WP Dashboard Notes
by Jeroen Sormani · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 9 other plugins · 88.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Working with multiple persons on a website? Want to make notes? You can do just that with WP Dashboard Notes. Create beautiful notes with a nice user …
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Support resolution scores 0/100. Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
90 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 256.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 24 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 110 reviews, smoothed to 4.44★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
39%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboard notes your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| private notes | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| note your tag | #2 | #2 | up 2 |
| notes your tag | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| admin note your tag | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| dashboard | #5 | #5 | up 11 |
| note list | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| wp dashboard | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| wp notes | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| to do list your tag | #8 | #5 | up 5 |
| admin notes | #5 | #4 | up 4 |
| nice | #8 | #7 | up 1 |
| plugin notes | #4 | #3 | up 2 |
| page notes | #6 | #4 | up 1 |
| private user notes | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| to do | #11 | #7 | down 1 |
| wordpress notes | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| user notes | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| admin dashboard | #13 | #10 | 0 |
| user dashboard | #16 | #13 | down 4 |
49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “dashboard”, “to do” and “wordpress dashboard” (#5, #11 and #19 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 34.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v1.0.13 · 8 Apr 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ DJF37mo ago
Really like these notes. Especially the “press enter to save” is great. One thing that needed to change: the note background color. They are too “present”.I have posted a solution/hack to give the notes any bg color you like: https: //wordpress.org/support/topic/configurable-colors/You have to copy the link as it doesn’t like links in reviews.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ clgolden20231.4y ago
Great idea. Wish it was being kept up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ koolsherif2.1y ago
I just love how flawless this plugin is , please keep the good job and I hope the development never stops keeping it up to date and available always thank you so much
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xtof_r2.1y ago
Nery neat plugin 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kiki8702.2y ago
This plugin is super helpful, but the lack of once-present checkboxes lessens its use. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Kiki870.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stef2.3y ago
Great concept, great idea, but doesn’t work. If you don’t want to update this app I wouldn’t mind taking it off your hands. I like the idea. This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by Stef.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Juergen Schulze2.9y ago
Slim, fast and intuitive. Just right and what I needed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpuserjp202306t3.4y ago
This is a good plugin to place and share notes on the dashboard.However, line breaks in typed or copy-pasted sentences do not work. The sentence is broken. The only way seems to be to adjust with spaces.The disadvantage is that it is difficult to understand when typing in a memo. You can’t use the mouse to position the input.That is the most regrettable.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0.13 Fix – Checkboxes not always saved 1.0.13
- — Version 1.0.12 Fix – Escape everything for security; Credit justakazh@Patchstack. 1.0.12
- — Version 1.0.11 Fix – PHP 8.2 warnings Fix – Check author ID on change 1.0.11
- — Version 1.0.10 Fix – WP 5.5 compatibility Improvement – Switch to Gulp 1.0.10
- — Version 1.0.9 Improvement – Make sure scripts are only loaded on the dashboard, not on any other page. Why wasn’t this included before?! 1.0.9
- — Version 1.0.8.2 Fix – Old existing list items not editable in rare cases 1.0.8.2
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.0.13). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WP Dashboard Notes <= 1.0.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-08-09 CVE-2024-43226 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.11 Patched in 1.0.12
- Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Dashboard Notes <= 1.0.10 - Insecure Direct Object References to Authenticated Private Note Deletion ↗2023-12-19 CVE-2023-7198 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.0.10 Patched in 1.0.11
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 120 languages, 22 at 90% or more
Plus 96 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Working with multiple persons on a website? Want to make notes? You can do just that with WP Dashboard Note..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 400 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin note", "to do list" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-20 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 20K+ → 30K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 30K+ → 20K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1437 days in tier
- 2022-02-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1341 days in tier
- 2018-06-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 653 days in tier
- 2016-08-17 9K+ → 10K+ up after 82 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).
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LH Dashboard Notes 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags D -
Simple Post Notes 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - D Dashboard Sticky Notes 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Page & Post Notes 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sticky Notes for WP Dashboard 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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