swedish boy

Add up to 3 notepads to the Dashboard. Great for messages, html and ideas between admins and developers on your WordPress Site. 
Read more on how to use Dashboard Notepads in the FAQ.
New in version 1.2
<ul>
<li>Each notepad is now an individual widget.</li>
<li>User view/edit settings for each pad</li>
<li>Configuration on each widget directly.</li>
<li>Configuration page can disable WordPress widgets.</li>
</ul>
Features:
<ul>
<li>Dashboard Widgetized</li>
<li>Up to 3 different notepads as individual widgets.</li>
<li>Disable other widgets (optional).</li>
<li>HTML support for view mode.</li>
<li>Raw CSS customization.</li>
</ul>

Dashboard Notepads

Add up to 3 notepad widgets to your Dashboard. Disable the default widgets if you like. Great for admins to globally message users.

Redwoodcity

WP Notepad puts a notepad textarea on your site. Visitors can jot notes without logging in, and notes are kept in their own browser’s LocalStorage — by default nothing is sent to or stored on the server.
Add a notepad in three ways:
<ul>
<li>Classic widget — add the “Notepad” widget to any widget area.</li>
<li>Block — insert the “WP Notepad” block in the editor.</li>
<li>Shortcode — place <code>[wpnotepad]</code> in post content or theme templates.</li>
</ul>
Features:
<ul>
<li>Notes auto-save to the browser as you type, and are restored on return.</li>
<li>Live character counter and a confirm-protected Clear button.</li>
<li>The textarea grows automatically to fit its content.</li>
<li>Copy to clipboard, download as a .txt file, or import a note from a file.</li>
<li>Multiple notes in one notepad via tabs.</li>
<li>Optional auto-delete (TTL): notes expire after a configurable number of days.</li>
<li>Optional, opt-in cross-device sync for logged-in users (see below). Disabled by default.</li>
<li>Accessibility: labelled textarea, character-count association, polite save announcements and visible focus styles.</li>
<li>Block styling via the editor’s color, typography, spacing and alignment controls.</li>
<li>Available in English and Japanese.</li>
</ul>
Privacy / cross-device sync: By default notes live only in the visitor’s browser and are never stored on the server. An administrator may optionally enable “cross-device sync” under Settings → WP Notepad. When enabled, only logged-in users’ notes are saved to their own WordPress user account (user meta) and synced across their devices via the REST API. Guests (logged-out visitors) always remain LocalStorage-only.

WP Notepad

Add a notepad via a widget, block or shortcode. Notes save to the browser (LocalStorage) — no login required — with optional opt-in cross-device sync.

Dashboard Notepads vs WP Notepad