard, with the main asks being dismissible notes and clearer URL targeting, which one reviewer had to patch themselves.

1. ★★★★★ Marcos Nakamine

   1.0y ago

   great plugin

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2. ★★★★★ Andrews32

   5.5y ago

   Now I enjoy Dashboard Notes as well! But first I was have to find & fix a bug: the notes not appeared on specified URL. It seems like the plugins` author still has not fixed all the URL bugs, so, you can open the /wp-content/plugins/dashboard-notes/dashboard-notes.php file, find the following function: function check_widget_visibility( $widget_id ) { and replace the if($this->match_path( $this->get_current_url(), $vis_settings['url']['urls'] )... with something like if(strpos($this->get_current_url(), $vis_settings['url']['urls']) !== false)... I have done and enjoy as well! But… sice the moment, you MUST NOT update the plugin. To remebmer, I usually add “do not update!!!” after the ” * Plugin Name: ” at the start of the main plugin` file*. *the current plugin has one PHP file only, it is the main file. ====================== Плагин отличный… будет. После того, как вы пофиксите в нём единственный баг. Похоже, автор плагина забил толстый болтец на доведение своего детища до ума, поэтому – берём в свои руки! Фиксим один единственный бажек, и наслаждаемся! Откройте единственный PHP-файл плагина, найдите код function check_widget_visibility( $widget_id ) { и замените в нём ниже if($this->match_path( $this->get_current_url(), $vis_settings['url']['urls'] )... чем-то вроде if(strpos($this->get_current_url(), $vis_settings['url']['urls']) !== false)... ??? PROFIT This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Andrews32.

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3. ★★★★★ jhnpldng

   5.6y ago

   I’ve tried all the dashboard/admin notes plugins but I end up overlooking them because I don’t pay all that much attention to the dashboard. The one thing I do notice anywhere are the notifications which is what this plugin creates. You can color code them just like notifications, red, orange, yellow, blue etc. Now I can stack up my wp dashboard with To Do items. Seems like I used a similar plugin before but this one renders html whereas the other one didn’t. This topic was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by jhnpldng.

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4. ★★★★★ Frank Spade

   6.3y ago

   It would be really helpful, if on the settings page you would place a hint, how to set and change notes, since the widget gets out of sight after a while. Future users will certainly appreciate that.

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5. ★★★★★ vader7071

   8.8y ago

   I am running 4 different sites all with WP. And trying to know which site I am logged into easily was becoming tricky. This plugin let me put a banner at the top of the dashboard with the site logo so I can easily glance and see what site I am in and working on. Love this!

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6. ★★★★★ upawebdesign

   9.8y ago

   Thanks, the plugin works fine.

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7. ★★★★★ ebrent

   10.0y ago

   No issues so far. If ya want them to show up ONLY on your dashboard, select Show Only On Selected URLs and then put in ‘/index.php’ without quotes.

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8. ★★★★★ Ve Mer

   11.0y ago

   Great app for putting messages on the Admin dashboard. However, it would be nice if there’s an option to close the message so that it doesn’t appear again until a certain number of set, time. Or at least, have an option to only let it appear on the dashboard (Indicating on the settings the page URL doesn’t work; i.e. /wp-admin/index.php)

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-10-02 700+ → 600+ down after 18 days in tier
2. 2025-09-14 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-13 700+ → 600+ down after 210 days in tier
4. 2025-02-15 600+ → 700+ up after 56 days in tier
5. 2024-12-21 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-12-20 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-12-19 700+ → 600+ down after 219 days in tier
8. 2024-05-14 800+ → 700+ down after 5 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Admin Customizer 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
• Noted! 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A

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Dashboard Notes: 600+ active installs, 4.7★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dashboard-notes