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<h4>About</h4>
<p>With this lightweight plugin you can create a knowledge base that contains your categories and posts.</p>
<p>To display your knowledge base you can use a block, a shortcode or a widget.</p>
<p>You can customize your knowledge base with attributes.</p>
<p>It’s also possible to display categories and posts from a custom post type (such as WooCommerce product categories and products).</p>
<p>With this plugin you can also create a FAQ or wiki in the same way as a knowledge base.</p>
<h4>How to use</h4>
<p>After installation add the VS Knowledge Base block or the shortcode <code>[knowledgebase]</code> to a page to display your knowledge base.</p>
<p>Or go to Appearance > Widgets and use the VS Knowledge Base widget.</p>
<p>Default settings categories:</p>
<ul>
<li>4 columns when using block or shortode</li>
<li>1 column when using widget</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>
<p>Default settings posts:</p>
<ul>
<li>Order by date</li>
<li>Descending order (new to old)</li>
<li>All posts are displayed</li>
</ul>
<p>You can customize your knowledge base with attributes.</p>
<h4>Attributes</h4>
<p>You can customize your knowledge base by adding attributes to the block, the shortcode or the widget.</p>
<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>Display category description: <code>category_description="true"</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>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>
<p>Example: <code>[knowledgebase include="1,3,5" hide_empty="0" post_meta="true"]</code></p>
<p>When using the block or the widget, don’t add the main shortcode tag or the brackets.</p>
<p>Example: <code>include="1,3,5" hide_empty="0" post_meta="true"</code></p>
<p>With the columns attribute you can set the number of columns between 1 and 4.</p>
<p>The knowledge base becomes 2 columns in small screens (except when number of columns is set to 1).</p>
<p>You can also disable the columns. This can be handy if you only want to use your own styling.</p>
<p>The columns attribute will be ignored when using the block or widget. Because you can set the columns via the block or widget settings.</p>
<h4>Post tags</h4>
<p>Besides displaying posts by category you can also display posts by tag: <code>taxonomy="post_tag"</code></p>
<h4>Custom post types</h4>
<p>It’s also possible to display categories and posts from a custom post type (such as WooCommerce product categories and products).</p>
<p>To display these categories and posts you should add 2 attributes: “taxonomy” and “post_type”</p>
<p>WooCommerce:</p>
<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>
<p>Please take a look at the FAQ section.</p>
<h4>Translation</h4>
<p>Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs.</p>
<p>More <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/very-simple-knowledge-base" rel="nofollow ugc">translations</a> are very welcome!</p>
<p>The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Without help and support from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so thank you!</p>


VS Knowledge Base

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

Freemius

BasePress

Amitkumar Dudhat

<p>Easily create & manage documentation. Reduce support tickets & scale your customer support workload. This simple plugin works with any theme.</p>
<h3>Best Knowledge Base, Docs and Wiki plugin for WordPress</h3>
<p>Create a knowledgebase that provides support even when you’re not around 🤩.</p>
<p>A reliable knowledge base is the cornerstone of any knowledge management strategy. It improves customer service and provides better self-servicing docs, giving customers easy access to instant answers 24/7. As a result support cost is greatly reduced.</p>
<p><a href="https://basepresskb.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">BasePress</a> allows you to organise documentation for clients and employees. Build as many independent knowledge bases as you need to document your products or services out of the box.</p>
<p>This knowledgebase plugin is straightforward to use, thanks to its clear and simple administration tools that integrate seamlessly in the WordPress admin area.</p>
<p>There are three themes to choose from with easy customization and colour branding, and for the coders, full customization via templates.</p>
<p>Check detailed <a href="https://basepresskb.com/docs/knowledge-base/basepress/" rel="nofollow ugc">BasePress Documentation</a>.</p>
<h3>✔ What makes BasePress the right tool for your business?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ready to use in less than 5 minutes.</li>
<li>A dedicated Wizard to guide you through the set-up procedure.</li>
<li>Create as many independent knowledge bases as you need out of the box.</li>
<li>Keeps your content organized in a logical way dividing it by product, service, department etc.</li>
<li>Serves targeted answers to your customers, saving them time.</li>
<li>Keeps the look of your website professional.</li>
<li>BasePress creates an entry page for your customers where they can choose the knowledge base they want to consult. All the articles, searches and suggestions will be fully relevant to what they are looking for.</li>
<li>Adapts to all devices. Your customers can consult it form any device including tablets and phones.</li>
<li>SEO friendly.</li>
<li>Professional support.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is a Lite version of our Premium plugin that we wanted to share with the WordPress community.<br />
It has all the features you need to create your fully functional knowledge base and nothing less.</p>
<h3>✔ MAIN FEATURES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Build a single or multiple knowledge base</li>
<li>A dedicated page for users to choose the knowledge base they want to consult</li>
<li>Unlimited sections hierarchy</li>
<li>List and boxed section styles</li>
<li>Image and description for each knowledge base</li>
<li>Image, icon and description for each section</li>
<li>Icon selector for each article</li>
<li>Icons manager to easily change your icons and use any icon font of your choice</li>
<li>Drag and drop reorder for knowledge bases and sections</li>
<li>Search bar with live results</li>
<li>Shortcode to add the search bar anywhere in your website</li>
<li>Related articles widget</li>
<li>Sections widget</li>
<li>Knowledge bases widget</li>
<li>Easy-to-use admin screens</li>
<li>Translatable via .pot files</li>
<li>Easy customization and colour branding</li>
<li>Three themes included</li>
<li>Use with or without Gutenberg</li>
<li>Create the support desk easily with this self-hosted documentation plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>If you need some extra features for you and your customers consider upgrading to the Premium version and get access to these extra benefits:</p>
<h3>🏆 PREMIUM FEATURES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Advanced search bar results based on user votes and visits</li>
<li>Articles voting</li>
<li>Popular articles widget based on votes or visits</li>
<li>Feedback on your KB articles so you can create better docs</li>
<li>Google reCATCHA feature to control spam from the feedback form</li>
<li>Automatic Table of Contents (TOC) in articles and/or widgets</li>
<li>Drag and drop articles reorder</li>
<li>Next and Previous articles navigation</li>
<li>Advanced Content Restriction by user role</li>
<li>Tags support</li>
<li>Knowledge base Statistics</li>
<li>Dashboard widget</li>
<li>Multisite support</li>
<li>Shortcode editor to add dynamic lists of articles outside the knowledge base</li>
<li>Integration with WPML for Multilingual KB</li>
<li>Integration with SearchWP via add-on for advanced searches</li>
<li>Integration with Oxygen Visual Site Builder via add-on</li>
</ul>
<p>See our <a href="https://basepresskb.com/docs/knowledge-base/basepress/" title="Knowledge Base documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">knowledge base & live demo</a></p>
<h3>WHAT CAN YOU USE BASEPRESS FOR</h3>
<ul>
<li>Runbooks</li>
<li>Internal knowledge base for teams and company employees on an intranet</li>
<li>External documentation knowledgebase for customers</li>
<li>Troubleshooting guides</li>
<li>E-commerce websites</li>
<li>Product manuals and wiki</li>
<li>Documentation for schools and colleges</li>
<li>Service or product documentation</li>
<li>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</li>
<li>Wiki and much more</li>
<li>E-commerce websites</li>
<li>Standards and policies at government and other agencies</li>
<li>eLearning for Schools and colleges</li>
</ul>
<p>Want to unlock the advanced features? <a href="https://basepresskb.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to our Pro version</a></p>
<h3>Support & Product Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li>For detailed plugin documentation visit our <a href="https://basepresskb.com/docs/knowledge-base/basepress/" rel="nofollow ugc">knowledge base</a></li>
<li>If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum</li>
<li>For more information about premium version, features etc. visit our website at <a href="https://basepresskb.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">BasePressKB</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Easily create & manage documentation. Reduce support tickets and scale your customer support. This powerful yet simple knowledgebase plugin works with any theme.</p>
<p>Loved BasePress plugin? Please leave a plugin review on WordPress.</p>


Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs

We're using BasePress on iconicwp.com. We chose it because we were able to extend it to cater to our specific needs.

On top of that, the support has been great when required!

Great and Extensible!


I chose this plugin mainly because it allowed multiple products to have their own knowledge base, something that sets this plugin apart from other plugins.It was easy to get going with nice out of the box designs that fitted well.I quickly upgraded to Pro, not that I actually needed the pro features ( nice that they are, the free version does a lot ) but because I want to support the plugin developer as I wanted this plugin to exist for the the long term.Being a plugin developer myself, I haven't need that much support, but when I have asked I have had quality support.Also the code is nicely written, with templates and hooks that make customisation straight forward.


Excellent multi knowledgebase plugin


Cool plugin that rolls together a lot of things you could patch together with other plugins but in an easy-to-use complete package that just works. 


Had an issue, support quickly addressed

Easily create & manage documentation. Reduce support tickets & scale your customer support workload. This simple plugin works with any theme.

VS Knowledge Base vs Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs