Logbook v

Logbook is a lightweight task & logbook plugin for WordPress. Log your daily work, mark tasks as done, and keep a tidy record right inside the dashboard — perfect for freelancers showing clients what's been delivered.

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What Logbook does

Logbook is a lightweight task & logbook plugin that lives entirely inside the WordPress admin. Type a note, format it with colour / size / font / emoji, mark it done when the work is finished, restore it later if you need to revisit. Everything is stored in the site's own database — nothing leaves your server.

I built it for my own client work as a transparent “here's what I did this week” logbook, so customers can see clearly what they're paying for. It turned out to be just as useful for any small team or single user who wants notes attached to the WordPress dashboard rather than a separate app.

Who it's for

Freelancers & site developers tracking work done on client sites.
Small teams documenting changes or keeping a project changelog inside the dashboard.
WordPress power users who'd rather not jump out to a separate notes app.
Small businesses needing a simple task list tied to their website.
Students & teachers logging daily progress.

Version history

v3.3.5 — 25 May 2026 latest
New admin-menu icon: closed-book (dashicons-book-alt) replaces the generic cog wheel. Visually reinforces the “Logbook” identity in the WP sidebar.
v3.3.4 — 25 May 2026
Repo renamed on Gitea: a-wp-notes-v3 → a-logbook. The plugin’s update checker and the “View on Gitea” / “View all releases” / “View full CHANGELOG” links now point at the new path. Local folder also renamed to a-logbook. The plugin’s internal storage and slugs are unchanged — no data migration.
v3.3.3 — 25 May 2026
Pure version bump to verify the end-to-end “Check now” flow against a publicly-hosted Gitea repo. No functional changes. If you can see this line, you successfully pulled the test release.
v3.3.2 — 25 May 2026
Update checker now falls back to Gitea's /tags endpoint when no formal Release object exists for the latest tag. Means a plain git tag && git push --tags is enough to make the “Check now” button report a new version — no need to manually create a Release in the Gitea web UI.
v3.3.1 — 25 May 2026
Dropped the WP prefix — the plugin is now just Logbook. Cleaner name, also clears a potential WordPress.org trademark-policy hurdle if/when the plugin ever lands on the marketplace.
v3.3.0 — 25 May 2026
Self-hosted update checker. Settings → Updates panel polls the Gitea repo via its JSON API, compares against the running version, and shows a download link when a new release is tagged. Includes “View on Gitea” and “View all releases” quick links. No auto-install — manual download keeps things safe.
v3.2.0 — 25 May 2026
Renamed to WP Logbook to match what the plugin is actually becoming — a work logbook for freelancers and students, not just a notes pad. Menu submenu renamed My Notes → My Log. Internal storage and slugs unchanged, no data migration.
v3.1.0 — 25 May 2026
UX polish + bug-fix pass. Single-H1 cleanup, banner moved to this About page, menu renamed to My Notes, duplicate forms removed, empty-state notice now persistently dismissible per-user via user_meta, Tools shortcut retired with a backward-compatible redirect.
v3.0.2 — 10 May 2025
The “without all the crap” trim-back from the v1.1.5 feature-creep era (AI chat, tamagotchi, journal, speedtest… gone). Baseline of what the plugin is today: notes, admin bar, settings, import/export, about, updater.
v2.x — 2024
Editor improvements, AJAX edits, mark-as-done / restore, color & font / size customisation, JSON + CSV import/export, user-attribution & timestamps, dashboard widget.
v2.0.0 — initial release
Basic note functionality with the dashboard widget and styling options.

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