socranext

What the plugin provides 
– Custom Post Type <code>socranext_post</code> (slug: <code>artikelen-sn</code>) for AI-optimized articles. 
– Custom Taxonomy <code>socranext</code> (hierarchical) for categorizing those articles. 
– Knowledge Base page (WordPress page, slug <code>kennisbank-sn</code>). 
– Template-based rendering for single/archive and knowledge base views (plugin templates via <code>template_include</code>). 
– Admin screens under SocraNext (Overview, Articles, Knowledge Base, Pages) including per-page FAQ toggles. 
– Cache flush on (de)activation to correctly register permalinks.
Display 
The plugin renders views via bundled templates for: 
– Single SocraNext articles and archive list. 
– Knowledge base page with categories and Q&As.
Structured Data 
– The FAQ display includes FAQPage JSON-LD to help search engines and AI systems better understand the Q&As.
REST API (for platform integration) 
Under the namespace <code>socranext/v1</code>, routes include: 
– <code>GET /pages</code> and <code>GET /pages/{id}</code> – list site pages (for adding/showing FAQ widgets). 
– <code>POST /toggle</code> – enable/disable the FAQ widget per page. 
– <code>POST /store-aio-information</code> and <code>GET /aio-information/{page_id}</code> – store/retrieve per-page FAQ data. 
– <code>POST /kennisbank</code> and <code>POST /kennisbank-custom</code> – store knowledge base categories and custom markup/styles. 
– <code>POST /blog</code> and <code>POST /store-blog-custom</code> – create articles and store global custom HTML/CSS/JS for article display. 
– <code>GET /articles-list-custom</code> – retrieve configuration for list views.
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Note: without an account/connection to app.socranext.ai, the auto-generation routes are typically not used, but the created post types, taxonomy, and pages remain available for display.
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Privacy & external services 
– The plugin does not call external APIs on its own; the integration is typically initiated by the SocraNext platform to your website. 
– Websites: product site https://socranext.ai and platform https://app.socranext.ai.
<h3>Prefix & naming policy</h3>
<ul>
<li>All plugin identifiers use the unique prefix family “SocraNext”:
<ul>
<li>Functions, hooks, options, AJAX actions, REST namespace, script/style handles: <code>socranext_*</code> (lowercase)</li>
<li>Constants: <code>SOCRANEXT_*</code> (uppercase)</li>
<li>Human-facing labels and PHP namespaces (if used): <code>SocraNext</code> (PascalCase)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>We avoid reserved prefixes like <code>wp_</code>, <code>_</code>, and <code>__</code> for custom identifiers.</li>
<li>Existing options and routes already comply; no migrations are required.</li>
</ul>

SocraNext

AI-ready content: articles CPT, knowledge base with FAQ JSON-LD, and per-page FAQ widget. Integrates with the SocraNext platform for auto-publishing.

Guido

<h4>About</h4>
With this lightweight plugin you can create a knowledge base that contains your categories and posts.
Main features of the plugin:
<ul>
<li>Free and lightweight</li>
<li>Support for Block Editor and Classic Editor</li>
<li>Display your knowledge base with block, shortcode or widget</li>
<li>Custom post types are supported (such as WooCommerce product categories and products)</li>
<li>Customize your knowledge base with attributes</li>
<li>Documentation at WP plugin page</li>
<li>Active support from developer at WP forum</li>
</ul>
With this plugin you can also create a FAQ or wiki in the same way as a knowledge base.
<h4>How to use</h4>
After installation make sure you already have some categories and posts.
Go to the editor and add the VS Knowledge Base block or the shortcode <code>[knowledgebase]</code> to a page. This will display your knowledge base.
Or go to Appearance > Widgets and use the VS Knowledge Base widget.
Default settings categories:
<ul>
<li>4 columns when using block or shortode</li>
<li>1 column when using widget</li>
<li>2 columns in small screens</li>
<li>Order by name</li>
<li>Ascending order (A-Z)</li>
<li>Empty categories are hidden</li>
<li>Parent and subcategories are displayed separately</li>
</ul>
Default settings posts:
<ul>
<li>Order by date</li>
<li>Descending order (new to old)</li>
<li>All posts are displayed</li>
</ul>
Customize your knowledge base with attributes.
<h4>Attributes</h4>
You can customize your knowledge base by adding attributes to the block, shortcode or widget.
<ul>
<li>Add custom CSS class to knowledge base: <code>class="your-class-name"</code></li>
<li>Change the number of columns: <code>columns="3"</code></li>
<li>Disable the columns: <code>columns="0"</code></li>
<li>Include certain categories: <code>include="1,3,5"</code></li>
<li>Exclude certain categories: <code>exclude="8,10,12"</code></li>
<li>Display empty categories too: <code>hide_empty="0"</code></li>
<li>Change the number of posts per category: <code>posts_per_category="5"</code></li>
<li>Reverse the order of posts: <code>order="ASC"</code></li>
<li>Display posts by title: <code>orderby="title"</code></li>
<li>Display posts in random order: <code>orderby="rand"</code></li>
<li>Disable category link: <code>category_link="false"</code></li>
<li>Display category description: <code>category_description="true"</code></li>
<li>Display post counter: <code>post_count="true"</code></li>
<li>Display post meta (date and author): <code>post_meta="true"</code></li>
<li>Display View All link: <code>view_all_link="true"</code></li>
<li>Change label of View All link: <code>view_all_link_label="your label"</code></li>
<li>Change label of post without title: <code>no_post_title_label="your label"</code></li>
<li>Change the “no categories are found” text: <code>no_categories_text="your text"</code></li>
</ul>
Example: <code>[knowledgebase include="1,3,5" hide_empty="0" post_meta="true"]</code>
When using the block or the widget, don’t add the main shortcode tag or the brackets.
Example: <code>include="1,3,5" hide_empty="0" post_meta="true"</code>
With the columns attribute you can set the number of columns between 1 and 4.
In small screens max 2 colums.
You can disable the columns in favour of your own styling.
The columns attribute will be ignored when using the block or widget. Because you can set the columns via the block or widget settings.
<h4>Post tags</h4>
Besides displaying posts by category you can also display posts by tag: <code>taxonomy="post_tag"</code>
<h4>Custom post types</h4>
It’s also possible to display categories and posts from a custom post type (such as WooCommerce product categories and products).
To display these categories and posts you should add 2 attributes: “taxonomy” and “post_type”
WooCommerce:
<ul>
<li>Product categories and products: <code>taxonomy="product_cat" post_type="product"</code></li>
<li>Include product category image: <code>taxonomy="product_cat" post_type="product" woo_image="true"</code></li>
<li>Display by tag instead of category: <code>taxonomy="product_tag" post_type="product"</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Have a question?</h4>
Please take a look at the FAQ section.
<h4>Translation</h4>
Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs.
More <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/very-simple-knowledge-base" rel="nofollow ugc">translations</a> are very welcome!
The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference.
<h4>Credits</h4>
Without help and support from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so thank you!

VS Knowledge Base

With this lightweight plugin you can create a knowledge base that contains your categories and posts.

SocraNext vs VS Knowledge Base