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BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, MCP Server, Docs, Wikis, FAQ & Chatbot / 4.2.6
BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, MCP Server, Docs, Wikis, FAQ & Chatbot v4.2.6
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1 -=== BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, MCP Server, Docs, Wikis, FAQ & Chatbot ===
2 -Contributors: wpdevteam, re_enter_rupok, asif2bd, emsohel, priyomukul, seakashdiu, jamilbd07
1 +=== BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Documentation & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor ===
2 +Contributors: wpdevteam, re_enter_rupok, asif2bd, emsohel, priyomukul, fencermonir, sapanmozammel, seakashdiu, bashar94
3 3 Donate link: https://wpdeveloper.com
4 4 Tags: docs, documentation, knowledge base, faq, chatgpt ai writer
5 -Requires at least: 6.4
6 -Tested up to: 7.1
7 -Requires PHP: 7.4
8 -Stable tag: 4.9.2
5 +Requires at least: 5.0
6 +Tested up to: 6.8
7 +Requires PHP: 7.0
8 +Stable tag: 4.2.6
9 9 License: GPLv3 or later
10 10 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
11 11
12 -Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base plugin to create docs, FAQs, product FAQ, wikis & help center with MCP, AI writing, instant answers & AI Chatbot.
12 +A full-featured documentation plugin including AI writing assistance to create knowledge bases, docs, FAQs, wikis, and more with easy drag & drop UI.
13 +
13 14 == Description ==
14 15
15 16 Do you want to reduce support tickets immediately? How about you creating a resourceful knowledge base for your customers with AI-powered documentation and FAQs? 🤔
16 17
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35 36 - In-built theme customization option, or use Shortcodes & Elementor widgets, or Gutenberg Blocks to design & customize the entire documentation page
36 37 - Table of Contents or Sticky TOC to provide an absolute user experience
37 38 - An in-built advanced live search bar to help visitors get the exact docs solution
38 39 - Advanced List View & Drag & Drop Grid View feature
39 -- Connect AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor to your documentation via MCP with a simple OAuth-based setup — no coding or manual API configuration required
40 40 - Create & manage multiple knowledge bases for all products separately (PRO)
41 41 - Manage roles for your knowledgebase users & give access accordingly
42 42 - Integrated with Analytics to track and evaluate the performance
43 43 - 100% Compatibility with Elementor Page Builder
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76 76 ## ✅ FULL SITE EDITOR (FSE) COMPATIBILITY ##
77 77
78 78 Design your documentation, single docs, and archive pages effortlessly in the Block Editor using BetterDocs.
79 79
80 -## 🛠️ AI-NATIVE DOCUMENTATION ACCESS WITH MCP ##
81 -
82 -Let AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor read and write your documentation directly through the Model Context Protocol, so your team can create, update, and manage docs from chat instead of switching between tools.
83 -
84 80 ## 📋 INTERACTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC) ##
85 81
86 82 Create a reader-friendly [Table Of Contents(TOC)](https://wpdeveloper.com/display-toc-wordpress/) while you are writing your documentation. This TOC moves with your scroll, so your visitors can always go to other pages easily.
87 83
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135 131
136 132 ## 📚 EMBED RELATED DOCS IN SINGLE DOCUMENTATION ##
137 133 Incorporate relevant documentation into each document to promote supporting content and additional information.
138 134
139 -## ⚡ AI-POWERED REAL-TIME RELATED DOCS (PRO) ##
140 -Automatically suggest the most relevant documentation to your readers using AI-powered, real-time related docs, helping users discover answers faster and stay engaged.
141 -
142 135 ## 📙 GLOSSARY (PRO) ##
143 136 Create glossaries for frequently used terms or technical jargon and showcase them as tooltips so readers can easily understand them.
144 137
145 138 ## 📖 ENCYCLOPEDIA (PRO) ##
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148 141 ## 🤖 AI CHATBOT ADDON (PRO) ##
149 142
150 143 BetterDocs AI Chatbot Addon allows instant, AI-powered support for your documentation, helping users quickly find answers and improve customer service more efficiently. It integrates seamlessly and enhances user satisfaction.
151 144
152 -## 🔗 GIT INTEGRATION TO SYNC DOCS WITH GIT ACCOUNT (PRO) ##
153 145
154 -Instantly sync your documentation directly with your Git account and keep everything updated in one place. Manage changes, streamline workflows, and maintain accurate docs effortlessly with Git Integration.
155 -
156 -
157 146 You don’t have to just take our word for it. See what one of the WordPress experts are saying:
158 147
159 148 > - Sweet solution for adding a knowledge base to your website.
160 149 > - Visit /docs to view the built-in page (URL is changeable in settings)
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214 203
215 204
216 205 == Frequently Asked Questions ==
217 206
218 -= What is BetterDocs used for? =
219 -BetterDocs helps you create and manage a WordPress knowledge base, documentation site, FAQ section, wiki, or help center so visitors can find answers faster and your team can reduce repetitive support tickets.
207 += Does it work with any WordPress theme? =
220 208
221 -= Does BetterDocs work with any WordPress theme? =
222 -Yes. BetterDocs works with standard WordPress themes. You can use it to create documentation pages and knowledge base layouts while keeping your existing site design.
209 +Yes, it will work with any standard WordPress theme.
223 210
224 -= Can BetterDocs help reduce support tickets? =
225 -Yes. By organizing documentation, FAQs, and help articles in a searchable knowledge base, BetterDocs helps customers find answers on their own before contacting support.
226 211
227 -= Does BetterDocs include live search for documentation? =
228 -Yes. BetterDocs includes an advanced search experience so visitors can quickly find relevant documentation articles, FAQs, and knowledge base content.
229 -
230 -= Can I create documentation with Elementor or Gutenberg? =
231 -Yes. BetterDocs supports designing documentation with ready templates and works with popular WordPress editing workflows, including Elementor and the Gutenberg block editor.
232 -
233 -= Does BetterDocs support AI features? =
234 -BetterDocs includes AI-focused documentation features such as writing assistance, document summarization, quality analysis, and an AI chatbot experience depending on the feature setup and plan you use.
235 -
236 -= Can I create an internal knowledge base with BetterDocs? =
237 -Yes. BetterDocs can be used for internal documentation and private knowledge bases, including role-based access control for teams that need internal docs, SOPs, or company resources.
238 -
239 -= Does BetterDocs support multiple knowledge bases? =
240 -BetterDocs is designed to help organize documentation into categories and knowledge bases. Multiple knowledge base workflows are useful when you need separate docs for different products, teams, or audiences.
241 -
242 -= Can I track how my documentation performs? =
243 -Yes. BetterDocs provides analytics-focused features to help you understand documentation performance, visitor behavior, popular docs, and opportunities to improve your help center content.
244 -
245 -= Is BetterDocs useful for multilingual documentation? =
246 -Yes. BetterDocs supports multilingual documentation workflows and integrates with multilingual tools such as WPML, helping you create knowledge base content for users in different languages.
247 -
248 -= Can I connect ChatGPT or Claude to my documentation? =
249 -Yes. BetterDocs includes an MCP server, which lets AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code work with your documentation directly. Turn it on under BetterDocs → MCP, copy the connection URL, and add it to your assistant — it will ask you to approve the connection on your own site.
250 -
251 212 == Screenshots ==
252 213
253 214
254 215
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253 214
254 215
255 216 == Changelog ==
256 217
257 -= 4.9.2 - 16/09/2026 =
258 -
259 -- Fixed: Customizer layout migration seeded the wrong defaults, so saved layouts reverted to Layout 1
260 -- Fixed: Nested subcategories could be cached while empty and stay empty until the cache expired
261 -- Fixed: Term counts were not refreshed after a recount, and an aborted import left counts stale
262 -- Fixed: Category grids now collapse to a single column below 500px
263 -- Fixed: FAQ group titles can now have their own background color
264 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
265 -
266 -= 4.9.1 - 03/09/2026 =
267 -
268 -- New: Print template — add your logo and a custom footer to printed / PDF pages, from Settings → Layout → Single Doc
269 -- Improvement: Glossaries now show a preview in Free, so you can see what the Pro feature does before upgrading
270 -- Improvement: MCP catalogue now surfaces Pro's API Docs, insights, Git Sync and related-docs abilities; connection self-test no longer flags healthy endpoints as broken
271 -- Fixed: The Documentation grid hid knowledge bases containing only private docs from admins and editors
272 -- Fixed: Doc Category Archive layouts 2 and 3 never rendered nested subcategories
273 -- Fixed: "Lazy Load Sidebar Docs & Subcategories" now works for nested categories across both Elementor and block layouts
274 -- Fixed: Single doc URLs with arbitrary category segments returned 200 instead of redirecting to the real permalink
275 -- Fixed: Importing docs failed with a critical error on exported XML files and on docs with existing slugs
276 -- Fixed: The AI Content Suite showed "undefined" / "[object Object]" instead of a readable message when the API key is invalid
277 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
278 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
279 -
280 -= 4.9.0 - 27/08/2026 =
281 -
282 -- New: MCP Server — connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP-capable editors directly to your knowledge base over a per-site endpoint, with OAuth 2.1 consent, pairing tokens and rate limiting
283 -- New: BetterDocs registers its docs, categories, tags, glossary, FAQ, settings and analytics with the WordPress Abilities API, so any Abilities-aware tool can read and write your knowledge base
284 -- New: MCP admin page with a connection health report, self-test, per-tool picker and ready-made setup snippets for each supported editor
285 -- Improvement: Knowledge base meta is now visible over REST, and the FAQ Builder capability check repairs itself when roles drift
286 -- Fix: Document import no longer fails on PHP 8 — WP_Importer has no constructor, and calling it aborted every import
287 -- Fix: The FAQ block now accepts bare term IDs in its group filters
288 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
289 -
290 -= 4.8.2 - 20/08/2026 =
291 -
292 -- New: Code Snippet Tab — a tabbed, multi-language code block available as both a Gutenberg block and an Elementor widget
293 -- New: Write with AI can now draft from an uploaded file (TXT, MD, DOCX, PDF) or read image attachments (PNG, JPG, WEBP) using a vision model
294 -- Improvement: Code Snippet block, Elementor widget & shortcode now support multiple languages with a built-in language switcher and self-hosted syntax highlighting (no external requests)
295 -- Improvement: Content Area Width & Max Width controls for the single doc layout in the Customizer
296 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
297 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
298 -
299 -= 4.8.1 - 04/08/2026 =
300 -
301 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
302 -
303 -= 4.8.0 - 04/08/2026 =
304 -
305 -- New: Multiple AI platform support — choose OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude for Write with AI and the Docs AI Suite
306 -- Improvement: Documentation archive & sidebar performance — term-count caching plus an optional "Lazy Load Sidebar Docs & Subcategories" mode for large knowledge bases
307 -- Fixed: WPML-translated doc tag & category base slugs now resolve correctly in routing and term links
308 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
309 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
310 -
311 -= 4.7.0 - 22/07/2026 =
312 -
313 -- New: AI category, tag & glossary suggestions in the editor and in the Write with AI flow
314 -- Improvement: Redesigned "Write with AI" and "Edit with BetterDocs AI" modals — cleaner AI Studio surfaces aligned to the design system, with reusable instruction Guides
315 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
316 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
317 -
318 -= 4.6.2 - 16/07/2026 =
319 -
320 -- Improvement: AI Sample Docs — deeper knowledge base generation grounded in your real site content, with AI-designed outlines expanded into full articles (inserted as drafts for review)
321 -- Improvement: AI Sample FAQs — AI now designs the FAQ groups, questions & answers from your site content, including store-wide and per-category Product FAQs for WooCommerce
322 -- Improvement: Product FAQ groups can now target all products or specific products
323 -- Improvement: Quick Setup wizard now hands off to the Site Editor on block (FSE) themes
324 -- Improvement: FAQ Builder — clearer published/draft group counts and a dedicated Uncategorized bucket for Product FAQs
325 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
326 -
327 -= 4.6.1 - 09/07/2026 =
328 -
329 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
330 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
331 -
332 -= 4.6.0 - 07/07/2026 =
333 -
334 -- New: AI-powered "Generate Sample Docs & FAQs" — auto-detects your site and instantly creates a starter knowledge base or FAQ set
335 -- New: Product FAQ for WooCommerce — dedicated FAQ groups that display on single product pages
336 -- New: Rich text (HTML) editor support in the FAQ Builder
337 -- Improvement: Revamped admin with new React-based Knowledge Base, Doc Categories, Doc Tags, FAQ Builder and Glossaries screens
338 -- Fixed: Code Snippet block now correctly removes cleared code on the frontend
339 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
340 -
341 -= 4.5.6 - 30/06/2026 =
342 -
343 -- Fixed: Redirect issue with Glossary & Learn More buttons in the Gutenberg/FSE environment
344 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
345 -
346 -= 4.5.5 - 23/06/2026 =
347 -
348 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
349 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
350 -
351 -= 4.5.4 - 18/06/2026 =
352 -
353 -- Added: Translated documents support in BetterDocs Export
354 -- Fixed: Scheduled doc showing wrong "Updated on" date after publish
355 -- Improved: Plugin integration list completeness during initial setup
356 -- Improved: Compatibility with PHP 8.4 and PHP 8.5
357 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
358 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
359 -
360 -= 4.5.3 - 10/06/2026 =
361 -
362 -- Fixed: AI Chatbot tab — Save failing with 'Could not get a valid response from the server' error
363 -
364 -= 4.5.2 - 08/06/2026 =
365 -
366 -- Added: Tag archive template for the Elementor theme builder
367 -- Added: GPT-5 and GPT-5.5 support for the BetterDocs AI Content Suite
368 -- Improved: Tag and category based search support across Customizer, blocks, widgets, and WordPress search
369 -- Fixed: Search modal results jumping while typing and returning no results for known keywords
370 -- Fixed: Non-heading options (H6, Div, Nav, P) for the sidebar block Category Title Tag
371 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
372 -
373 -
374 -= 4.5.1 - 25/05/2026 =
375 -
376 -- Fixed: Fatal error in category counter templates on PHP 8.x triggered by a translation issue in some locales
377 -
378 -= 4.5.0 - 20/05/2026 =
379 -
380 -- Added: Bulk Define with AI for Glossary terms
381 -- Added: Edit with AI for any existing section or content
382 -- Improved: Write with AI now supports core Paragraph, Heading, and more
383 -- Improved: Settings tabs now support direct deep links
384 -- Fixed: Translation issues in the Elementor Sidebar widget
385 -- Fixed: WPML-related issues with doc ordering, archive slugs, translated permalinks, and secondary languages
386 -- Fixed: FAQ CSV import not creating FAQs
387 -- Fixed: FSE block inspector color settings leaking across templates
388 -- Fixed: Multi-category feed URLs returning 404
389 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
390 -
391 -
392 -= 4.4.1 - 13/05/2026 =
393 -
394 -- Fixed: 404 triggered on query-string archives with plain permalinks
395 -- Fixed: Disable reaction option not working in Essence single doc layout
396 -- Fixed: Archive page pagination not working
397 -- Fixed: Category Box and Slate Layout blocks ignoring MKB filter when no KB selected
398 -- Fixed: Category Grid block rendered empty on frontend with Multiple Knowledge Base enabled
399 -- Fixed: Elementor Category Grid widget showing categories from only one KB when "All knowledgebase" was selected
400 -- Improved: Block API version updated for apiVersion 3 iframe compatibility
401 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
402 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
403 -
404 -
405 -= 4.4.0 - 11/05/2026 =
406 -
407 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
408 -
409 -= 4.3.12 - 22/04/2026 =
410 -
411 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
412 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
413 -
414 -= 4.3.11 - 15/04/2026 =
415 -
416 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
417 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
418 -
419 -= 4.3.10 - 18/03/2026 =
420 -
421 -- Improved: Added an option to customize the "No Docs Found" text in the modal search
422 -- Improved: Modified "Write with AI" feature to make it aligned with "Docs Analyzer" standard
423 -- Fixed: Single docs returned a 404 error when using a custom permalink structure containing index.php
424 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
425 -
426 -= 4.3.9 - 11/03/2026 =
427 -
428 -- Fixed: Single Docs returning 404 in certain cases
429 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
430 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
431 -
432 -= 4.3.8 - 8/03/2026 =
433 -
434 -- Fixed: Several Gutenberg block styling issues
435 -- Fixed: FAQ schema not working in FAQ shortcodes
436 -- Fixed: BetterDocs font applied across the entire WordPress admin area
437 -- Fixed: Glossary “Write With AI” API redirection issue
438 -- Fixed: Multiple KB Sleek layout block is generating uncaught error
439 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
440 -
441 -= 4.3.7 - 10/02/2026 =
442 -
443 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
444 -
445 -= 4.3.6 - 28/01/2026 =
446 -
447 -- Fixed: ‘Insert OpenAI API key’ redirections causing error
448 -- Improved: Enabled draft visibility in all docs and enhanced drag & drop ordering in BetterDocs UI
449 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
450 -
451 -= 4.3.5 - 21/01/2026 =
452 -
453 -- Fixed: Docs permalink issue affecting recent documents in the admin dashboard.
454 -- Fixed: Block recovery error occurring after importing docs.
455 -- Fixed: Category-based search not functioning properly in Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Theme Builder.
456 -- Fixed: Multilingual search results not returning correctly.
457 -- Fixed: Single docs navigation footer not following the correct BetterDocs ordering.
458 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
459 -
460 -= 4.3.4 - 01/01/2026 =
461 -
462 -- Improved: Security Enhancement
463 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
464 -
465 -= 4.3.3 - 18/12/2025 =
466 -
467 -- Fixed: Doc Category template not loading in certain cases.
468 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
469 -
470 -= 4.3.2 - 17/12/2025 =
471 -
472 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
473 -
474 -= 4.3.1 - 15/12/2025 =
475 -
476 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
477 -
478 -= 4.3.0 - 15/12/2025 =
479 -
480 -- Added: New Feature | Doc Quality Analysis by AI
481 -- Fixed: Unassigned category in Docs triggers 404 not found.
482 -- Fixed: Non-Latin search requests trigger collation error.
483 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
484 -
485 -= 4.2.7 - 04/12/2025 =
486 -
487 -- Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.9
488 -- Few minor bug fixes and improvements
489 -
490 218 = 4.2.6 - 27/11/2025 =
491 219
492 220 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
493 221
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496 224 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
497 225
498 226 = 4.2.4 - 25/11/2025 =
499 227
500 -- Fixed: Customizer controls were not working across multiple layouts.
228 +- Fixed: Customizer controls were not working across multiple layouts.
501 229 - Fixed: BetterDocs Order not working for Archive Doc List block.
502 230 - Fixed: Fatal error triggered by the latest WPML version.
503 231 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
504 232
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569 297
570 298 = 4.0.0 - 18/06/2025 =
571 299
572 300 - Added: New Feature | AI-powered Doc Summarizer
573 -- Fixed: Elementor Search Modal Layout widget | Search wasn’t working in certain cases
301 +- Fixed: Elementor Search Modal Layout widget | Search wasn’t working in certain cases
574 302 - Fixed: TOC scroll behavior causing errors when headings contained special characters
575 303 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
576 304
577 305 = 3.9.3 - 15/06/2025 =
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583 311 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
584 312
585 313 = 3.9.1 - 19/05/2025 =
586 314
587 -- Added: Setting option to search either Docs or FAQs separately from the Search Modal layout.
315 +- Added: Setting option to search either Docs or FAQs separately from the Search Modal layout.
588 316 - Added: Pagination support in the Glossaries Builder.
589 317 - Fixed: Glossary drag-and-drop was not functioning and caused an uncaught error in the browser console.
590 318 - Few minor bug fixes and improvements
591 319
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838 566
839 567 == Upgrade Notice ==
840 568
841 569 = 2.5.6 =
842 -Attention! Please backup your site before updating. v2.5 includes massive changes with revamped code for optimized performance. Test on staging first; [contact support](https://wpdeveloper.com/support/) if needed.
570 +Attention! Please Backup your site before updating.
571 +
572 +The latest version of **BetterDocs v2.5** includes massive changes across different areas of the plugin with revamped code structure for optimized performance. We would highly recommend you to [backup your entire site](https://wpdeveloper.com/backup-wordpress-site/) before updating the plugin & test it on your staging website. [Contact our Support](https://wpdeveloper.com/support/) if you encounter any kind of errors or if you need any kind of assistance.