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WP Notes Widget
Display important, short, time sensitive text and media in a 'sticky note' style. Auto Tweet your notes.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.6★ from 12
- Active installs
- 700+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 14 Jan 2023
- Added
- Nov 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.5
- Tested up to
- WP 6.1.12
- Downloads
- 37,972
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Notes Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display short, time-sensitive information on your site in a sticky note format. It is designed to enhance communication by allowing users to attach images, audio, or video to notes, as well as integrate with Twitter for automatic tweeting of notes.
The plugin provides options for customising the appearance of notes, including font style, size, and colour. It also supports scheduling notes to appear or expire at specific times, making it suitable for users who need to convey important updates without cluttering their posts or pages.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for sites that need to display important, short messages or updates in a visually appealing way.
What it does well
- ✓Allows attachment of images, audio, or video to notes
- ✓Integrates with Twitter for automatic tweeting
- ✓Customisable font styles and colours
- ✓Supports scheduling notes to appear or expire
- ✓Designed to work with WPML
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on additional features in the free version
- •No details on compatibility with other plugins beyond suggestions
Verdict
WP Notes Widget provides a straightforward solution for displaying brief notes on your WordPress site. It is particularly useful for those looking to communicate timely information without disrupting the layout of their content.
From the developer
Steve Puddick's own description of WP Notes Widget, lightly tidied.
WP Notes Widget PRO is now available
WP Notes Widget PRO offers the following additional features:
- Note Categories
- Shortcodes
- Insert notes in posts, pages, and other post types (not just widget areas)
- Order notes in ascending or descending order
- Ability to remove all Web Rockstar branding and callouts in WordPress admin
Posts and pages have their own characteristics and uses, but sometimes there is a need to display important, very short, time sensitive information which don’t really fit into a post or page. WP Notes Widget fills this gap. The visual design is similar to real sticky notes which adds to the effective communication of the message.
With WP Notes Widget you can:
- attach an image, audio, or video to a note
- attach a link to either an uploaded file, a link from your website, or a link to another website
- integrate with your twitter account to automatically tweet your notes
- select the font style, font size, font color, and background color of notes
- select which notes appear on a specific widget
- post date notes to appear at a certain date/time
- set notes to expire at a certain date/time (with additional, free plugin)
Enhancements
To further enhance the functionality of WP Notes Widget you can install these great plugins:
- Post Expirator by Aaron Axelsen
- Post Types Order by Nsp Code
You can also take advantage of some built in WordPress functionality which you may not have explored yet:
- ‘post dating’ notes so that they only appear once a certain date and time has been reached
WP Notes Widget has also been designed to work with WPML.
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