November 27, 2023

Admin Page Notes Plugin

Gives administrators the ability to add notes to posts of any post type (including pages) that are prominently displayed for users editing the site.

Have you ever created a page template that just aggregated posts of a custom post type? Pretty cool huh?

Well, your client won’t think it’s that cool 2 months from now when they’re editing their site. They click “edit page” and it’s blank!.

Now you can add notes and links on these pages that will give your clients, authors or other editors, clear directions when editing their site. Check out the screenshots to see it in action.

Installation

Using The WordPress Dashboard

Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
Search for ‘Admin Page Notes’
Click ‘Install Now’
Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
Select admin-page-notes.zip from your computer
Click ‘Install Now’
Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

Download admin-page-notes.zip
Extract the admin-page-notes directory to your computer
Upload the admin-page-notes directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Screenshots

Admin box for inputting page notes on the Gutenberg Editor
Notes prominently displayed for users when editing. Meta box for inputting notes are not visible/accessible to any users except administrators
Admin box for inputting page notes on the Classic Editor

FAQ

How do move the notes box on the edit screen?

If you hover the cursor over the “Add Page Notes” title, the cursor should change to four arrows. You can then drag it to another location. You might want to use the arrow on the upper right to collapse it to make it easier to move.

How do I save the notes?

You update the post and it will add the notes to the post or page.

Changelog

2.1.5

Added additional screenshots
Added a donations link. Thank you!

2.1.4

Tested for updated WordPress version 6.4.1

2.1.3

Updated tags

2.1.2

Icon change and update

2.1.1

Updated for compatibility with WordPress 6.2

= 2.1.0=
* Removed deprecated php code
* Corrected bug from comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-after-update-18/
* Added column in admin display for posts and pages that display first 15 words of any notes per comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notes-in-post-list-column/

= 2.0.0=
* Change in ownership (as of May 11, 2022)
* Clarified how to save notes (responding to comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-notes/)
* Implemented current WordPress repository security standards
* Changed header of meta box on post editor to clarify purpose for authors

1.1.0

Made the textarea larger
Added translation support. via knutsp

1.0.2

Update readme.txt and add banner & screenshots

1.0.1

Fix botched deployment from Github

1.0.0

Initial Commit