MinervaKB Lite vs SchemaSense – Smart Structured Data

WordPress Knowledge Base plugin MinervaKB is flexible and powerful WordPress knowledge base plugin. It helps you to create a simple, yet powerful helpdesk or FAQ solution. You can add articles, organise them into topics and build a home page with AJAX live search for your customers to find their answers quickly. Use box or list layout with predefined design and styles. Dedicated search results page is also present. Using plugin as opposed to dedicated knowledge base theme also helps SEO of your main site greatly, as you don’t need to move your help content to subdomain. You can check the demo here: Minerva Knowledge Base Lite demo MinervaKB Lite key features: Powerful, yet easy to use Fast live AJAX search Beautiful design Unlimited articles and topics Drag n drop topic selection on home page List and box view Font Awesome icons selector for articles and topics Fully responsive Intuitive options panel Estimated reading time in articles Views count in articles Dynamic breadcrumbs Customizeable URL slugs (via post type setting) Recent topics and articles widgets Nested topics support Dedicated sidebars for home, topics, tags, search results page and articles pages Easy localisation from options panel Uses custom post types, so your content is not locked to plugin Developer friendly – lots of actions in templates Styles options Quick, tested on many commercial sites and with many different themes Clean code Plugin is developer-friendly. We use many actions in templates and you can even copy template files to your theme and override plugin templates! To do so, create minerva-kb folder in the root of your theme and copy files from plugins/minervakb/lib/templates there. But this is optional, as you can modify templates via actions. In case you need to use this plugin in language other than English, no localisation plugin or additional effort is required, as all the strings used on client-side are available to edit in options panel. We tested MinervaKB Lite on many free and premium themes and it works surprisingly well with most of them. So it should work with any theme coded according to WordPress standards and respecting WordPress template hierarchy. If you like this plugin and find it useful, you really should check the PRO version at MinervaKB – Knowledge base for WordPress with Analytics. It has all the features of Lite plus: Built-in Analytics dashboard 7 beautiful search themes Articles ratings and feedback KB home page builder Dynamic table of contents in articles with ScrollSpy Content restriction by user role Related articles Articles drag-n-drop reorder Extended styles and typography options Dynamic topics (most liked, most viewed, recent) Custom settings for each topic, such as images, colors and icons Content shortcodes, like tip, related links, warning and others Search on article and topic pages Options, options and more options. You can configure almost everything from options panel Google Analytics integration Professional quick support Regular updates and bugfixes …many more

SchemaSense automatically scans your WordPress posts and pages to identify question and answer pairs, then generates proper FAQ schema markup (FAQPage JSON-LD). This structured data helps AI systems and Large Language Models (LLMs) better understand and surface your content in AI-generated responses, while also improving search engine visibility (SEO) with rich snippets in search results. The plugin also optionally formats existing FAQ blocks as minimalistic accordions (collapsible/expandable), providing an improved user experience for visitors browsing your Q&A content. Key Features GEO, AIO & SEO Ready – Structured data optimized for AI systems, LLMs and traditional SEO Automatic Detection – Intelligently identifies Q&A patterns in your content Universal Compatibility – Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and all page builders (Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, WPBakery, etc.) Multiple Formats – Supports headings, paragraphs (including bold), HTML5 details/summary accordions, and Q:/A: format Multilingual Support – Works with 15+ languages (Latin-based question marks) Smart Exclusions – Won’t interfere with Yoast or other FAQ plugins that add their own schema Automatic for Posts – Posts auto-process on save; pages require manual scanning Separate Batch Processing – Individual scan buttons for posts and pages Optional Collapsible UI – Enhance Q&A with expand/collapse functionality Performance Optimized – Schema cached in post meta, not regenerated on every load How It Works The plugin uses multiple detection strategies: 1. FAQ Section Detection (standard HTML – works with all editors/builders) * Looks for headings containing FAQ keywords (e.g., “FAQ”, “Frequently Asked Questions”, “Common Questions”) * Scans headings and paragraphs within that section for Q&A pairs * Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and all page builders 2. HTML5 Details/Summary Detection (modern page builders) * Detects accordion widgets using and elements * Commonly used by Elementor, Beaver Builder, and other modern page builders 3. Gutenberg Block Detection * Native support for WordPress blocks * Parses block structure directly for optimal accuracy What schema types does the plugin support? Currently, the plugin supports FAQ (FAQPage) schema only. It generates JSON-LD structured data with the @type: "FAQPage" format, which includes Question and Answer entities. Support for additional schema types (HowTo, Recipe, Product, etc.) may be added in future versions. Does this work with Gutenberg? Yes! The plugin supports both Classic Editor and Gutenberg (Block Editor). It can parse both Gutenberg blocks and HTML content. How does the plugin detect questions and answers? The plugin uses intelligent pattern detection with strict scoping to avoid false positives: FAQ Section Detection: * Looks for headings containing FAQ keywords (e.g., “FAQ”, “FAQs”, “Frequently Asked Questions”, “Common Questions”) * Supports 15+ languages with multilingual FAQ heading recognition * Once an FAQ section is detected, the plugin scans content within that section only Question Detection (within FAQ sections only): * Heading-based questions: Sub-headings at deeper levels than the FAQ heading (e.g., h3/h4 under an h2 FAQ heading) are treated as questions – No punctuation required – Minimum 5 characters * Paragraph-based questions: Paragraphs ending with “?” – Must be between 5-250 characters – Automatically handles bold ( ), italic ( ), or plain text formatting – Example: What is this? Answer Detection: * Any paragraph following a detected question is treated as the answer * Multiple consecutive paragraphs are combined into a single answer Section Boundaries: * FAQ section ends when a heading at the same level or higher than the FAQ heading is encountered * This prevents false detection of questions in subsequent sections * Example: If FAQ section starts with , any other or ends the FAQ section Additional Format: * Q:/A: Format: Explicit “Q:” and “A:” patterns are supported anywhere in content (not limited to FAQ sections) Which languages are supported? The plugin supports 15+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, and Turkish. All supported languages use the standard Latin question mark (?) for question detection. Will it conflict with Yoast SEO or other FAQ plugins? No. The plugin automatically detects and skips content managed by Yoast FAQ blocks, Elementor FAQ widgets, and other popular FAQ plugins to prevent duplicate schema markup. Can I customize the styling? Yes. Override the .ssd-* CSS classes in your theme to customize the collapsible FAQ appearance. Which languages are supported for FAQ detection? The plugin supports 15+ languages (all use standard Latin question mark ? for paragraph-based questions): English Spanish (Español) French (Français) German (Deutsch) Italian (Italiano) Portuguese (Português) Dutch (Nederlands) Polish (Polski) Russian (Русский) Swedish (Svenska) Danish (Dansk) Norwegian (Norsk) Finnish (Suomi) Czech (Čeština) Turkish (Türkçe) Note: Languages using non-Latin question marks (Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, CJK languages) are not currently supported for paragraph-based question detection.