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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 4.5.33 #1 in admin help tabs

Better Admin Help Tabs

This plugin will allow creation of admin help tabs (and associated sidebars) on any screen in the WordPress admin area. It creates a custom post type called Help Tabs to store information. You need to add the following…

Active installs30+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d60▲ +36.4% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.8/54 reviews
Health score30/100At risk
All-time downloads6.1KSince Jun 2014
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.3PHP any
Downloads · 7d14▼ -26.3% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Better Admin Help Tabs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (30+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 10 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.5 (latest is 7.1)

Daily downloads

246Jun 29Aug 12Sep 26
Yesterday3
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day10May 29, 2026
Last 12 months516

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Better Admin Help Tabs stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
admin help tabs >100 5,227 Best admin help tabs plugins →
help >100 10,000 Best help plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.351.4%
  • 1.248.6%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 from 4 reviews

  • 5★75.0%
  • 4★25.0%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Better Admin Help Tabs

From the official readme · v1.3.4

Description

This plugin will allow creation of admin help tabs (and associated sidebars) on any screen in the WordPress admin area. It creates a custom post type called Help Tabs to store information. You need to add the following info to make it work:

  1. Title – The title of your tab
  2. Main content area
  3. Screen – What page/screen it should appear on
  4. Type – Help tab or tab sidebar

HELP TAB EXAMPLE:
Let’s say I want to add a help tab on the main Help Tabs listing page that says something about my plugin. I would use:

  1. “My Main Tab”
  2. “This is a main tab with my own info on it!”
  3. “edit-sbah_helptab”
  4. Select “Tab” (the default)

HELP SIDEBAR EXAMPLE:
Let’s say I want to add a help sidebar (these are the areas to the right with extra info and links) on the main Help Tabs listing page. I would use:

  1. “My Sidebar”
  2. “This is a sidebar!”
  3. “edit-sbah_helptab”
  4. Select “Sidebar”

IMPORTANT NOTE: While there can be multiple tabs per page, there can be only ONE sidebar per page. If you add others to the same page, only the first one found will show.

NOTE: I also have a plugin that does Admin Pointers (those blue info boxes), if you are interested in that one you can find it here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-admin-pointers/

This plugin leverages the great work done by others here:

For configuring metaboxes on the custom post type:
https://github.com/WebDevStudios/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress

Installation

It is always a good idea to make a backup of your database before installing any plugin.

There are 3 ways to install this plugin:

  1. Search for it in your WordPress Admin (Plugins/Add New/Search) area and install from there

  2. Download the zip file from https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-admin-help-tabs/ and then go to Plugins/Add New/Upload and then upload and activate it.

  3. Upload the folder “better-admin-help-tabs” to “/wp-content/plugins/”, then activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress

Changelog

Version 1.3.4

  • FIX: REGEXP was not matching if item was at end of the line.

Version 1.3.3

  • FIX: Fixes the previous fix to the fix. Who knew MariaDB was not really identical to MySQL?

Version 1.3.2

  • FIX: previous fix was not a fix. This version fixes the fix, sigh.

Version 1.3.1

  • FIX: help tab query was sometimes showing on wrong pages because of partial name matching.

Version 1.3

  • FIX: resolved conflicts with some plugins that did not have a wp screen available.
  • FIX: applying content filter properly to help tab content.

Version 1.2

  • FIX: Screen display option now properly coded and falls after admin bar loads.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

The config page for my example help tab.
The config page for my example help tab.
The example help tab and sidebar in action.
The example help tab and sidebar in action.

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FAQ

Better Admin Help Tabs: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

Is Better Admin Help Tabs free?

Yes. Better Admin Help Tabs is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Better Admin Help Tabs safe to use in 2026?

Better Admin Help Tabs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Better Admin Help Tabs?

Better Admin Help Tabs is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,055 times since it launched in June 2014. It was downloaded 60 times in the last 30 days.

Does Better Admin Help Tabs work with WordPress 7.1?

Better Admin Help Tabs is officially tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Better Admin Help Tabs last updated?

The latest version, 1.3.4, was released on July 2, 2016 (10 years ago).

Who makes Better Admin Help Tabs?

Better Admin Help Tabs is developed and maintained by Stephen S.

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