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AssistifyDesk solves a common frustration for WordPress site owners: when something breaks, where do you go for help?
With dozens of plugins installed from different places — WordPress.org, premium marketplaces, and custom developers — it’s easy to lose track of where to report an issue or ask a question. AssistifyDesk puts every support resource in one clean, searchable screen inside your WordPress admin.
<h4>Features</h4>
Central Support Directory 
All your installed plugins and themes are listed in one place, each showing exactly where you can get support — no more hunting through bookmarks or searching the web.
Smart Source Detection 
AssistifyDesk automatically detects whether a plugin or theme is hosted on WordPress.org or is a premium/custom product, then links you to the correct support forum or website.
<ul>
<li>WordPress.org plugins → linked directly to their official support forum</li>
<li>Premium plugins with a Plugin URI → linked to the plugin developer’s website</li>
<li>Plugins with no detectable support URL → a helpful fallback contact link is provided</li>
</ul>
Status Indicators 
See at a glance whether each plugin or theme is active or inactive, and whether an update is available — with colour-coded badges on every card.
System Info Snapshot 
A single copyable block containing your WordPress version, PHP version, MySQL version, server software, memory limit, max upload size, debug mode status, multisite status, active theme, and full active plugin list — ready to paste into any support ticket.
Per-Plugin Support Template 
Click “Copy Info” on any plugin card to copy a pre-filled support request template (plugin name, version, WordPress version, PHP version) directly to your clipboard.
Search & Filter 
Search plugins or themes by name in real time. Filter the plugin list by: All / Active / Inactive / WordPress.org / Premium / Updates Available.
Admin Bar Shortcut 
A AssistifyDesk link is added to the WordPress admin bar so you can jump to your support directory from any page in the admin.
Admin-Only Access 
The hub is only accessible to users with the <code>manage_options</code> capability (site administrators).
No Data Storage 
AssistifyDesk reads information that WordPress core already collects. It stores nothing in the database and makes no additional HTTP requests.
<h4>Privacy</h4>
This plugin does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data or site data. It reads only locally available WordPress API data (plugin headers and update transients already cached by WordPress core).

AssistifyDesk

A central support hub that shows where to get help for every installed plugin and theme on your WordPress site.

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Justin Fletcher

Do you want to give users a private area to share information based on a role they have been assigned?
…this plugin allows you to quickly create a custom post type for user roles. This allows users, with a specific role, the ability to create and edit their own ‘help notes’ providing a private set of notes for use. It can be used for anything else that fits with that role ( e.g. creating and sharing ideas within teams, minutes-of-meetings, formal notes… etc.).
To add new roles to the basic WordPress roles (Administrator, Editor, Subscriber ..etc ) you will need to use another plugin refer to <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Resources" rel="nofollow ugc">Roles_and_Capabilities</a> and Resources.. Plugins. You can then use one of these plugins ( e.g. <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/" title="User Role Editor" rel="ugc">User Role Editor</a> ) to allocate users to multiple roles.
So if you want to quickly give a group a private area to share and post ideas/notes .. 
1. Create a new role. 
2. Add users to the role. 
3. Enable the Help Notes from the settings.
A global ‘General Help Notes’ type is also available which is not tided to a specific role, this has the same access/capabilities as the standard WordPress ‘post’ type for write access. Unlike the other Help Notes the General Type is public to read, you can see an example over at an <a href="https://justinandco.com/plugins/help-notes/" rel="nofollow ugc">example content page</a>.
There is a widget available to list all users with access to the current Help Note type on display. The user display_name is shown and can be selected by each user within their own profile.
Extensions:
If you select the options for extending functionality through other plugins the following are available for ease of installing..
Admin side Plugins..
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/role-includer/" rel="ugc">Role Includer</a> simple interface to handle multiple roles with users. If you wish to hide/mask-out a particular role from “staff” ( such as “Administrator” ) so that staff cannot allocate the higher access level then you can exclude higher roles by using the <a href="https://justinandco.com/plugins/downloads/role-excluder/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Role Excluder”</a> plugin.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-users/" rel="ugc">Email Users</a> allows users within a Help Note group/role to email others.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/" rel="ugc">User Switching</a> great tool for admins to switch to test any users access/capability.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-ordering/" rel="ugc">Simple Page Ordering</a> for easing re-ordering of Help Notes.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-switcher" rel="ugc">Post Type Switcher</a> allows users with two or more roles to change the role assigned to a help note, useful if you created a Help Note under the wrong role.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/" rel="ugc">Pixabay Images</a> provides a quick method for all enabled roles within Help Notes to upload Public Domain images.</li>
</ul>
Front End Plugins..
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/" rel="ugc">Simple FootNotes</a> by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew Nacin</a> to add a footnote shortcode [ref][/ref].</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tabby-responsive-tabs/" rel="ugc">Tabby Response Tabs</a> by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/numeeja/" rel="nofollow ugc">cubecolour</a> to add a tabbed effect to you contents page.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/" rel="ugc">disable_comments</a> by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/solarissmoke/" rel="nofollow ugc">solarissmoke</a> allows you to easily remove comments from ‘Help Note’ use.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-items-visibility-control/" rel="ugc">Menu Item Visibility Control</a> plugin by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/shazdeh/" rel="nofollow ugc">shazdeh</a> to add/hide ‘Help Notes’ to your menus.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin site</h4>
<a href="https://justinandco.com/plugins/role-based-help-notes/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://justinandco.com/plugins/role-based-help-notes/</a>
<h4>GitHub – Development</h4>
<a href="https://github.com/justinticktock/role-based-help-notes" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/justinticktock/role-based-help-notes</a>

Role Based Help Notes

Using this on a WooCommerce site. Works like a charm. Great plugin.

Works great with WooCommerce

Help Notes/Posts private to assigned users of a WordPress role.

AssistifyDesk vs Role Based Help Notes