Doodlebee

<p>WordPress developers: ever written awesome custom functions and script work for client’s site? Then you provide said client with instructions – either via printed manual, video tutorials, or even emails – but no matter how many ways you tell them how to use the site you just made for them, they keep asking you for instructions?</p>
<p>I’ve found this is typically because most clients want instructions that appear “in your face”.  They like immediate answers to their questions – they don’t want to have to find that file, or search their email for the answers.  It’s much faster for them to just call you and ask what to do.</p>
<p>This plugin solves the issue.  Now there can be no more excuses for not finding the answers you’ve already supplied for them <em>ad nauseum</em>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<li>Version 3.0 now has the option of using a custom tab, or the ability to be integrated in the WordPress “Help” tab.</li>
<li>Due to popular demand, I’ve added in a new feature where you can add a single instruction to multiple pages. </li>
<li>Choose the tab (named by your post title), and the “instructable” displays the content.
<ul>
<li>Content can be a written list of instructions, or some other form of media.</li>
<li>Content can be anything you like, and you can use it just like you would any other post – the only difference is, this stuff shows up in the back-end.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The options page will allow you to set what user level can add/edit/delete “instructables”, as well as allow you to choose whether or not to make the instructions viewable from the front end. You can also choose to make front-end “instructables” viewable to the public, or only to logged-in users.  You can also give non-logged-in users “capabilities” to restrict what they see.</li>
<li>You can set what end user level can view which instructions. For example, you don’t want an Author to see the same instructions for “Edit Posts” that an Administrator would see – it would confuse them. So you can also create content and serve up specific information based on the user level, if you so desire. </li>
</ol>
<p>Note that upper levels will also see lower-level videos, so keep that in mind while preparing your instructions. I recommend making videos/content specific to the lowest level first, and then build onto that base as you go up the user-level chain of command.<br />
6. Multi-Site capable.<br />
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for improvement, feel free to contact Shelly at <a href="http://brassblogs.com/contact" title="Web Design in Hartford, Farmington Valley, Granby, Avon, Simsbury, Weatogue CT" rel="nofollow ugc">Brass Blogs Web Design</a>. If you prefer Twitter, I’m <a href="http://twitter.com/brassblogs" rel="nofollow ugc">@brassblogs</a>.</p>
<p>Given that this is free, I offer limited support. Pretty much if you have issues with the plugin <em>working</em> I will do whatever I can to help you fix the issue, but when it comes to customizations, I’m in limited supply.  I’ll do what I can, but no guarantees.  Pretty much your standard “as-is” application.  In all honesty, ask customization questions in the forums – if I can’t help, perhaps someone else can.  (If you want to hire me to customize it, that’s another story – feel free to contact me to do so!)</p>


Back End Instructions

Plugin for WordPress developers to provide easy "how to use" instructions to their clients.

Bohemia Plugins

Jan Pencik

<p>Site operators can create detailed, hierarchical documentation for the site’s authors, editors, and contributors, viewable in the WordPress admin. Powered by Custom Post Types, you get all the power of WordPress to create, edit, and arrange your documentation. Perfect for customized client sites.</p>
<p>Highly inspired by the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/" rel="ugc">WP Help</a> plugin, Help Manager provides the same functionality, up-to-date compatibility with WordPress, and brings some of the most requested features by its users.</p>
<h3>🎉 Main Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg and Classic Editor support</li>
<li>Improved drag & drop reordering</li>
<li>You can now link to other help documents</li>
<li>WPML support for multilingual documentation</li>
<li>RTL support</li>
<li>Easy import/export</li>
</ul>
<h3>⚙️ Admin Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Change admin appearance (menu title, menu icon, menu order)</li>
<li>Add a dashboard widget</li>
<li>Add admin bar link for quick help documents access</li>
</ul>
<h3>📙 Navigation Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Floating document navigation + automatic anchor links</li>
<li>Previous and next document links</li>
<li>Child documents navigation</li>
<li>Scroll to the top link</li>
</ul>
<h3>📝 Formatting Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Open linked images in a popup using <a href="https://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/" rel="nofollow ugc">Magnific Popup</a></li>
<li>Responsive iframes using <a href="https://dollarshaveclub.github.io/reframe.js/" rel="nofollow ugc">Reframe.js</a> (e.g., YouTube videos)</li>
<li>Responsive tables</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔐 User Permissions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Specify admin users that can access plugin settings </li>
<li>Choose which user roles can add, edit and delete help documents</li>
<li>Choose which user roles can view help documents</li>
<li>Custom user roles are supported</li>
</ul>
<h3>🎨 Customization Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add custom CSS and modify document view to your needs</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Roadmap</h3>
<ol>
<li>create an external hub that will allow you to synchronize documents between all your websites without any limitation</li>
<li>show help button conditionally on related admin screens and open help documents directly without the need to leave your current screen (inspired by <a href="https://www.helpscout.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">HelpScout</a>)</li>
</ol>


Help Manager

This is a simple but well executed plugin to add help docs to the admin area. Such a great tool for sites where the client will edit content. Thanks folks for your work on this! 100% recommended.

Super Helpful Plugin

Create documentation for the site's authors, editors, and contributors viewable in the WordPress admin and avoid repeated "how-to" questions.

Back End Instructions vs Help Manager