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Knowledge Base – Excellent Documentation and FAQs Plugin with AI Assistance

Knowledge Base – Excellent Documentation and FAQs Plugin with AI Assistance

Description

Our Knowledge Base plugin is a powerful documentation tool that helps you create and organize your documentation, FAQs, and articles. It’s easy to use and includes many features to help you build a visually appealing Knowledge Base.

Designed with a modern and professional appearance by default, the plugin offers extensive customization options to align with your brand identity. Key features include pre-made designs, popular articles, a Table of Contents (TOC), FAQs, a navigation sidebar, analytics, and customizable archive pages.

Our Knowledge Base is optimized for search engines to enhance your online visibility. It supports multiple languages and RTL (right-to-left) languages, ensuring accessibility for an international audience. All documentation is responsive and retina-ready, guaranteeing your Knowledge Base looks great on all devices.

Examples of Included Professional Layouts
* Basic Layout here
* Tabs Layout here
* Drill Down Layout here
* Classic Layout here
* Category Focused Layout here

See our knowledge base documentation here

KEY FEATURES

✅ Fast Search Bar: Enables users to find articles quickly.
✅ Content Organization: Organize content into categories and subcategories up to five levels deep.
✅ Article Views Counter: Displays popular and recent articles.
✅ FAQs Layout and Shortcode: Easily display FAQs on your site.
✅ Categories & Articles Layouts: Includes Basic, Tabs, Category Focused, Classic, and Drill Down layouts.
✅ Customizable Category Archive Page
✅ Article Enhancements: Features breadcrumbs, back buttons, navigation, print options, a table of contents, and more.
✅ Article Pages with Sidebar: Shows categories and articles for easy navigation.
✅ AI Content Writing Support: Assists with documentation creation and editing.

⭐ MORE FEATURES

  • Set up quickly in minutes.
  • Organize documentation by team, product, or service using the Tabs Layout.
  • Order articles and categories alphabetically, chronologically, or with drag-and-drop.
  • Optimized for SEO to enhance online visibility.
  • Track article views and display popular and recent articles.
  • Analytics to monitor your knowledge base usage.
  • Supports RTL languages, complies with WCAG accessibility standards, and works with WPML, Polylang, and GTranslate.
  • Responsive documentation design compatible with any theme and mobile devices.
  • Includes a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) module and shortcode.
  • Offers an Articles Index Directory shortcode for your documentation.
  • Customize typography for article and category names, TOC, breadcrumbs, and more.
  • Articles Index Directory shortcodes. Learn More

💡 GET WRITING HELP WITH AI

  • Check your documentation’s spelling and grammar with AI.
  • Verify the spelling and grammar of your documentation and generate article outlines.

💡 EASY TO STYLE WITH PRE-MADE DESIGNS

  • Choose from 26 professional pre‐made designs – no coding required.
  • Enjoy a variety of colors, styles, and layouts.
  • Switch between designs with a single click.
  • Choose from Basic, Tabs, Category-Focused, Classic, Drill Down, Sidebar, or Grid layouts.

💡 WORKS WITH BUILDERS

  • Compatible with Elementor and Gutenberg Blocks.
  • Works with Beaver Builder, Divi, Visual Composer, and others.

💡 HELP DIALOG CHAT INTEGRATION

  • The free Help Dialog Chat plugin offers a chatbot-like interface for better customer support and increased leads and sales. It displays FAQs, documentation search, and a contact form. Learn More

✅ Why Choose Echo Knowledge Base?

  • User-Friendly: Designed for ease of use, with no coding required.
  • Professional Designs: Access to 26 ready-to-use designs.
  • Customizable: Easily match your brand with extensive customization options.
  • Organized Content: Supports five levels of hierarchy for structured documentation.
  • Comprehensive Features: All essential features are free, with advanced options available.
  • Reliable Support: Friendly and timely assistance from our support team.
  • Regular Updates: Continual improvements and new features to enhance your documentation.
  • Multi-Language Support: Translate your documentation into multiple languages for a global audience.

💡Additional Features

  • Multi-site Compatible: Manage your documentation efficiently across multiple sites within a WordPress multisite network.
  • Custom Category Slug: Customize category slugs for a more personalized and SEO-friendly URL structure.
  • Custom Tag Slug: Tailor tag slugs to enhance the searchability and relevancy of your docs in search engines.
  • Mobile View of Article Pages: Provide a seamless reading experience on mobile devices with responsive article pages.
  • Frontend Visual Helper: Adjust your documentation’s page width and layout for optimal presentation.
  • KB Block Template: Integrate knowledge base block templates to efficiently organize and present your wiki content.
  • Convert CPTs to Articles: Effortlessly transform custom post types into articles to enrich your documentation library.
  • Convert Posts to Articles: Easily convert blog posts into streamlined Knowledge Base documentation.
  • Toggle Article List Icons On/Off: Enhance or simplify navigation by toggling article list icons in your docs or wiki.
  • Custom Article List Icons (PRO): Enhance the visual appeal of your documentation with customizable article list icons (available in the Pro version).
  • Category Archive Page Customizations: Personalize category archive pages to align with your documentation styling and SEO strategies.

🚀 PRO Features

  • Control access and permissions based on groups, WordPress users and roles, and custom roles.
  • Manage public and private articles, and control who can read, write, and edit content.
  • Create unlimited Knowledge Bases with separate articles, categories, tags, and more.
  • Import and export articles and categories using CSV and XML.
  • Use Sidebar and Grid layouts for your documentation.
  • Enable article voting, add a feedback form, and leverage documentation analytics.
  • Access more widgets and shortcodes for categories, popular articles, and the search bar.
  • Replace articles with links to PDFs, external documentation, video links, and more.
  • Filter search results by category.
  • Use advanced search analytics to determine the most popular and unproductive searches.
  • Migrate, create, and copy articles and images from your documentation.

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💡 GO FURTHER WITH ADD-ONS

PRO Bundle
See our PRO Bundle.

Access Manager
Access Manager allows administrators, companies, and organizations to control and restrict access to their private Knowledge Base based on WordPress user accounts. Grant permission using roles and groups.

Elegant Layouts
Elegant Layouts adds Grid and Sidebar Layouts. Use Grid Layout or Sidebar Layout for KB Main page or combine Basic, Tabs, Grid and Sidebar layouts in a variety ways. Learn More.

Unlimited Knowledge Bases
Create Multiple Knowledge Bases, one for each product, service, topic or department. Each Knowledgebase has separate articles, URLs, KB Main Page and admin screens. Learn More.

Advanced Search
Enhance users search experience and view search analytics including popular searches and no results searches. Learn More.

Article Rating and Feedback
Enable users to provide valuable feedback on your articles. Collect analytics on the most and least rated articles. Learn More.

Widgets
Add Knowledgebase Search, Most Recent Articles and other Widgets and Shortcodes to your documentation, sidebars and pages. Learn More.

Custom Links for PDFs and More
Set Articles to link to PDFs, pages, posts and websites. Learn More.

Articles Import and Export
Import and export articles and their content, comments, categories, tags, and attachments. Migrate and copy articles between KBs. Edit articles outside of WordPress. Learn More.

  • (PRO) Grid Layout here
  • (PRO) Sidebar Layout here
  • (PRO) Links here

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BLOCKS

KNOWLEDGE BASE SEARCH
The Knowledge Base Search block allows users to search for articles within your documentation. Customize the search bar’s appearance and functionality.

KNOWLEDGE BASE BASIC LAYOUT
The Basic Layout offers a user-friendly grid format for viewing categories, subcategories, and articles. Expand and collapse article lists for easy navigation.

KNOWLEDGE BASE TABS LAYOUT
The Tabs Layout clearly organizes top categories for subject-specific browsing. Within each tab, you can find related articles and subcategories.

KNOWLEDGE BASE DRILL DOWN LAYOUT
The Drill Down Layout helps you navigate extensive documentation with ease. Click on top categories to progressively reveal articles and subcategories.

KNOWLEDGE BASE CATEGORY FOCUSED LAYOUT
The Category Focused Layout resembles the Basic Layout but also displays the number of articles beside each category name.

KNOWLEDGE BASE CLASSIC LAYOUT
The Classic Layout offers a simple, compact view of top-level categories. Click to expand each category and view its associated articles and subcategories.

KNOWLEDGE BASE FAQS
The FAQs block allows you to add frequently asked questions to your documentation. Use the shortcode to display FAQs on any page.

KNOWLEDGE BASE FEATURED ARTICLES
The Featured Articles block displays popular articles on the Knowledge Base Main Page. Customize the number of articles and their appearance within your documentation.

KNOWLEDGE BASE SIDEBAR LAYOUT (PRO)
The Sidebar Layout features a navigation sidebar alongside articles on both the Knowledge Base (KB) Main Page and KB Article Pages.

KNOWLEDGE BASE GRID LAYOUT (PRO)
The Grid Layout presents top categories along with the count of articles in each. Clicking on a category navigates the user to either an article page or a category archive page.

KNOWLEDGE BASE RESOURCE LINKS (PRO)
The Resource Links block allows you to add links to external resources—such as PDFs, videos, and websites within your documentation.

KNOWLEDGE BASE ADVANCED SEARCH (PRO)
Enhance the user search experience while tracking analytics, including insights into popular queries and searches that yield no results.

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Customization is a core feature of the Echo KB plugin, allowing users to tailor the appearance of their documentation to match their brand. With access to 26 professional pre-made designs and the ability to customize colors, styles, and layouts without any coding knowledge, users can seamlessly integrate their documentation with their website’s aesthetic.

The Echo KB plugin also facilitates user engagement and feedback, which are crucial for maintaining quality documentation. It includes features like article views counters, popular and recent article listings, and the ability to integrate FAQs and help dialog chat plugins.

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OUR FREE COMPLEMENTARY PLUGINS

✅ The Help Dialog Chat offers a chatbot-like dialog for better customer support and increased leads and sales. The Help Dialog Chat includes FAQs, search, and a contact form. Learn More

✅ The Creative Add-Ons for Elementor helps you write articles and documents faster and more easily using our powerful and practical Elementor widgets. Learn More

Show IDs reveals IDs on admin screens, including posts, pages, custom post types and taxonomies, and others. Learn More

✅ The Scroll Down Arrow Scroll Down Arrow is an easy-to-use WordPress plugin that displays a downward-pointing arrow. It provides users with a visual cue that there is more content further down the page.

Screenshots

  • Modular page setup example

  • Classic Layout example

  • Drill Down Layout example

  • Categories Focused Layout example with icons

  • Categories Focused Layout example with icons

  • Basic Layout example with images

  • Basic Layout example with images

  • Tabs Layout example with images

  • Tabs Layout example with images

  • Article page with breadcrumb, back button, print button, Table of Content, widgets, and more

  • Frequently Asked Questions shortcode and module

  • Category Archive Page

  • Article Index Directory Shortcode

  • AI content writing assistant to correct spelling and grammar

  • AI to improve article outline

  • Article views counter tracks the number of times articles are viewed and display a view counter on article pages and in analytics

  • Five levels of categories

  • PRO version: Advanced Search with analytics showing popular and not-found searches

  • PRO version: Resource Links module

  • PRO version: Access Manager to restrict access to knowledge base content

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

  • Epkb Content Block

Installation

You can install the Knowledge Base for Documents and FAQs from your WordPress Dashboard or manually upload it through FTP.

OPTION 1: Install Knowledgebase Plugin from WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to Plugins -> Add New.
  2. Search for ‘Knowledge Base for Documents and FAQs’ and install the plugin.
  3. Activate the plugin in the Plugins menu.
  4. Optional step: configure the plugin in the Admin menu, in Knowledge Base -> KB Configuration page.

OPTION 2: Manually Upload Plugin Files

  1. Download the plugin file from the plugin page: echo-knowledge-base.zip.
  2. Unzip the file echo-knowledge-base.zip.
  3. Upload the ‘echo-knowledge-base’ folder to your ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory (do not rename the folder).
  4. Optional step: configure the plugin in the Admin menu, in Knowledge Base -> KB Configuration page.

FAQ

Where can I find complete documentation on your knowledge base?

Full searchable docs can be found at [Knowledge Base](http://www.echoknowledge base.com/documentation/?utm_source=plugin&utm_medium=readme&utm_content=home&utm_campaign=docs “plugin documentation”)

Is Echo Knowledge Base compatible with my theme?

Yes, Echo Knowledge Base is designed to work seamlessly with any WordPress theme.

Can I customize the appearance of my knowledge base?

Absolutely! Choose from 26 pre-made designs and customize colors, fonts, and layouts without any coding.

Does the plugin support multilingual sites?

Yes, it supports RTL languages and works with WPML, Polylang, and GTranslate for multilingual support.

Is there an option for AI content writing assistance?

Yes, Echo Knowledge Base includes AI writing support for checking spelling and grammar, and generating article outlines.

How can I get support if I need help?

Please contact us at Learn More

Reviews

11 ธันวาคม 2024
The team around Echo Knowledge Base helped us using their plug-in in the best way for our solution. Thanks again!
4 กันยายน 2024
How often do you get a response on a support ticket within an hour? On Labor Day?!The folks at Echo KB has the support part DOWN! Also, their interface is easy to understand, have awesome flexibility, and has met my expectations 100%. Go buy this plugin!
12 สิงหาคม 2024
This is an amazing product with a large number of options and configurations to choose from. Even with all the options and configs they are presented in a way that is easy to setup and change as you get to know the KB better. And the visual editor for the configuration of the article page was a very useful way to immediately see the changes as you were making them. A well presented and thought out plugin
17 กรกฎาคม 2024
We’re in the process of setting up a Wiki/Knowledge Base, and both in terms of out-of-the-box functionality and sensible customization, this is exactly what we needed.
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Contributors & Developers

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Changelog

13.30.0

Release Date: Feb 14, 2025
* NEW: Grid Layout block (PRO)
* NEW: Sidebar Layout block (PRO)
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

13.20.0

Release Date: Jan 24, 2025
* NEW: Category slug setting
* NEW: Tag slug setting
* NEW: Advanced Search block (PRO)
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

13.11.0

Release Date: Jan 4, 2025
* NEW: Tabs layout row setting
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

13.10.0

Release Date: Dec 7, 2024
* NEW: Search block
* NEW: Basic Layout block
* NEW: Tabs Layout block
* NEW: Drill Down Layout block
* NEW: Category Focused Layout block
* NEW: Classic Layout block
* NEW: FAQs block
* NEW: Articles List block
* NEW: KB Block Template
* Mobile article view improvements
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.43.0

Release Date: Nov 10, 2024
* Update: WordPress 6.7
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.42.1

Release Date: Oct 13, 2024
* Update: Security improvements
* Update: Visual Helper improvements
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.42.0

Release Date: Oct 5, 2024
* Update: Security improvements
* Update: Improvements to Visual Helper
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.41.0

Release Date: Sept 28, 2024
* Update: Improvements to Visual Helper
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.40.0

Release Date: Sept 21, 2024
* Fix: Major clean up and fixes

12.33.0

Release Date: Sept 14, 2024
* New: Tag Archive Page with separate KB Template
* New: Custom category slug
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.32.0

Release Date: Sept 3, 2024
* New: Visual Helper
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.31.1

Release Date: Aug 1, 2024
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.31.0

Release Date: July 7, 2024
* Update: WordPress 6.6
* New: Utility to convert selected articles to posts
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.30.1

Release Date: June 10, 2024
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.30.0

Release Date: May 27, 2024
* New: Category Archive Page with separate KB Template
* New: Toggle for archive page sub-categories
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.21.0

Release Date: May 11, 2024
* New: toggle article list icons on/off
* New: custom article list icons (Elegant Layout)
* Update: FAQs shortcode with extra parameters
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.20.0

Release Date: Apr 27, 2024
* Update: demo data
* Update: security improvements
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.11.2

Release Date: Apr 5, 2024
* Update: security improvements
* Update: Show KB Main Page tag in list of pages
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.11.0

Release Date: Mar 24, 2024
* Update: WordPress 6.5
* Update: Category Archive Page v3 with more settings and features
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.0.1

Release Date: Mar 8, 2024
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

12.0.0

Release Date: Mar 8, 2024
* New: Category Archive Page v3 with new designs and settings
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

11.42.0

Release Date: Feb 25, 2024
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

11.41.0

Release Date: Feb 25, 2024
* New: FAQs title and location
* New: Articles List title and location
* Update: Drill Down Layout – improved sub-category display
* Update: remove FAQ draft status
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

11.40.1

Release Date: Feb 16, 2024
* Update: improved loading of settings UI
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

11.40.0

Release Date: Feb 10, 2024
* New: FAQ Groups and FAQ Group Shortcode
* New: All Articles – add category filter
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

11.31.0

Release Date: Jan 6, 2024
* Update: Retire Article v1
* Fix: Article View Counter unserialize fix
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes

See changelog.txt for older changelog