Description
AMPM Dashboard Admin Note adds an “Important Note” widget to the WordPress Dashboard (wp-admin Dashboard). Only administrators (capability manage_options) and (in Multisite) Super Admins can view and edit it.
Features:
- Visual editor (TinyMCE) inside the dashboard widget.
- AJAX saving with feedback (“Saving…” label + spinner).
- Strict sanitization via allowlist (wp_kses) and limited inline styles (color, background-color, text-align).
- Links forced to
target="_blank"withrel="nofollow noopener noreferrer". - Widget severity/color: Neutral / Info / Warning / Error.
- Shows: “Modified by: user_login (Display Name. ID: X) — date/time” using the site timezone configured in WordPress.
- Multisite-friendly: stored per site (blog) by default.
Translations
- English (Default)
- Spanish (Español)
- Argentinean Spanish (Español de Argentina)
- Dutch (Nederlands)
- French (Français)
- German (Deutsch)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Portuguese (Português brasileiro)
Screenshots
“Important Note” widget on the Dashboard. 
Editing with TinyMCE and severity color selection.1. Dashboard widget showing a formatted admin note.
Installation
- Upload the
ampm-dashboard-admin-notefolder to/wp-content/plugins/or install via “Plugins Add New Upload Plugin”. - Activate the plugin.
- Go to “Dashboard” and use the “Important Note” widget.
FAQ
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Who can see and edit the note?
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Administrators (
manage_options) and Super Admins in Multisite. -
Can I use HTML?
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Yes. HTML is allowed but strictly sanitized.
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Why does it show in English even though my site is in another language?
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WordPress 6.5 introduced a major upgrade to how plugin translations are loaded natively. On WordPress versions older than 6.5 (like 6.2 or 6.4), the translation engine can sometimes fail to intercept the widget rendering in time, falling back to English. For perfect internationalization support, updating to WordPress 6.5+ is required.
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Contributors & Developers
“AMPM Dashboard Admin Note” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“AMPM Dashboard Admin Note” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “AMPM Dashboard Admin Note” into your language.
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Changelog
1.0.4
- Fix: Prevented TinyMCE editor from breaking when moving the widget via drag & drop.
- Fix: Removed
str_containsto ensure strict PHP 7.2 compatibility. - Tweak: Changed textdomain loading to
plugins_loadedhook. - Fixed translations.
1.0.3
- Fix: Prefixing to avoid conflicts + ajax rename.
- Added translations: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese.
1.0.2
- Public release packaging.
- UI/UX improvements: spinner, action buttons toggle, editor height and reliable re-init after drag&drop.
- Fix: Timezone fix for metadata.