Title: WP Knowledge Base
Author: Kyle M Brown
Published: <strong>March 16, 2016</strong>
Last modified: January 18, 2019

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Knowledge Base

 By [Kyle M Brown](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmb40/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-knowledge-base.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-knowledge-base/)

## Description

Turn your WordPress website into a knowledge base.

### WP Knowledge Base Features

 * Create a knowledge base in WordPress with ease.
 * Use the standard WordPress interface for creating your knowledge base article.
 * Use the steps interface for creating step by step details for your knowledge 
   base guide.
 * Great for Knowledge base, Manuals, procedures, guidelines, How-to’s, math instructions,
   recipes, and more.

[###Pro – Features###](https://www.wpdocs.co?utm_source=wordpress_org_descpage&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=wpkb)

 * Enlarge images with modal windows.
 * Use the native WordPress image feature to upload and store images.
 * Change the front end layout of the steps to vertical similar to wikihow.com
 * Add rich meta (links, bold, etc) to the body area.
 * Publish directly to stand alone guide pages without using shortcodes.

[Get the Pro version.](https://www.wpdocs.co?utm_source=wordpress_org_descpage&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=wpkb)

## Screenshots

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 * Use the standard WYSIWYG editor for background type of information.
 * [[
 * Guides made up of steps are managed their own section.
 * [[
 * Each step is created in its own separate module.
 * [[
 * Give your guide a title and add some background information.
 * [[
 * Add or remove steps at anytime.
 * [[
 * Add or remove images.
 * [[
 * Completed page displaying a guide made up of step-by-step instructions.
 * [[
 * Custom knowledge base index page that displays all of your guides.

## Installation

You can install this plugin one of three ways:

#### 1. Admin Search

 1. In your Admin, go to menu Plugins > Add.
 2. Search for `WP Knowledge Base`.
 3. Find the plugin that’s labeled `WP Knowledge Base`.
 4. Look for the author name `kmb40` on the plugin.
 5. Click to install.
 6. Activate the plugin.
 7. A new menu item `WP Knowledge Base` will appear in your Admin.

#### 2. Download & Upload

 1. Download the plugin (a zip file) on the right column of this page.
 2. In your Admin, go to menu Plugins > Add.
 3. Select the tab “Upload”.
 4. Upload the .zip file you just downloaded.
 5. Activate the plugin.
 6. A new menu item `WP Knowledge Base` will appear in your Admin.

#### 3. FTP Upload

 1. Download the plugin (.zip file) on the right column of this page.
 2. Unzip the zip file contents.
 3. Upload the `wp knowledge base` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory of
    your site.
 4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 5. A new menu item `WP Knowledge Base` will appear in your menu in your Admin section.

## FAQ

Q. Where is the index / root for my knowledge base?
 A. www.yoursite.com/docs/.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/599f1d15896b14db8e09810101397c13e526d705f360d21fb5faee6f17015adc?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[My own rating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-own-rating-3/)󠁿

 [Kyle M Brown](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmb40/) September 22, 2016

My own rating as the author.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-knowledge-base/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Knowledge Base” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Kyle M Brown ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmb40/)

[Translate “WP Knowledge Base” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-knowledge-base)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-knowledge-base/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-knowledge-base/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-knowledge-base/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-knowledge-base/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.4.6

 * Tested with WordPress 5.0.3 Gutenberg (1/18/2019)

#### 0.4.5

 * Tested with WordPress 4.9.6 (7/6/2018)

#### 0.4.4

 * Tested with WordPress 4.8 (7/7/2017)

#### 0.4.3

 * Tested with WordPress 4.7 (12/8/2016)

#### 0.4.1

 * Tested with WordPress 4.5.2 (5/8/2016)

#### 0.4.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.4.6**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/)
 * Tags
 * [faq](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/faq/)[knowledge base](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/knowledge-base/)
   [knowledgebase](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/knowledgebase/)[wp knowledgebase](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-knowledgebase/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-knowledge-base/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-knowledge-base/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Kyle M Brown ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmb40/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-knowledge-base/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.kylembrown.com/wp-knowledge-base)