Kyle Charlton

<p>Save page and post notes in the editor or while logged in, add notes from the front end using the integrated notes button found in the admin bar.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Make page and post notes from both the front or back end (while logged in)</li>
<li>Front end: Lock the note box open or closed on a per page basis so you can select which pages or posts show your notes automatically</li>
<li>Front end: Movable note boxes</li>
<li>Front end: Notes are saved using Ajax which means no refresh when you click save</li>
<li>Front end: The positon of the note box saves automatically once you have finished moving it to your desired location (per page basis). </li>
<li>Front end: The note box is resizable, the dimentions are saved after each resize</li>
<li>Front end: Save status appears after every save action so you know when your notes, size and position are being saved  </li>
<li>Dashboard: Dashboard widget that will display all page/post notes with links to each page</li>
</ul>
<h4>Future Updates</h4>
<ul>
<li>Record user who made note (Pro version)</li>
<li>Create multiple notes/annotations on a single page for logged in users by role (Pro version)</li>
<li>Assign users to notes (users receive notification of new notes) (Pro version)</li>
<li>Make comments on notes (Pro version)</li>
</ul>


Site Notes

very useful

A plugin that adds a note box to  your posts and pages which can be viewed in the admin bar

Stephanie Leary

<p>This dashboard widget provides a simple notepad. The widget settings allow you to choose which roles can edit the notes, and which roles can merely read them. Version 1.30 also adds support for custom roles and integrates with the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/" rel="ugc">Members plugin</a> for role settings.</p>
<p>You can display the contents of your notepad using a template tag and/or shortcode. The widget permissions apply to these tags as well: only users with permission to read the notes will see the notes on the front end. You can use <code>div#dashboard-notes</code> in your theme’s CSS file to style the notes.</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>Belorussian (be_BY) by <a href="http://fatcow.com" rel="nofollow ugc">FatCow</a>.</li>
<li>Bulgarian (bg_BG) by <a href="http://www.siteground.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteGround</a>.</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL) by Axel Vanderhaeghen</li>
<li>German (de_DE) by Guido Kerkewitz</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT) translation by Francesco Bevivino</li>
<li>Romanian (ro_RO) by Web Hosting Geeks (<a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Web<br />
Geek Sciense</a></li>
<li>Swedish (se_SV) by <a href="http://www.rabatt.se" rel="nofollow ugc">Rabatt</a></li>
<li>Ukranian (uk_UA) by <a href="http://getvoip.com/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Michael Yunat</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>If you would like to send me a translation, please write to me through <a href="http://sillybean.net/about/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">my contact page</a>. Let me know which plugin you’ve translated and how you would like to be credited. I will write you back so you can attach the files in your reply.</p>


Dashboard Notepad

The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard.

Site Notes vs Dashboard Notepad