Title: WP Dashboard Messages
Author: podpirate
Published: <strong>May 12, 2020</strong>
Last modified: December 5, 2025

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# WP Dashboard Messages

 By [podpirate](https://profiles.wordpress.org/podpirate/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages.1.1.7.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/)

## Description

#### Features

 * Add Messages to WP Admin Dashboard
 * Expiring Messages
 * Select from different styles and layouts
 * Multisite Support (Network-wide messages)
 * Developer friendly hooks

#### Development

Please head over to the source code [on Github](https://github.com/mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages).

## Screenshots

[⌊Some random dashboard messages⌉⌊Some random dashboard messages⌉[

Some random dashboard messages

[⌊Post Editor metabox⌉⌊Post Editor metabox⌉[

Post Editor metabox

[⌊Network admins can publish messages either on the current blog or on the entire
network.⌉⌊Network admins can publish messages either on the current blog or on the
entire network.⌉[

Network admins can publish messages either on the current blog or on the entire 
network.

## Installation

Just follow the [Automatic Plugin Installation](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#automatic-plugin-installation)
procedere.

## FAQ

### I found a bug. Where should I post it?

Please use the issues section in the [GitHub-Repository](https://github.com/mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages/issues).

I will most likely not maintain the forum support forum on wordpress.org. Anyway,
other users might have an answer for you, so it’s worth a shot.

### I’d like to suggest a feature. Where should I post it?

Please post an issue in the [GitHub-Repository](https://github.com/mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages/issues).

### The plugin works pretty well for me. Any way I can show my appreciation?

Thanks! As a well trained person living in a rich country there is only little I
could wish for.
 Well, to be honest there is something. As a well known fact today’s
internet is dominated by only a few major corporations, monitoring all of your behaviour
gaining more and more power that way.

Only few organizations have the guts to stand up against this power. In europe—in
Austria to be precise—there is _None of you Business_ who take whatever legal action
they can to put mass surveillance corporations in their place.

So, if that little piece of software was able to help you, you can do me—and yourself—
a favor and place a donation at [NOYB](https://noyb.eu/en/support-us).

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/83dda8bb744d526406dbc9f2f10b4057793838b5481ff329189cd9c9d585b8ab?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[A great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-great-plugin-355/)󠁿

 [neoset](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neoset/) January 6, 2022

An effective plugin shows notifications for a certain time.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ea1abdec980d6167e4c6c0b56623251c0a28c9756c02863b5abbcd5c6e17e05?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just added to multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-added-to-multisite/)󠁿

 [rscott7706](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rscott7706/) October 7, 2020

Was disappointed at first, did not show on subsites. But it was my own bad. There
is a setting to enable multisite. So far looks great – has neat ammenities. Ron 
Scott

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3affdb0bb3d111ca1f90ecbd0ea1a9c0a3459ee06d27bf71617027973ec34670?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works nicely in multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-nicely-in-multisite/)󠁿

 [mwillberg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mwillberg/) October 1, 2020

Does what it says on the tin with nice GUI.

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Dashboard Messages” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ podpirate ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/podpirate/)

“WP Dashboard Messages” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Dashboard Messages” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-messages)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dashboard-messages/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-dashboard-messages/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dashboard-messages/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dashboard-messages/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.7

 * Fix style issue in WP 6.7+

#### 1.1.6

 * Test with WordPress 6.0
 * Fix deprecation notice in PHP 8.1

#### 1.1.5

 * Test with WordPress 5.8
 * PHP 8 compatibility

#### 1.1.4

 * Fix PHP fatal error after plugin upgrade

#### 1.1.3

 * Upgrade dashicons
 * Add black color scheme
 * Improve Dashboard stylesheet for WP 5.5+
 * Load legacy stylesheets for WP < 5.5

#### 1.1.2

 * Feature: Set message expiration
 * Style: Fix image width
 * Minor Security hardening

#### 1.1.1

 * UI: add search input to dashicon selector
 * UI: update dashicons
 * Fix some style issues

#### 1.1.0

Release at wordpress.org

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.7**
 *  Last updated **6 months ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/) and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-messages)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[dashboard](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ podpirate ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/podpirate/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-messages/)

## Donate

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