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

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

Knowledge Base makes building a knowledge base or FAQ for your WordPress site easy, fast, and scalable. Whether you need a simple FAQ page, a full self-service help center, or a structured multi-product wiki, Knowledge Base scales to fit. Organize articles into products and sections, customize permalinks, and let your customers help themselves: no coding required. Perfect for: Multi-product companies managing multiple help centers SaaS platforms with self-service documentation portals Ecommerce support centers reducing ticket volume Documentation hubs and internal company wikis Developers building customer-facing knowledge portals Live Demo. Powerful features available in the Free version Unlimited Knowledge Bases: Support as many products as you like, with unlimited sections and sub-sections. Beautiful, Responsive Layouts: Ships with clean templates powered by the Responsive Grid System. Customisable Permalinks: View your KB at /knowledgebase/ by default or change the base slugs for articles, sections, products, and tags. Advanced custom permalink structures with dynamic placeholders are available in Pro. Shortcodes + Gutenberg Blocks: Add KB listings anywhere using [knowledgebase] or use the Knowledge Base block. Built-in Breadcrumbs: Improve UX and SEO with breadcrumb navigation. Widgets Included: WZKB Articles, WZKB Sections, WZKB Products, and WZKB Breadcrumbs widgets. Built-in Caching: Speed up your Knowledge Base without extra plugins. Configurable cache expiry settings are available in Pro. Multilingual Ready: Full WPML and Polylang compatibility — translate articles, sections, products, and tags; language-aware caching and widgets included out of the box. Auto Table of Contents: Automatically generate a linked Table of Contents from article headings, with configurable depth and minimum heading threshold. Live Search Suggestions: Show accessible AJAX search suggestions as visitors type in the Knowledge Base search form. Related Articles: Display related articles at the bottom of KB articles based on categories and tags. Alerts: Add attention-grabbing alert boxes with the [kbalert] shortcode or Alerts block. Settings Export & Import: Back up and restore all plugin settings as a JSON file. Sensitive values (API keys, webhook secrets) are automatically stripped on export and never overwritten on import. Pro features Knowledge Base Pro enhances the plugin with advanced features for larger documentation sites, including ratings and feedback, a help widget, a powerful custom permalinks engine, premium layouts, enhanced TOC surfaces, and additional admin tools. Article Rating & Feedback System: Collect binary or 5-star feedback with optional follow-up questions, admin alerts, Bayesian sorting, and GDPR-friendly tracking modes. Help Widget: Offer an in-app support hub with live search, suggested articles, and a contact form inside a floating assistant. Custom Permalinks Engine: Craft advanced URL structures for articles, sections, tags, and products using dynamic placeholders. Knowledge Base Homepage Mode: Display the Knowledge Base on your site homepage. The Knowledge Base URL becomes the homepage and the Knowledge Base archive URL redirects to the homepage. Premium Layout Pack: Unlock seven additional frontend styles (Modern, Minimal, Boxed, Gradient, Compact, Magazine, Professional). Enhanced Table of Contents: Three Pro TOC delivery surfaces — a sidebar widget that renders the TOC for the current article, a Gutenberg block to insert the TOC inline, and a floating/sticky panel that follows the reader down the page. Advanced Admin Tools: Control knowledge base caching with expiry settings, on-demand cache clearing, and other productivity enhancements. Documentation Layout Mode: Transform any KB page into a three-column docs site with a sticky section-tree sidebar on the left, article content in the center, and an “On this page” TOC rail on the right. Collapsible accordion navigation adapts to the current product, section, or article automatically. Section Tree Block & Widget: Display a context-aware hierarchical navigation tree of your KB products, sections, and articles anywhere — as a Gutenberg block or a classic sidebar widget. The tree collapses and expands sections with an accessible accordion, and highlights the current page automatically. GitHub Integration: Sync markdown documentation from a GitHub repo. Push changes via webhooks and articles are created or updated automatically. YAML frontmatter controls slug, title, products, and sections. Article Export & Import: Export all Knowledge Base articles as a Markdown ZIP (with YAML frontmatter), a SQL INSERT dump, or an XLSX metadata spreadsheet. Re-import Markdown ZIPs to restore or migrate articles, with automatic taxonomy mapping and overwrite/skip control. Key Concepts Articles: Custom post type wz_knowledgebase: your FAQs, how-to guides, and documentation. Products: Custom taxonomy wzkb_product: link articles to one or more products. Sections: Custom taxonomy wzkb_category: organize content neatly into categories. Tags: Optional wzkb_tag taxonomy: make finding content even easier. Contribute If you have an idea, I’d love to hear it. WebberZone Knowledge Base is also available on Github. You can create an issue on the Github page or, better yet, fork the plugin, add a new feature and send me a pull request.