The “Admin Help Docs” WordPress plugin is a brilliant tool for streamlining administrative tasks and empowering website management! It allows you to create custom help documentation for your WordPress admin dashboard, making it easy to remind yourself or guide other administrators through complex tasks and settings.
With this plugin, you can:
Add a section to your admin area where users can go to browse or search through help documentation that you create.
Add instructions/notes to ANY admin page at the top, bottom, or other areas of the page.
Add custom dashboard widgets, or replace your entire WordPress dashboard with help docs.
Brand your help section and docs with your own logo and colors.
Import and auto-feed docs remotely from other sites.
Change the footer text in the admin area.
Reorganize your admin menu in an order that makes more sense.
Add a simple Support Contact form for your clients to contact you directly.
Page locations include:
Top
Bottom
Side (if on post/page edit screens)
Contextual help tab
Next to specific elements (using a CSS selector)
Anywhere else you can hook into if you’re a developer by using a function
By providing easy access to relevant information and guidance, “Admin Help Docs” saves time, reduces confusion, and makes WordPress administration more efficient and enjoyable! It’s perfect for developers, designers, and site owners who want to simplify website management and focus on creating amazing content!
Anyone that has the Administrator role, or other roles that you specify.
Who can view help docs?
Anyone role or capability you specify in settings. You can also override the default role on a per-doc basis.
Can I use the same documentation across multiple sites?
Yes, you can choose to automatically feed documents or copy them locally from a remote site with the same plugin. You can do so from the Help Docs > Imports section.
Where can I request features and get further support?
We recommend using our website support forum as the primary method for requesting features and getting help. You can also reach out via our Discord support server or the WordPress.org support forum, but please note that WordPress.org doesn’t always notify us of new posts, so it’s not ideal for time-sensitive issues.
Compatibility: Increased minimum required WordPress version to 6.0
Compatibility: Tested with WordPress 7.0
2.0.1
Update: Added several helpful shortcodes to be used in docs (see help guide on pluginrx.com)
Fix: Warning – Uninitialized string offset 2
2.0.0.2
Fix: Replacing dashboard wasn’t working for some roles
Tweak: Updated the dashboard docs (when replacing dashboard entirely) to be sorted by date
Fix: Make a few minor CSS adjustments
Fix: Save button icon wobbly
Fix: Doc font color not taking on some docs
2.0.0.1
Fix: Update old image path to new one if using the stock page logo
2.0.0
Update: Complete rebuild for better performance and UI
Update: Added ability to reset colors and all settings before save to test before keeping changes
Update: Removed import/export settings API and replaced it with JSON upload/download
Update: Added color themes and more color options
Update: Added option for downloading/uploading colors only so people can share themes easily
Update: Added more access control options, including per doc viewing roles
Update: Added “Remove All Plugin Data on Uninstall” option
Update: Removed Gravity Form User Merge Tags option as it has no place here; same functionality added to our other plugin, “Advanced Tools for Gravity Forms”
Update: Removed “Hide Version” option and moved it to title attribute when hovering over logo and page title
Update: Changed settings save functionality to ajax without refreshing the page, added Ctrl+S/Cmd+S capability as well
Update: Added style option for main docs page navigation
Update: Added support for multiple locations on a single help doc
Update: Split option for enabling admin bar menu into backend and frontend enabling
Update: Added option to include doc content in admin bar menu
Fix: Footer text wasn’t updating properly
Update: Added a separate doc logo field and an option to hide it
Update: Removed support for [helpdocs_css] shortcode, and added a css field in settings for the whole main docs page
Tweak: Changed the [dont_do_shortcode] shortcode to allow wrapping shortcodes instead of only requiring them being in a content attribute with curly braces (see help guide)
Fix: Gutenberg docs weren’t showing up where they should be
Update: Removed priority option from side page location and fixed it to the top of the sidebars so it can’t be moved by the user
Update: Added option to replace the WP Dashboard entirely
Update: Redid the import page entirely; fetching data is now live with ajax and cached
Update: Added an optional public access api key to secure sharing and importing
Update: Added support for sorting imported docs on the main docs page
Update: Removed User Preferences option as help docs on the post/page edit screen no longer use meta boxes that can be moved around
Update: Added a bunch of developer hooks for further customization
Update: All help guides and developer docs updated