by Stephanie Leary 4.6 (12 reviews)

Dashboard Notepad

Name: Dashboard Notepad
Rating: 4.6 (12 reviews)
Author: Stephanie Leary

The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard.

Dashboard Notepad ranks #2,126 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #250 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 4.6/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Jul 30, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.1 (Current: 7.1)

v1.42 Current Version v1.42

Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 30 Jul, 2017

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#250 of 8,543 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -5.3% this week No update in over a year

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#2,126

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Active Installs

10K+

-10.6%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

92.7K

+6 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 12%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

12 reviews

Overall 92%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Sep 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

Dashboard Notepad [dashboard-notepad] <= 1.42 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-57927 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.42
Last Updated: Jul 30, 2017
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 4.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Stephanie Leary

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

dashboard notes widget

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a shared notepad on their admin dashboard. It solves the need to jot quick notes and optionally display them to specific user roles on the site's front end.