Title: Baxtersweb Guide Dots – WordPress Admin Guidance and Client Handover Author: Baxter Jones Published: 2026-يىلى 23-ئىيۇل Last modified: 2026-يىلى 5-ئاۋغۇست --- قىستۇرما ئىزدە ![](https://ps.w.org/baxtersweb-guide-dots/assets/banner-772-250.png?rev=3631608) ![](https://ps.w.org/baxtersweb-guide-dots/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3633036) # Baxtersweb Guide Dots – WordPress Admin Guidance and Client Handover يازغۇچى [Baxter Jones](https://profiles.wordpress.org/baxterjones/) [چۈشۈر](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/baxtersweb-guide-dots.1.0.1.zip) * [تەپسىلاتلار](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/#description) * [باھالاشلار](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/#reviews) * [ئورنىتىش](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/#installation) * [ئىجادىيەت](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/#developers) [قوللاش](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/baxtersweb-guide-dots/) ## چۈشەندۈرۈش Baxtersweb Guide Dots helps agencies, developers and site owners document a WordPress website where the work actually happens: inside the admin area. Place visual guide dots beside custom fields, settings and editing controls. Selecting a dot opens the guidance attached to that position, so clients and editors can find instructions without searching through handover PDFs, emails or external documentation. Guide Dots is built for contextual WordPress admin guidance. It does not add anything to the public website frontend. #### 📍 Place guidance on the relevant admin screen Create a guide from any WordPress admin screen, enter a short instruction, choose its audience and double-click where the dot should appear. Use guide dots to: * Explain how a custom field should be completed. * Document an unfamiliar plugin setting. * Guide a client through an editing process. * Record website-specific maintenance instructions. * Leave technical notes for future developers. * Remind administrators about an important workflow. Guide positions are stored against the relevant admin screen, keeping each instruction connected to the interface it describes. #### 👥 Organise guidance by audience Group guides into audiences such as Client, Editor or Developer. Each audience has its own name and identifying colour. The plugin includes three starting audiences: * Client * Editor * Developer Additional audiences can be created when a guide is added. This makes it possible to separate simple editing instructions from technical or internal documentation. Audiences organise guidance by purpose. They do not replace WordPress user roles or automatically restrict guides to particular accounts. #### 🧭 Create guided handover tours Guides within an audience can be ordered into a structured tour, even when the steps appear across different WordPress admin screens. Users can move through the sequence with Previous and Next controls. Guide Dots opens the relevant admin screen and brings the active guide into view as the tour progresses. The Guide Manager provides a shareable tour link for each audience. Tour links open the guides in view-only mode, preventing recipients from editing or deleting guidance while following the sequence. Recipients must still be logged into WordPress and have access to the admin screens included in the tour. #### 🗂 Manage guidance in one place The Guide Manager is available under Tools > Guide Dots. From the manager you can: * View guides from across the WordPress admin. * Filter guides by audience. * Open or edit a guide on its original admin screen. * Reorder guides when a single audience is selected. * Start or share a guided tour. * Delete individual guides or use bulk deletion. * Choose whether plugin data should be removed on uninstall. A screen summary also lists all guides available on the admin screen currently being viewed. #### 👁 Show or hide guides when needed Guide dots can be temporarily hidden from the WordPress admin bar without deleting their content. The visibility choice is stored separately for each WordPress user. Hiding guides for one administrator does not hide them for everyone else. #### Suitable for Guide Dots is particularly useful for: * Client website handovers. * Custom WordPress builds. * Agency and freelance development workflows. * Content editor training. * Internal website documentation. * Ongoing website maintenance. * Explaining ACF fields and custom admin interfaces. * Recording technical implementation notes. #### Key features * Place contextual guide dots on WordPress admin screens. * Add plain-text instructions with line breaks. * Create separate, colour-coded audiences. * Add multiple guides to the same admin screen. * View a summary of guides available on the current screen. * Navigate ordered guides with Previous and Next controls. * Build tours that continue across different admin screens. * Reorder guides within a selected audience. * Generate shareable, view-only guided-tour links. * Edit and reposition existing guide dots. * Temporarily hide guides for the current user. * Manage and bulk-delete guides from one admin area. * Retain plugin data by default when uninstalling. * Run entirely inside the WordPress admin area. * Require no additional plugin. #### What Guide Dots does not do Guide Dots is deliberately focused on contextual guidance inside WordPress admin. It does not: * Display guides on the public website frontend. * Create public product tours or marketing walkthroughs. * Replace WordPress roles or access permissions. * Automatically show different audiences to different user roles. * Provide a learning management system. * Replace broader project documentation where long-form reference material is still useful. Guide Dots works best for concise instructions that relate to a specific admin screen, setting or workflow. #### Documentation and support Documentation: https://docs.baxtersweb.com/guide-dots For support, use the public WordPress.org support forum so questions and solutions remain available to other users: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/baxtersweb- guide-dots/ ## ئېكران كەسمىسى [⌊Guide dots placed directly on a WordPress admin screen.⌉⌊Guide dots placed directly on a WordPress admin screen.⌉[ Guide dots placed directly on a WordPress admin screen. [⌊Adding guidance and placing a new guide dot.⌉⌊Adding guidance and placing a new guide dot.⌉[ Adding guidance and placing a new guide dot. [⌊Managing, editing and organising guides from the Guide Dots admin area.⌉⌊Managing, editing and organising guides from the Guide Dots admin area.⌉[ Managing, editing and organising guides from the Guide Dots admin area. [⌊Filter audience to reorder guides with drag and drop.⌉⌊Filter audience to reorder guides with drag and drop.⌉[ Filter audience to reorder guides with drag and drop. [⌊Navigating through multiple guides using Previous and Next controls.⌉⌊Navigating through multiple guides using Previous and Next controls.⌉[ Navigating through multiple guides using Previous and Next controls. [⌊Viewing all guides available on the current screen.⌉⌊Viewing all guides available on the current screen.⌉[ Viewing all guides available on the current screen. ## ئورنىتىش 1. Install and activate Baxtersweb Guide Dots. 2. Open the WordPress admin screen where guidance is needed. 3. Select Add Guide. 4. Enter the guide text and choose an audience. 5. Select Pin Guide, then double-click where the dot should appear. 6. Open Tools > Guide Dots to manage guides, set their order or create a guided tour. Guide Dots requires an administrator account with the `manage_options` capability to create and manage guidance. ## FAQ ### What is a guide dot? A guide dot is a visual marker placed on a WordPress admin screen. Selecting it opens the contextual instruction attached to that location. ### Who is Guide Dots intended for? Guide Dots is intended for agencies, developers, designers, site administrators and anyone responsible for handing over, documenting or maintaining a WordPress website. It can also help clients and editors who need instructions while managing website content. ### Where do I manage Guide Dots? Open Tools > Guide Dots in the WordPress admin. The Guide Manager lists guides from across the admin area and provides filtering, ordering, tour and deletion controls. ### Does Guide Dots display anything on the website frontend? No. Guide Dots runs only inside the WordPress admin. Website visitors do not see the dots or their guidance. ### Does Guide Dots require another plugin? No. It works as a standalone WordPress plugin. ### Who can create and manage guides? The current release requires the `manage_options` capability, which is normally available to WordPress administrators. Other logged-in users may follow guides only when their account already has permission to access the relevant admin screens. ### Are audiences connected to WordPress user roles? No. Audiences are organisational groups used to label guides and build separate tours. They do not automatically restrict a Client, Editor or Developer audience to matching WordPress roles or individual users. ### Can I create additional audiences? Yes. Select the add-audience control while creating or editing a guide, then enter the new audience name. Guide Dots assigns an identifying colour automatically. ### Can a screen contain more than one guide? Yes. Multiple guide dots can be placed on the same WordPress admin screen. The screen summary lists all guidance available there, and users can open guides individually. ### Can a guided tour continue across different admin screens? Yes. Ordered guides can belong to different admin screens. Selecting Next opens the screen containing the following guide and brings it into view. ### How do I change the order of a guided tour? Open Tools > Guide Dots and filter the guide list to one audience. Drag the guides into the required order, then select Save order. ### Can I share a guided tour with a client? Yes. The Guide Manager generates a tour link for the selected audience. The recipient must be logged into the same WordPress website and have permission to open the admin screens included in the tour. The link opens Guide Dots in view- only mode, but it does not bypass normal WordPress access controls. ### Does a shared tour link give someone access to my website? No. Guide Dots does not create user accounts, log users in or grant admin permissions. The recipient needs an existing WordPress account with suitable access. ### Can I move a guide after placing it? Yes. Open the guide and select Edit Guide to update its text, audience or position. ### Can I temporarily hide all guide dots? Yes. Use Hide Guides in the WordPress admin bar. The setting applies only to the current user and does not delete any guides. ### What happens if an admin screen changes? Guide positions are stored as percentages of the admin page dimensions. A guide may need to be repositioned when a plugin, theme or WordPress update significantly changes the related screen layout. ### What happens if an admin screen is no longer available? The Guide Manager retains the guide but marks its screen as unavailable. The guide can still be deleted from the manager. ### Does Guide Dots support formatted HTML content? No. Guide content is stored as plain text with line breaks. This keeps the guidance focused and avoids executable or complex markup inside admin popups. ### Will Guide Dots replace a complete website handover document? It can replace many screen-specific instructions, but broader documentation may still be useful for project context, policies, credentials, hosting information or long-form reference material. Guide Dots is strongest when the instruction belongs beside a particular WordPress control or workflow. ### Is Guide Dots a frontend onboarding or product-tour plugin? No. It does not create public-facing walkthroughs. Guide Dots is specifically designed for guidance inside the WordPress admin. ### Is plugin data deleted when Guide Dots is uninstalled? No. Guides, audiences and settings are retained by default. To remove them during uninstall, enable Delete all Guide Dots data when the plugin is uninstalled under Tools > Guide Dots before deleting the plugin. ## باھالاشلار بۇ قىستۇرمىغا تېخى باھا يېزىلمىدى. ## تۆھپىكار ۋە ئىجادكار «Baxtersweb Guide Dots – WordPress Admin Guidance and Client Handover» كودى ئوچۇق يۇمشاق دېتال. تۆۋەندىكى كىشىلەر بۇ قىستۇرمىغا تۆھپە قوشقان. تۆھپىكار * [ Baxter Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/baxterjones/) [«Baxtersweb Guide Dots – WordPress Admin Guidance and Client Handover» نى تىلىڭىزغا تەرجىمە قىلىڭ](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots) ### ئىجادىيەتكە قىزىقامسىز؟ [كودقا كۆز يۈگۈرتۈپ](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/baxtersweb-guide-dots/)، [SVN خەزىنە](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/baxtersweb-guide-dots/) تەكشۈرۈپ ياكى [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/baxtersweb-guide-dots/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss) ئارقىلىق [ئىجادىيەت خاتىرىسى](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/baxtersweb-guide-dots/) گە مۇشتەرى بولغىلى بولىدۇ. ## ئۆزگىرىش خاتىرىسى #### 1.0.1 * Added manual guide ordering when a single audience is filtered in the Guide Manager. * Added an explicit Save order action and persistent tour order. * Added native WordPress bulk deletion for selected guides. * Remembered the last audience selected by each guide creator. * Opened guided-tour links in view-only mode while keeping normal guide management available to authorised users. * Added a per-user Hide Guides toggle to the WordPress admin bar. * Removed the global Display mode setting from the Guide Manager. * Scrolled the admin page to bring the active guide into view during tours and guide browsing. * Improved popup positioning near the edges of the viewport. * Fixed guide-list items not opening their selected guide. * Fixed tours beginning on the wrong guide. * Prevented repeated double-clicks from creating duplicate copies of the same guide. * Improved placement feedback while a guide is being pinned. * Updated the documentation link to the new Guide Dots documentation. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. * Added contextual guide dots to WordPress admin screens. * Added multiple guide audiences with identifying colours. * Added support for multiple guides on the same admin screen. * Added Previous and Next navigation between guides. * Added a summary of guides available on the current screen. * Added shared guided tours with view-only mode. * Added guide editing, repositioning and deletion. * Added a per-user option to hide guide dots. * Added central guide management under Tools. ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * ئاخىرقى يېڭىلانغان ۋاقىت **4 كۈن بۇرۇن** * ئاكتىپ ئورنىتىش سانى **10+** * WordPress نەشرى ** 6.4 ياكى يۇقىرى ** * **7.0.3** دا سىنالغان * PHP نەشرى ** 7.4 ياكى يۇقىرى ** * تىل * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/) * بەلگە * [admin guide](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-guide/)[contextual help](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contextual-help/) [documentation](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/documentation/)[onboarding](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/onboarding/) * [ئالىي كۆرۈنۈش](https://ug.wordpress.org/plugins/baxtersweb-guide-dots/advanced/) ## دەرىجە No reviews have been submitted yet. 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