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SimpleDocs – Simple Documentation and Knowledge Base makes it easy to create, organize, and display documentation on your WordPress site. Whether you’re building a help center, knowledge base, or user guide, this lightweight plugin handles it all with minimal configuration.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Auto-generates a <code>documents</code> custom post type – No setup needed.</li>
<li>Auto-creates <code>doc-type</code> taxonomy – Categorize and organize documents easily.</li>
<li>Prebuilt archive page with a clean card layout.</li>
<li>Custom sidebar injection on single document pages – replaces your theme sidebar automatically (make sure the sidebar is enabled in your theme layout settings).</li>
<li>Full support for block (FSE) themes – Automatically generates archive and single templates.</li>
<li>Templates regenerate after theme switches – No reconfiguration needed.</li>
<li>Redirects doc-type archive pages to the first listed document in that category.</li>
<li>Smart archive queries – Uses native WordPress loops, preserving your theme features.</li>
<li>Ultra-lightweight CSS – Only loads minimal styles, scoped to doc pages.</li>
<li>Modern CSS only, no JavaScript – Fast loading, less conflict.</li>
<li>Responsive grid layout on archive pages – Auto-applied even if your theme uses flex.</li>
<li>
Only 4 CSS variables used for coloring:
`css 
:root { 
–simpledocs-accent-color: #2872fa; 
–simpledocs-link-color: #555; 
–simpledocs-border-color: #eee; 
–simpledocs-background-color: #fff; 
}
</li>
</ul>
Use your theme’s Customizer or global styles to override them easily.
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<pre><code>[simpledocs_archive] — Displays the document archive

[simpledocs_navigation] — Displays navigation links for documents
</code></pre>
Use these shortcodes if you’re manually creating templates or using a page builder.
<h3>Support</h3>
For help, feature requests, or bug reports, please contact the plugin author or visit the support forums.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not collect or transmit personal data. All content is stored locally within your site.

SimpleDocs – Documentation and Knowledge Base


Nice little plugin, well integrated to block themes. A search bar tailored to the documentation on archive page would be nice for later version :) Thank you !


Doing it's job well

A powerful, theme-friendly documentation system that works out of the box—no bloat, no JS, just clean, structured, and styled docs.

Alex Hedström

DevDocs is a WordPress plugin for publishing clear, organised developer documentation on your site. It gives you a documentation page with a collapsible sidebar for browsing sections and a main content area for reading articles.
Key Features
<ul>
<li>Documentation articles and updates — Publish help articles and version updates in one place.</li>
<li>Organised sections — Group your content into folders and sub-folders for easier browsing.</li>
<li>Sidebar navigation — Visitors can move between the overview, sections, articles, and changelog from one menu.</li>
<li>Instant search — Quickly find articles from the sidebar as you type.</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly layout — The documentation view works cleanly on smaller screens.</li>
<li>Welcome screen — Show an introduction, helpful topic cards, and your latest update before a visitor opens an article.</li>
<li>Changelog timeline — Display product updates in a clear version-by-version timeline.</li>
<li>Custom colours — Match the documentation area to your brand with built-in colour settings.</li>
<li>Full-page layout option — Display your documentation in a distraction-free full-browser view.</li>
<li>Article guidance — Help readers stay oriented with breadcrumbs, last updated dates, and previous/next article links.</li>
<li>Manual ordering — Choose the order in which articles appear inside each section.</li>
<li>Translation-ready — Includes English language files and a translation template for other languages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Documents</h4>
Add your documentation articles in DevDocs and assign them to one or more Topics so they appear in the right place in the sidebar. Use Order if you want to control which articles appear first.
<h4>Topics</h4>
Use Topics to build your sidebar structure. You can create main sections and place sub-sections inside them, then use Order to control how they are listed.
<h4>Changelog</h4>
Each changelog entry supports: 
* A Version Number and Release Date. 
* A summary description. 
* Update items grouped as Added, Changed, Fixed, Removed, Deprecated, or Security.
<h4>Settings</h4>
Navigate to DevDocs → Settings to configure:
<ul>
<li>Documentation Page — The WordPress page that renders the docs layout.</li>
<li>Documentation Name — Label shown in the sidebar header.</li>
<li>Welcome Heading / Message — Text displayed on the overview screen.</li>
<li>Show Topic Cards — Toggle topic card grid on the welcome screen.</li>
<li>Show Latest Update — Toggle the latest changelog snippet on the welcome screen.</li>
<li>Full Page Mode — Expand the documentation into a full-browser layout.</li>
<li>Color Scheme — Choose the colours used across the documentation area.</li>
</ul>

DevDocs

Developer software documentation with folder-based navigation, changelog tracking, and customizable color schemes.

SimpleDocs – Documentation and Knowledge Base vs DevDocs