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Custom Dashboard Help Widget

v3.0Not updated in over a year

Add a custom widget to the dashboard to display announcements, help or other information users will see at login.

by Jo Landers · Website

customizedashboarduser helpwidget
Rank
#7,481 24h — · 7d —
Est. installs
800+ bucket floor only
Total downloads
13K all time
Rating
4.8 ★ 6 reviews
Official installs
800+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 3.8.41 compatibility

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Ratings

6 public ratings · 4.8 out of 5.

Maintenance & compatibility

12.7 years ago

Last release

Version
3.0
Requires WP
3.3
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2010

About Custom Dashboard Help Widget

Custom Dashboard Help Widget is a WordPress plugin by Jo Landers, first published on WordPress.org in 2010. It has 800+ active installations and 12,956 downloads in total, and ranks #7,481 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 6 reviews. Version 3.0 was released 12.7 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 3.8.41 and requires WordPress 3.3 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under customize, dashboard, user help and widget.

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