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Peter’s Post Notes

v1.6.5
by Peter · 4.9 (26 reviews)

Add notes to the "edit post" and "edit page" sidebars. Collaborators can also share notes on the WordPress dashboard.

4K+ active installs Updated Aug 20, 2020 Tested to 5.5.15
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About Peter’s Post Notes

This plugin allows users to add notes to the sidebar of the add and edit post/page screens in WordPress. These notes can be sent along with collaboration emails and there is also a general and private notes system on the dashboard. The plugin requires WordPress 3.2 or higher.

Changelog

1.6.5

  • 2017-11-18: Add CSRF protection to note deletions and settings updates. (Thanks Jesse!)

1.6.4

  • 2017-03-11: In the Collaboration Notes dashboard, skip notes attached to non-existent posts. (Thanks Alex!)

1.6.3

  • 2016-11-19: Bug fixes: do not show private notes in “Latest notes” column; fix capability check when showing “Edit” links. (Thanks Alex!)

1.6.2

  • 2016-11-06: Fix query bug for users with no associated posts. (Thanks Alex!) Also remove code warning when displaying an unlimited number of notes.

1.6.1

  • 2016-02-13: Improve UX by wrapping checkboxes inside labels. (Thanks Hrohh!)

1.6.0

  • 2016-02-12: Support private notes on posts.

1.5.4

  • 2016-01-06: Make all strings translatable and put translation files in their own folder. (Thanks Luis González Jaime!)

1.5.3

  • 2014-05-10: Bug fix: strip slashes in Latest Note column.

1.5.2

  • 2013-10-07: Support PHP 5 static function calls, bumping WordPress requirement to 3.2+.

1.5.1

  • 2013-07-06: Tighten up spacing in notes displays.

1.5.0

  • 2013-01-24: Allow editing of plugin settings via the WordPress admin interface so that settings persist after upgrades.

1.4.1

  • 2013-01-10: Support dates formatted according to locale (Thanks Alexander!)

1.4.0

  • 2013-01-09: Added setting $ppn_general_notes_required_capability to control who can post general notes on the dashboard. Made plugin SSL compatible (thanks llch!). Also, minor code cleanup.

1.3.1

  • 2011-08-13: Minor code cleanup to remove unnecessary error notices.

1.3.0

  • 2011-07-03: Added “Latest note” column to the manage posts view.

1.2.0

  • 2010-08-02: Added a couple of settings so that you can grant specific roles and/or capabilities the ability to edit and delete any note. Also added a setting to allow basic HTML in notes.

1.1.0

  • 2010-04-24: Added option to move “add note” box for posts to the notes window. Added a couple of settings so that you grant only specific roles and/or capabilities the ability to view all collaboration notes. Added support for custom post types. Also fixed a couple of bugs with line breaks and pagination on general notes.

1.0.8

  • 2010-04-11: Fixed bug where line breaks weren’t preserved when first adding a note. (Thanks SNURK!)

1.0.7

  • 2010-04-02: Added a check in the “save note” function to prevent the same note from being posted twice in a row.

1.0.6

  • 2010-01-11: Plugin now removes its database tables when it is uninstalled, instead of when it is deactivated. This prevents the notes from being deleted when upgrading WordPress automatically.

1.0.5

  • 2009-11-24: More efficient loading of notes if there are no relevant posts for the current user.

1.0.4

  • 2009-09-20: Fixed a bug in date translations. (Thanks Denis!)

1.0.3

  • 2009-09-19: Fixed a bug in the query to show other users’ posts on the dashboard. (Thanks martijn!) Also added proper code call to support translations. (Thanks dreb!)

1.0.2

  • 2009-06-27: Fixed a display compatibility issue within the WordPress post form.

1.0.1

  • 2009-06-23: Fixed minor issue where general notes database table wasn’t being created on some installs.

1.0.0

  • 2009-04-08: Added general and private notes system on the dashboard. Fixed UTF-8 encoding and line breaks in notes.

0.3

  • 2009-01-17: Added “Notes” window to pages. Also added an option (in this plugin file) for the Dashboard “Notes” window: show either all notes by everybody, notes by everybody on relevant posts / pages, and notes by other people on relevant posts / pages.

0.2

  • 2008-12-28: Added ability for users to edit and delete their own notes. Uses Ajax, so JavaScript must be enabled in your browser.

0.1

  • 2008-11-10: First release.

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