Hwinote Dashboard Control

Changelog

1.6.6

  • Added drag-and-drop dashboard plugin ordering using the plugin name area, with a Save display order button for each tab.
  • Deleted plugins are filtered out of the management list and dashboard even if WordPress’ internal plugin cache still contains stale entries.

1.6.5

  • Added a dashboard widget title notice when an update for Hwinote Dashboard Control is available.
  • The notice shows the target version, such as [Update to v1.6.5].
  • The notice links to the standard WordPress Updates screen for safer updates.
  • Plugin inventory is refreshed directly so newly installed or activated plugins appear in the management list immediately.
  • Added a fallback so active plugins that are missing from the standard plugin scan can still appear in the management list.
  • Hwinote Dashboard Control is excluded from its own management list to prevent assigning or disabling the plugin from inside its own UI.
  • Stored detected menu names so inactive plugins can show the last detected menu name with a previously detected label.

1.6.4

  • Added a dashboard initial display count setting with a range of 1 to 10 and a default of 5.
  • Dashboard tabs now show a “Show all (remaining N)” button when more plugins are assigned than the configured initial count.
  • Added a collapse action for expanded dashboard plugin lists.

1.6.3

  • Excluded WordPress core submenu screens such as Appearance / Widgets from menu name candidates.
  • Plugin-created submenus under core parents, such as Tools / Content Search, remain detectable.

1.6.2

  • Improved localized admin menu detection for menu name display.
  • Better detection for translated menu labels such as Download Manager shown as ダウンロード in Japanese.

1.6.1

  • Reduced false menu-name matches against WordPress core parent menus such as Comments.
  • Cleaned notification badge text from detected admin menu labels.

1.6.0

  • Replaced plugin file paths with detected admin menu names in the dashboard widget where available.
  • Simplified the plugin management screen by removing the menu-name-to-memo button.
  • Menu names are now displayed as reference information only.

1.5.9

  • Removed the duplicate menu name candidate display below the memo field.
  • The menu name candidate and memo button now appear only below the plugin name.

1.5.8

  • Improved submenu detection for menu name candidates using meaningful slug keywords.
  • Better detection for shortened menu slugs such as hwincose-content-search when the plugin uses a related text domain or folder name.

1.5.7

  • Improved admin submenu detection for menu name candidates.
  • Menu name candidates can display parent and child menu labels such as Tools / Content Search when detectable.

1.5.6

  • Moved the menu name candidate below the plugin name.
  • Removed the plugin file path from the main plugin list display to simplify the management screen.

1.5.5

  • Fixed the unsaved item count label localization in the plugin management screen.

1.5.4

  • Fixed the menu name candidate label localization.
  • Changed the menu-name memo button to append only the menu name without a prefix label.
  • Rebuilt Japanese translation files with UTF-8 encoding.

1.5.3

  • Added an optional button to append detected admin menu names to personal plugin notes.
  • Existing notes are not changed unless the button is clicked.

1.5.2

  • Fixed tab settings toggle label localization in the admin screen.
  • Improved multilingual display consistency for dynamic admin UI labels.

1.5.1

  • Prevented plugin names from being translated by the admin UI translation layer.
  • Improved consistency of multilingual display in the dashboard and admin screens.

1.5.0

  • Fixed admin page access after updating from version 1.3.0.
  • Restored the original admin page slug for update compatibility.
  • Added compatibility handling for admin links from previous test builds.
  • Improved multilingual support structure and text domain consistency.

1.4.5

  • Added multilingual support structure.
  • Improved text domain consistency.
  • Improved admin strings for translation.
  • Improved dashboard and update management labels.
  • Added compatibility handling for admin page links after updates.

1.3.0

  • Improved continuous update stability.
  • Enhanced update error detection.
  • Added support for native WordPress error messages.
  • Added toast notifications.
  • Added uninstall data cleanup option.
  • Improved the admin UI.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Added dashboard management features.
  • Added bulk activation and deactivation.
  • Added AJAX-based plugin update actions.
  • Added update failure detection.

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Author
hwinote
Version:
1.6.6
Last Updated
June 13, 2026
Requires
WordPress 6.0
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP
8.0

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