Hwinote Dashboard Control

Hwinote Dashboard Control helps you organize and manage WordPress plugins from a dedicated admin screen and a dashboard widget.

You can group plugins into custom tabs, display selected tabs on the WordPress dashboard, quickly activate or deactivate plugins, run stable bulk operations, and keep personal notes for each plugin.

It is designed for site owners and administrators who manage many plugins and want a cleaner way to check plugin status, updates, categories, and operational notes.

Recommended for

• Sites with many installed plugins
• Administrators who frequently activate or deactivate plugins
• Users who want to organize plugins by purpose, such as SEO, security, forms, display, or disabled candidates
• Users who want quick dashboard access to selected plugin groups
• Users who want personal notes for plugin management

Features

Plugin Group Management

• Create custom tabs for organizing plugins
• Assign each plugin to a tab
• Add personal notes to each plugin
• Search and filter plugins by name, tab, status, note, or dashboard visibility
• Save changed rows in bulk

Dashboard Widget

• Display selected tabs directly on the WordPress dashboard
• Quickly check active or inactive status
• Activate or deactivate plugins with switch controls
• Select multiple plugins and run bulk activation or deactivation
• Display detected admin menu names when available
• Limit the initial number of plugins shown in each dashboard tab
• Expand long lists with a “Show all (remaining N)” button
• Collapse expanded lists again
• Show a target-version update notice for this plugin only when an update is available

Dashboard Display Count

• Default initial display count is 5 plugins per dashboard tab
• The display count can be set from 1 to 10
• Tabs with fewer plugins than the configured count are shown fully
• Tabs with more plugins display an expand button
• Hidden plugins are not included in dashboard bulk selection until expanded

Admin Menu Name Display

• Detect and show related admin menu names when possible
• Supports plugin-created submenus such as Tools / Content Search
• Hides WordPress core screens such as Appearance / Widgets when they are not plugin-specific
• Works as reference information only and does not modify notes automatically
• Previously detected menu names can be shown when a plugin is inactive
• Deleted plugins are hidden from the management list and dashboard when their main plugin file no longer exists
• Drag and drop dashboard plugins to save a custom display order for each tab

Bulk Operations

• Bulk activate selected plugins
• Bulk deactivate selected plugins
• Sequential processing for improved stability
• Clear success and failure feedback

Plugin Update Management

• Show update labels for plugins with available updates
• Update plugins directly from the management screen
• AJAX-based updates without page reloads
• Refresh version information after updates
• Show native WordPress update errors when available

Data Cleanup Option

• Choose whether plugin settings should be removed during uninstall
• Preserve tab and assignment settings when the option is off
• Remove tab settings, assignments, and related data when the option is on

Usage

Create and manage tabs

1. Open Plugin Control+ from the WordPress admin menu.
2. Add a new tab, such as SEO, Security, Forms, Display, or Disabled candidates.
3. Choose whether the tab should be shown on the dashboard.
4. Assign plugins to the tab from the plugin list.

Manage plugins from the dashboard

1. Open the WordPress dashboard.
2. Select a tab in the Plugin Control+ widget.
3. Use the toggle switch to activate or deactivate a plugin.
4. Use the bulk controls to activate or deactivate selected visible plugins.

Change the dashboard display count

1. Open Plugin Control+.
2. Find the Dashboard initial display count setting.
3. Enter a number from 1 to 10.
4. Save the setting.

When a dashboard tab contains more plugins than the configured count, a “Show all (remaining N)” button appears below the list.

Add personal notes

1. Open the plugin list in Plugin Control+.
2. Enter notes in the Personal note field.
3. Save the row or use Save changed rows.

Update plugins

1. Click the Update available label for a plugin.
2. Confirm the update dialog.
3. The update runs without leaving the management screen.

Update Hwinote Dashboard Control

When an update for this plugin is available, a notice such as [Update to v1.6.5] appears beside the Plugin Control+ dashboard widget title.

Clicking the notice opens the standard WordPress Updates screen.

Data Removal

You can choose whether plugin data should be removed when the plugin is uninstalled.

• OFF: Settings are preserved after uninstall.
• ON: Tab settings, plugin assignments, notes, and related data are permanently deleted.

Warning: This action cannot be undone after uninstall.

Related Links

• Plugin Overview: https://hwinotes.com/plugin-group-manager/

Notes

• Bulk operations prioritize stability over speed.
• Processing time may vary depending on the server environment.
• Plugin updates require proper file permissions.
• This plugin only affects the WordPress admin area.
• Menu name detection is best-effort and may not detect every plugin menu.
• The self-update notice uses the standard WordPress Updates screen.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.