Simple Admin Notes

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ wpenthusiast7

   10.8y ago

   simple and useful

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2. ★★★★★ Mark

   11.2y ago

   I was looking for a plug-in that added notes to the Edit Page view of a page so other people editing the page can see notes. The description of this plugin says, “Attach notes to above or below the editor of a post” (my emphasis). That’s not true – completely. The author doesn’t tell you that you have to add a note in a completely separate Notes area, accessible from the admin sidebar and then attach the note to a specific page or post. The problem is, you have to know the page’s/post’s id to attach it. I don’t know how to do that, which doesn’t reflect on the plugin, but it would have been nice to know that before hand.

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3. ★★★★★ itwebin

   11.8y ago

   Notes are visible into admin dashboard page only. I am unable to see notes into post edit section 🙁 …uninstalling.

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4. ★★★★★ kylomylo

   12.9y ago

   Always we have to improve our sites so if we want not to forgot it’s better to write them. Very cool and useful tool.

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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. 2026-02-24 300+ → 200+ down after 111 days in tier
2. 2025-11-05 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-11-03 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 59 days in tier
5. 2025-09-04 300+ → 400+ up after 92 days in tier
6. 2025-06-04 200+ → 300+ up after 300 days in tier
7. 2024-08-08 300+ → 200+ down after 569 days in tier
8. 2023-01-17 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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).

• Notetaker – Sidebar Notes — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Sticky Notes for WP Dashboard 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• KeepInMind Dashboard Notes 300+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Frontend User Notes 70+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• A Note Above – WP Dashboard Notes 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Notes 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Simple Admin Notes: 200+ active installs, 3.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-admin-notes