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Custom Dashboard Help Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jo Landers. With a rating of 4.8★ from 6 reviews.
Custom Dashboard Help Widget is a WordPress app, with a 4.8 average rating from 6 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Custom Dashboard Help Widget is a WordPress app. It holds a 4.8★ average from 6 reviews on WordPress.
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How Custom Dashboard Help Widget works
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Do you want to add site announcements, contributor guidelines or help to the WordPress dashboard?
This plugin adds a widget with custom text to the dashboard. Great for Admin-only announcements or making a short README text block for your site contributors. You can display basic help or include links to more detailed information. The premium version has more options and allows you to disable/hide any or all default dashboard widgets.
Important! If you’re upgrading from Version 1.0, make sure you follow the correct installation procedure.
Suggested Use
Display general site announcements
Add guidelines for content, category usage, or image sizes that fit the theme
Tell contributors when they should use pages, posts, or custom write panels
Provide links to more detailed “contributor help” pages or posts
Features
Includes the same WYSIWYG editor your posts do, so you can format your widget content more easily.
Lightweight – For most users, only the widget display and help functions (less than 100 lines of code) are loaded. Management functions are only loaded if the user can manage the plugin.
Premium Version
Selectively disable any or all default WordPress dashboard widgets, for all users (the widget list occasionally changes; the plugin can disable all default widgets for WP v. 3.1 to 3.8.2)
Keep the widget visible, open, and above other widgets on the dashboard, regardless of user settings.