Mickey Kay

MIGHTYminnow

<p><strong>The plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/" rel="ugc">Classic Widgets</a> is needed (this plugin doesn’t work with Gutenberg).</strong></p>
<p><strong>Compatible with PHP 8.2</strong></p>
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<p>Dashboard Notes lets you create super simple notes and instructions for your clients within the WordPress dashboard. Choose the color of the notification, whether or not to include a logo, and exactly what pages to include the notification on (uses simple URL matching).</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install the Dashboard Notes.</li>
<li>Go to Appearance > Widgets where you will see a new “Dashboard Notes” sidebar.</li>
<li>To create a note, simply drag a new widget into the sidebar and give it some content (we typically use a text/HTML widget).</li>
<li>Once you’ve added content to the widget, click save, and the Dashboard Notes settings for this widget will appear.</li>
<li>Adjust the settings to meet your needs, and click save when you’re done.</li>
<li>Refresh, or navigate to any page to see your new note in action.</li>
<li>Use the plugin settings found via <strong>Settings > Dashboard Notes</strong> to choose which user roles can/can’t see the notices.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Special thanks to <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/" rel="nofollow ugc">Kaspars Dambis</a> for his work on <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/" rel="ugc">Widget Context</a> – much of this project is based on that code.</p>


Dashboard Notes

Easily create notes/instructions in the WordPress admin using any widget you like!

dauidus

<p>Add Post Type Instructions allows admins to easily set instructional context for metaboxes and more on pages, posts or custom post types.  Currently it supports adding instructional context in the following areas on the add/edit screen:</p>
<ul>
<li>above the title field</li>
<li>above the WYSIWYG editor</li>
<li>default content within the WYSIWYG editor</li>
</ul>
<p>and within the following metaboxes:</p>
<ul>
<li>publish</li>
<li>author</li>
<li>featured image</li>
<li>excerpt</li>
<li>trackbacks</li>
<li>custom fields</li>
<li>page attributes</li>
<li>categories</li>
<li>tags</li>
<li>post format</li>
<li>discussion</li>
<li>comments</li>
<li>revisions</li>
<li>slug</li>
</ul>
<p>APTI uses OOP standards to add options only for those metaboxes which are supported for each post type and to execute code only on those pages where it is needed.  It works especially well for sites with many custom post types that require content to be entered in a specific way (ie. when a post type requires a specific page template or when the absence of a featured image will break the intended look of a post).  Think of any theme or plugin that supports an image slider powered by a required featured image, and you can surely see where APTI can come in handy.</p>
<p>To be clear, APTI does absolutely nothing to the front-end of your site.  It simply adds instructional context to the add/edit page/post admin screen so your clients and site editors might better understand how content is to be added.</p>
<p>APTI works with multisite networks and allows users to define settings on a per-site basis.</p>
<h4>Coming soon</h4>
<ul>
<li>Translations – to submit a translation, please contact the author</li>
</ul>
<p>APTI will work with drag-n-drop builders such as Visual Composer, but the author cannot recommend its use with them.  This will be addressed in a future release.</p>
<h4>Suggestions are welcome</h4>
<ul>
<li>email the author at dave@dauid.us</li>
</ul>
<h4>Follow Development on Github</h4>
<ul>
<li>https://github.com/dauidus/add-post-type-instructions</li>
</ul>


Add Post Type Instructions

Absolutely fantastic, every design decision is spot on, looks like native WordPress.
Options to configure as you need per-post-type and being able to pre-populate the wysiwyg is a great optional bonus.
I have a site with multiple post types, many authors and some very specific posting requirements. Following instructions written elsewhere hasn't proven that effective but I'm confident having instructions directly next to the fields is going to make everything go so much more smoothly.



Brilliant

Allows admins to easily set instructional context for metaboxes and more on pages, posts or custom post types.

Dashboard Notes vs Add Post Type Instructions