Simple Post Notes

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1. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   1.9y ago

   I wanted to try to create something like this with chat GPT but I gave up after 3 hours.. I was a bit down because of the lost time and then I found this gem! Really love it… deserves many more upvotes – especially when you work on content pages with a team.

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2. ★★★★★ Tribulant Software

   2.4y ago

   Works great and is very helpful for adding notes of any kind.

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3. ★★★★★ colnago1

   2.5y ago

   A useful plugin for creating notes for pages or posts. It can be useful for SEO experiments. This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by colnago1.

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4. ★★★★★ zafar6666

   3.2y ago

   Simple and useful.

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5. ★★★★★ SMukta

   3.8y ago

   I tried many notes plugin, and this one is the most simple, and straight forward one, that simply do the job. Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ Art8a

   4.9y ago

   Kuba, this is the most amazing idea (it deserves more than 5 starts) Unofficially I give you 10 (**********). I don’t understand how WordPress didn’t add a simple notes field like this before. I’m using a Theme that allows me to use different editors, that is crazy, but it helps as some editors allow elements that other editors don’t implement, and it was a mess keeping track of which page was done with wich editor. Now, I just add this to the Note. Well done. FYI. WordPress says that this plugin hasn’t been tested on the latest WP version (5.8.1). So far it is working as intended.

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7. ★★★★★ yesorcayes

   5.0y ago

   Thanks a lot. Simple plugin but useful.

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8. ★★★★★ Mara-z

   5.3y ago

   This is so helpful 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.8.1 [Fixed] Added null coalescing operators to prevent PHP warnings when settings array keys don’t exist. 1.8.1
2. — Version 1.8.0 [Changed] Removed local translation files in favor of GlotPress repository. [Changed] Coding standards to PSR-12. [Changed] Plugin requirements to WordPress >=6.0 and PHP >=7.0. 1.8.0
3. — Version 1.7.8 [Fixed] Security issue – missing proper user data sanitization for notes placeholder and label. [Changed] Multiple escaping missing. 1.7.8
4. — Version 1.7.7 [Fixed] Notes bulk edit which didn’t save the note. [Fixed] PHP notice_placeholder not defined notice. [Fixed] Security patch. 1.7.7
5. — Version 1.7.6 [Added] Sanitization for better security. 1.7.6
6. — Version 1.7.5 [Fixed] PHP warning. 1.7.5

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Simple Post Notes <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-07-09 CVE-2024-37562 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.7 Patched in 1.7.8
2. Medium · 4.3 Simple Post Notes <= 1.7.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2024-04-10 CVE-2024-31935 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 1.7.7 Patched in 1.7.7
3. Medium · 6.4 Simple Post Notes <= 1.7.5 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-06-22 CVE-2022-2186 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.5 Patched in 1.7.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 7 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-09 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1187 days in tier
2. 2023-02-07 9K+ → 10K+ up

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).

• Plugmint – Sticky Notes for Posts, Pages, Products & CPTs — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
• Page & Post Notes 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
• WP Dashboard Notes 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• D Dashboard Sticky Notes 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPC Order Notes for WooCommerce 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Notely 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B

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Simple Post Notes: 9K+ active installs, 5.0★ (24 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-post-notes