Title: Dashboard Beacon
Author: janhenckens
Published: <strong>octubre 11, 2015</strong>
Last modified: mayo 14, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Dashboard Beacon

 By [janhenckens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janhenckens/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-dashboard-beacon.1.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/#installation)
 * [Development](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-beacon/)

## Description

This plugin makes it fast and easy to integrate Help Scout’s Beacon feature into
your WordPress dashboard. That way, your client has easy access to your documentation
and/or has an easy way of contacting you in case they encounter a problem.

Read more about Help Scout Beaon [here](http://www.helpscout.net/blog/introducing-beacon/).

**Note: the plugin or it’s author are not affiliated with Help Scout in any way.**

After installation, you can customize the beacon’s options, icon and colour.
 You
can also enable the plugin for selected member roles, giving you control over which
of your users has access to the beacon and can contact you.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Plugin settings

## Installation

To use this plugin, you will need a [Helpscout](http://helpscout.net) account.

 1. Upload `wp-dashboard-beacon` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Under Tools/Dashboard Beacon, enter your Beacon Form ID and, if applicable, your
    Docs subdomain.
 4. Check the approriate options (‘enable contact form’ and/or ‘enable docs’)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Dashboard Beacon” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ janhenckens ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janhenckens/)

“Dashboard Beacon” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Dashboard Beacon” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dashboard-beacon/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-dashboard-beacon/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dashboard-beacon/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-dashboard-beacon/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.0

 * Added option to show the beacon on the front-end for anonymous users
 * Added aa text field that can be shown above the contact form

#### 1.1.0

 * Prefilled the user’s name and email in the beacon contact form.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.0**
 *  Last updated **10 anyos ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.5.33**
 *  Languages
 * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/) y [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon)
 * Tags
 * [Client](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/client/)[dashboard](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)
   [documentation](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/documentation/)[helpscout](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/helpscout/)
   [support](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/support/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-beacon/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ janhenckens ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janhenckens/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-dashboard-beacon/)

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