Title: Documenting Plugins (long term)
Last modified: February 22, 2022

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# Documenting Plugins (long term)

 *  [mxwulf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mxwulf/)
 * (@mxwulf)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documenting-plugins-long-term/)
 * Hi,
 * I have been maintaining a WP site for many years now, with multiple users, and
   what I have found is that there is a lot of plug-ins that grow like barnacles.
 * Some are installed and not activated for a reason (like SMNP testing), some are
   just sitting there because someone disabled them and left them.
 * I have un-successfully tried to find a WP plugin to document plug-ins.
    As you
   can imagine, Google-fu fails when you look for “WP Plugin document” and variations
   there off.
 * Ideally, I am after a simple note/description next to the plugin as why that 
   plugin is installed on the website. Or a plugin that pulls in all the installed
   plugins and has a description field next to each plugin. Ideally it would be 
   great if the plugins panel had a native support for a descriptor field.
 * How do other developers deal with WP sites with multiple admins over many years?
   
   How do you document the purpose and usage pattern of plugins on your long term
   website?
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdocumenting-plugins-long-term%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documenting-plugins-long-term/#post-15389293)
 * I would advise against using a plugin to document plugins. Instead use a word
   doc or google doc. You could also add pages to the admin by following [this article](https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-a-help-resource-section-in-wordpress-admin/)
   from WP Beginner.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/documenting-plugins-long-term/#post-15389293)
 * Status: not resolved

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