10 Best Noted! Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Noted! has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Noted!
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OpenStation
Closest matchOpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin
5.0 (23) 2,000+ active installsA windowed workspace for wp-admin. Open posts, media, and settings side by side, with a dock, virtual desktops, and a Cmd+K palette.
Shares the admin, dashboard, productivity tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.9 (38) 4,000+ active installsAdds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
Shares the dashboard, notes tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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4.9 (74) 2,000+ active installsAll admin links available in a neat horizontal drop down menu. Saves lots of screen real estate!
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since June 9, 2020.
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5.0 (20) 2,000+ active installsHide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers when they are logged in.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (150) 7,000+ active installsFully customize the WordPress Login Screen.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since November 30, 2023.
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4.8 (24) 10,000+ active installsDisable sidebar and dashboard widgets with an easy to use interface.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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4.3 (23) 3,000+ active installsAutomate your WordPress post scheduling with Publish to Schedule. Set rules for days and times to publish posts automatically, saving you time and ens …
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated December 4, 2025.
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4.8 (22) 1,000+ active installsPuts all your pages and posts into the admin bar so you can simply hover, view & edit anything in one click.
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated April 22, 2026.
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4.8 (35) 9,000+ active installsPaste files and image data from clipboard and instantly upload them to the WordPress media library.
Shares the productivity tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated December 5, 2025.
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4.5 (28) 400+ active installsAllows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.
Shares the markdown tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since December 27, 2017.
Switching from Noted!: common questions
What is the best alternative to Noted!?
OpenStation is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Noted! alternative has the most users?
Widget Disable, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Noted! alternative is rated highest?
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 150 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Noted! alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Noted! score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Noted! on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
OpenStation is the closest match to Noted! by the data we track, and Widget Disable has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. OpenStation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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