Dashboard Notes is a WordPress app, with a 4.7 average rating from 19 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Dashboard Notes is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by MIGHTYminnow. With a rating of 4.7★ from 19 reviews.
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Dashboard Notes is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 19 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.7★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by MIGHTYminnow — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (19) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Dashboard Notes works
The plugin Classic Widgets is needed (this plugin doesn’t work with Gutenberg).
Compatible with PHP 8.2
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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).
Usage
Install the Dashboard Notes.
Go to Appearance > Widgets where you will see a new “Dashboard Notes” sidebar.
To create a note, simply drag a new widget into the sidebar and give it some content (we typically use a text/HTML widget).
Once you’ve added content to the widget, click save, and the Dashboard Notes settings for this widget will appear.
Adjust the settings to meet your needs, and click save when you’re done.
Refresh, or navigate to any page to see your new note in action.
Use the plugin settings found via Settings > Dashboard Notes to choose which user roles can/can’t see the notices.
Credits Special thanks to Kaspars Dambis for his work on Widget Context – much of this project is based on that code.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Dashboard Notes?
Dashboard Notes is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating from 19 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by MIGHTYminnow.