January 03, 2024

WP Dashboard Notes Plugin

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 …

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 experience.

Features:

Colored notes
List notes or regular notes
Public or private notes
Edit on dashboard
Add as many notes as you like
Drag & drop list items
No save button needed!

Feature requests, ratings and donations are welcome and appreciated!

Installation

Upload the folder wp-dashboard-notes to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Add your first note via the ‘Add note’ button by clicking on the ‘Add note’ button in the top admin bar on your admin dashboard.

Screenshots

WordPress dashboard example
Add note button
Normal white note

FAQ

How can I add a new note?

A new note can be added in two ways.

There is a ‘Add note’ button is located in the top admin bar
Or you can add a new note from within an existing note. When hovering over a note there will show an black bar at the bottom of that note. There is an ‘+’ within that bar where you can add a new note.

Can I change the colors

You could change the colors by overriding the style from another stylesheet. If you need help with this, ask in the support forums.

How can I add my own colors?

Add the following code to your functions.php, you can change the values of course to your own colors.

Required:

add_filter( 'wpdn_colors', 'wpdn_add_purple' ); function wpdn_add_purple( $colors ) { $colors['purple'] = '#5236A0'; return $colors; }

Optional:
You can add the following code for extra styling (e.g. light text instead of dark)

add_action( 'admin_head', 'wpdn_add_style' ); function wpdn_add_style() { ?><style> /**************************** * purple ****************************/ [data-color-text=purple] { color: white; } [data-color-text=purple] .wpdn-note-sortable { color: inherit; } [data-color-text=purple] .wpdn-add-item { color: inherit; } [data-color-text=purple] .wp-dashboard-note .list-item { border-color: inherit; } [data-color-text=purple] .list-item input[type=checkbox] { border: 1px solid white !important; } [data-color-text=purple] .list-item input[type=checkbox]:checked ~ span { color: white; } /* Unused for now */ [data-color-text=purple] [id^=note] .handlediv { color: inherit; } /* Add list item input colors */ [data-color-text=purple] input[type=text].add-list-item { border-color: white; color: inherit; background: inherit; } /* Placeholder text color */ [data-color-text=purple] input[type=text].add-list-item::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: white; } [data-color-text=purple] input[type=text].add-list-item:-moz-placeholder { color: white; } [data-color-text=purple] input[type=text].add-list-item::-moz-placeholder { color: white; } [data-color-text=purple] input[type=text].add-list-item:-ms-input-placeholder { color: white; } /* Saved/saving text color */ [data-color-text=purple] .saved-icon, [data-color-text=purple] .saving-icon { color: inherit; } /* Delete icon */ [data-color-text=purple] .list-item .dashicons-no-alt { color: white; } /* Sort icon */ [data-color-text=purple] .wpdn-note-sortable { color: white; } </style><?php }

Changelog

1.0.10 – 03/01/2024

Fix – PHP 8.2 warnings
Fix – Check author ID on change

1.0.10 – 05/09/2020

Fix – WP 5.5 compatibility
Improvement – Switch to Gulp

1.0.9 – 05/12/2017

Improvement – Make sure scripts are only loaded on the dashboard, not on any other page. Why wasn’t this included before?!

1.0.8.2 – 11/04/2016

Fix – Old existing list items not editable in rare cases

1.0.8.1 – 21/03/2016

Fix – Check in checkbox sometimes don’t save

1.0.8 – 10/03/2016

Improvement – Always show toolbar on mobile devices (credits to ClearPathDigital)
Fix – Check nonce + user capabilities for AJAX calls (credits to Paul Gibbs for noting)

1.0.7 – 11/12/2015

Fix/Improvement – Move ‘Add note’ button to the admin bar
Add – Full WP 4.4 compatibility
Improvement – Improve some JS

1.0.6 – 26/08/2015

Improvement – Optimize JavaScripts and stylesheets
Fix – Firefox users not able to use new regular note

1.0.5 – 24/01/2015

Improvement – Use singleton instead of global
Fix – Notice in the background when getting data
Fix – Delete not working when having double lined items
Fix – Bug in changing background colors
Fix – Prevent copying the text background color (or any other styles)
Add – Russian translation

1.0.4 – 19/10/2014

Fix – Notice on WP_DEBUG mode when creating new note
Fix – Wrong visibility icon when switching
Fix – Displaying colors on new notes/after switching
Improvement – Drag list items only vertically
Improvement – Move savig/saved icon to title bar

1.0.3 – 12/10/2014

Add – beta URLs are automatically clickable (after page refresh)
Improvement – Add filters to add your own colors
Improvement – Small improvements for coloring
Improvement – New icon for Personal visibility

1.0.2 – 29/08/2014

Fix – Safari compatibility issues

1.0.1 – 28/08/2014

Added ‚jquery-ui-sortable’ dependency
Fixed sub-menu not showing up
Add check at js update note function

1.0.0 – 18/08/2014

Initial release