Title: Dashboard Notes Author: MIGHTYminnow Published: April 18, 2014 Last modified: March 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/dashboard-notes/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=897522) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/dashboard-notes_fcfcfc.svg) # Dashboard Notes By [MIGHTYminnow](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mightyminnow/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dashboard-notes.1.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/) ## Description **The plugin [Classic Widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/) is needed (this plugin doesn’t work with Gutenberg).** **Compatible with PHP 8.2** **Do you find this plugin helpful? Please consider [leaving a 5-star review](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/dashboard-notes).** Dashboard Notes lets you create super simple notes and instructions for your clients within the WordPress dashboard. Choose the color of the notification, whether or not to include a logo, and exactly what pages to include the notification on (uses simple URL matching). #### Usage 1. Install the Dashboard Notes. 2. Go to Appearance > Widgets where you will see a new “Dashboard Notes” sidebar. 3. To create a note, simply drag a new widget into the sidebar and give it some content( we typically use a text/HTML widget). 4. Once you’ve added content to the widget, click save, and the Dashboard Notes settings for this widget will appear. 5. Adjust the settings to meet your needs, and click save when you’re done. 6. Refresh, or navigate to any page to see your new note in action. 7. Use the plugin settings found via **Settings > Dashboard Notes** to choose which user roles can/can’t see the notices. #### Credits Special thanks to [Kaspars Dambis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) for his work on [Widget Context](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/) – much of this project is based on that code. ## Screenshots * [[ * Dashboard Notes adds a new widget area which can be used to add new notes. * [[ * Each widget in the Dashboard Notes widget area has a number of settings you can use to customize how and where the note appears (note: you must initially save the widget once for these settings to appear). * [[ * The final product! Add as many notes as you like. ## Installation 1. Install the Dashboard Notes. 2. Go to Appearance > Widgets where you will see a new “Dashboard Notes” sidebar. 3. To create a note, simply drag a new widget into the sidebar and give it some content( we typically use a text/HTML widget). 4. Once you’ve added content to the widget, click save, and the Dashboard Notes settings for this widget will appear. 5. Adjust the settings to meet your needs, and click save again. 6. Navigate to any page to see your new note in action. ## FAQ ### How can I report security bugs? You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/dashboard-notes) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/35314daa56602a02eb8470bb014971b2b9d090bb75b38792ac1399fb066a2650? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-2573/)󠁿 [Marcos Nakamine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcosnakamine/) August 26, 2025 great plugin ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1fd83348755ca4151658beb51aac3b6073f4ba43321187388f9601de3a9b4536? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good but has bugs with URLs | Почти хорош, но с багом](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-has-bugs-with-urls-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%87%d1%82%d0%b8-%d1%85%d0%be%d1%80%d0%be%d1%88-%d0%bd%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%bc/)󠁿 [Andrews32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrews32/) February 15, 2021 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 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dde0f642e99597f93d76ca69479f5f881e8a90bec27fbeb7dd3c59aa7bfa9b27? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome-ness](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-ness/)󠁿 [jhnpldng](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jhnpldng/) January 22, 2021 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dd987854854e4736a604f94881523aa9748855fe37d9f4eae44ae7cc6ae3daf2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Make it easiert to find](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-it-easiert-to-find/)󠁿 [Frank Spade](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spade/) May 4, 2020 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fd87059888fe36088537500d7d1fcfd342539108568de0539d783f603265170e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect solution](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-solution-98/)󠁿 [vader7071](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vader7071/) November 14, 2017 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! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f14a48f8572eb65f27659772fad708177bf9362c3c72bb5f5aaffc9ccc8aa7d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[works fine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-fine-607/)󠁿 [upawebdesign](https://profiles.wordpress.org/upawebdesign/) November 30, 2016 Thanks, the plugin works fine. [ Read all 19 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Dashboard Notes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ MIGHTYminnow ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mightyminnow/) * [ Mickey Kay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mcguive7/) [Translate “Dashboard Notes” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dashboard-notes) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dashboard-notes/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dashboard-notes/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dashboard-notes/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dashboard-notes/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.3 * Add plugin setting to choose which roles can and can’t see the dashboard notes. * Added .pot file for translation. #### 1.0.2 * Added isset() to ‘include-logo’ option conditional to fix warning message #### 1.0.1 * Removed extraneous header info causing install error #### 1.0.0 * First release! ## Meta * Version **1.0.3** * Last updated **4 weeks ago** * Active installations **600+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/) * Tags * [admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[backend](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backend/) [dashboard](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)[instructions](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/instructions/) [notes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notes/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-notes/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 17 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ MIGHTYminnow ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mightyminnow/) * [ Mickey Kay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mcguive7/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashboard-notes/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://mightyminnow.com)