Description
Site developers and operators can easily create help documentation and notices for the admin area. Include a help section with pages of instructions, or add a help box just about anywhere on the back-end (see site locations and page locations below).
- Supports custom post types
- Supports Gutenberg and Classic editors
- Completely customizeable – colors, admin menu name, icon, logo, etc
- Change the admin footer text to admin contact information or whatever you want
- Easily import settings from another site
- Import or auto-feed documents from another site
- Users can reset meta box and admin list column preferences from profile page
- Use it for notices and reminders, too!
Site Locations
- Main documentation page
- Admin bar
- Dashboard
- Post/page edit screen
- Post/page admin list screen
- All other pages that are listed on admin menu
Page Locations
- Contextual help (even on Gutenberg)
- Top
- Bottom
- Side
Demo
Screenshots
Main documentation page 
Add a doc to the top of any page as a notification 
Bottom page placement 
Classic contextual help and side meta box 
Gutenberg contextual help and side meta box 
Dashboard meta box with custom colors 
Manage the help docs like any other post 
Import documents from another site 
Settings page 
Settings page with colors changed
Installation
- Install the plugin from your website’s plugin directory, or upload the plugin to your plugins folder.
- Activate it.
- Go to Help Docs in your admin menu.
FAQ
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Who can add a help section?
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Anyone that has the Administrator role, or other roles that you specify.
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Can I use the same documentation across multiple sites?
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Yes, you can choose to automatically feed documents or import them locally from a remote site with the same plugin.
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Where can I request features and get further support?
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Join my WordPress Support Discord server
Reviews
February 7, 2023
The best plugin for documentation. Highly recommended if you want to add help boxes on pages for admins that don't know what they are doing. Also having a dedicated help section with instructions is very useful. Very cool that I get to change the name and colors, too! I am able to eliminate a lot of repetitive questions. I can also use it for notices when I need to alert my team before they make important changes to the site. And there are no premium options that you don't have access to; it is completely free! Kudos!
Contributors & Developers
“Admin Help Docs” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0.6
- Added option for adding missing user meta merge tags to Gravity Forms dropdowns
- Added missing index.php to classes and js folders
- Fixed excerpt meta box from changing on other post types