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<p>WPCraftEngineer AI Knowledge Base lets site owners create a searchable support knowledge base and display AI-powered search or chat widgets on the frontend. The plugin stores knowledge base entries in your WordPress database and sends visitor questions plus relevant knowledge base content to the AI provider selected in the plugin settings.</p>
<p>The plugin is not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. You must provide your own API key for the provider you choose.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Natural language knowledge base search.</li>
<li>Chat widget that answers from saved knowledge base entries.</li>
<li>Admin-managed entries, collections, and basic analytics.</li>
<li>Optional query logging in the WordPress database.</li>
<li>Configurable provider: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or Google Gemini.</li>
<li>Shortcodes and sidebar widget support.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<pre><code>[wpcfe_aikb] Full widget with search and chat.
[wpcfe_aikb collection="HR Policies"] Full widget filtered by collection.
[wpcfe_aikb_chat] Chat only.
[wpcfe_aikb_chat collection="Support FAQs"] Chat filtered by collection.
[wpcfe_aikb_search] Search only.
</code></pre>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or newer.</li>
<li>PHP 8.0 or newer.</li>
<li>Your own API key for Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google Gemini.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can connect to third-party AI services when an administrator configures an API key and a visitor or administrator uses the search, chat, provider test, or auto-classification features. The plugin sends the user’s question or test prompt, relevant knowledge base entry content, and selected model details to the configured AI provider so that the provider can generate search results, classifications, or chat answers.</p>
<h4>Anthropic Claude</h4>
<p>When Anthropic is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the Anthropic API at <code>https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: Anthropic PBC.<br />
Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms<br />
Privacy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy</p>
<h4>OpenAI</h4>
<p>When OpenAI is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the OpenAI API at <code>https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: OpenAI, L.L.C.<br />
Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use<br />
Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</p>
<h4>Google Gemini</h4>
<p>When Google Gemini is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the Google Gemini Generative Language API at <code>https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/...:generateContent</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: Google LLC.<br />
Terms: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms<br />
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<p>No third-party AI request is made unless an administrator has entered an API key and uses or enables a feature that requires the selected provider.</p>


WPCraftEngineer AI Knowledge Base

Create AI-powered searchable knowledge base widgets using your own configured AI provider API key.

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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>Main features of the plugin:</p>
<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>
<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 make sure you already have some categories and posts.</p>
<p>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.</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>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>
<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>Customize your knowledge base with attributes.</p>
<h4>Attributes</h4>
<p>You can customize your knowledge base by adding attributes to the block, shortcode or 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>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>
<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>In small screens max 2 colums.</p>
<p>You can disable the columns in favour of 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.

WPCraftEngineer AI Knowledge Base vs VS Knowledge Base