Admin Page Notes

Have you ever created a page template that just aggregated posts of a custom post type? Pretty cool huh?

Well, your client won’t think it’s that cool 2 months from now when they’re editing their site. They click “edit page” and it’s blank!.

Now you can add notes and links on these pages that will give your clients, authors or other editors, clear directions when editing their site. Check out the screenshots to see it in action.

Using The WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Search for ‘Admin Page Notes’
3. Click ‘Install Now’
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
3. Select admin-page-notes.zip from your computer
4. Click ‘Install Now’
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

1. Download admin-page-notes.zip
2. Extract the admin-page-notes directory to your computer
3. Upload the admin-page-notes directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

1. 

   Admin box for inputting page notes on the Gutenberg Editor

2. 

   Notes prominently displayed for users when editing. Meta box for inputting notes are not visible/accessible to any users except administrators

3. 

   Admin box for inputting page notes on the Classic Editor

2.1.7

• Fixed error in contributors

2.1.6

• Tested for the latest versions of WordPress
• Fixed issue of html being stripped from notes

2.1.5

• Added additional screenshots
• Added a donations link. Thank you!

2.1.4

• Tested for updated WordPress version 6.4.1

2.1.3

• Updated tags

2.1.2

• Icon change and update

2.1.1

• Updated for compatibility with WordPress 6.2

= 2.1.0=
* Removed deprecated php code
* Corrected bug from comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-after-update-18/
* Added column in admin display for posts and pages that display first 15 words of any notes per comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notes-in-post-list-column/

= 2.0.0=
* Change in ownership (as of May 11, 2022)
* Clarified how to save notes (responding to comment – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-notes/)
* Implemented current WordPress repository security standards
* Changed header of meta box on post editor to clarify purpose for authors

1.1.0

• Made the textarea larger
• Added translation support. via knutsp

1.0.2

• Update readme.txt and add banner & screenshots

1.0.1

• Fix botched deployment from Github

1.0.0

• Initial Commit