WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Dashboard Notifications vs Dashboard Notepad

Custom Dashboard Notifications

by Rams07

10+ installs4.7

Dashboard Notepad

by Stephanie Leary

10K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Dashboard Notepad has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Custom Dashboard Notifications.
On a typical day, Dashboard Notepad is downloaded about 23 times, Custom Dashboard Notifications about 1.
Custom Dashboard Notifications is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.6 from 12 reviews.
Custom Dashboard Notifications was updated more recently: Sep 19, 2017, against Jul 30, 2017 for Dashboard Notepad.
Custom Dashboard Notifications is tested with a newer WordPress: 4.8.34, against 4.1.42 for Dashboard Notepad.
Dashboard Notepad has been around longer: since 2009, against 2017 for Custom Dashboard Notifications.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Dashboard Notifications	Dashboard Notepad
Popular rank	#43,978	#2,102
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	30	583
Rating	4.7(3)	4.6(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.8.34	4.1.42
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.00
Last release	9 years ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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