Knowledge Base Features

Basic Features

  • Search Box with Basic Analytics
    Display a fast search bar with listed results on the main and article pages. It comes with a basic count of searches with articles found and with no results.
  • Layouts: Basic, Tabs, and Categories
    The Basic layout groups categories and articles together. Organize your documentation by team, product, or service using the Tabs layout.
  • Category Archive Pages
    Choose from five pre-made designs for the Category Archive page, with more options coming soon.
  • Five Levels of Documentation Hierarchy
    Use up to five levels of categories and sub-categories, with articles that can be expanded or collapsed.
  • Order Articles and Categories
    Order articles and categories alphabetically, chronologically, or in any custom sequence.
  • Page-Builder Compatibility
    Works with Elementor templates, Beaver Builder, Divi, Visual Composer, and other popular page builders.

Design / Templates

  • Categories: Font and Image Icons
    Categories can have custom images or any of the 500 font icons available.
  • Pre-made Template Designs
    Choose from 26 pre-made designs with a variety of styles. You can further customize the design you choose.
  • Frontend Style Editor
    The easy and simple frontend Editor helps you change colors, labels, fonts, and styles in no time.
  • Typography
    Customize the font family, size and weight for article and category names, TOC, breadcrumbs, and more.

Articles

  • Ordering of Articles and Categories
    Order articles and categories by date or name, or use drag and drop for custom ordering.
  • Article Sidebars
    Choose to show left, right, or both sidebars containing navigation, TOC, and widgets.
  • Article Views Counter
    Track the number of times articles are viewed and display a view counter on article pages and in analytics.
  • Back Navigation
    Show back navigation above each article to bring the user back to the KB Main Page
  • Creation and Last Update and Article Author
    Show the creation and modification dates and article author above or below each article.
  • Previous/Next Navigation
    Users can navigate to the next article or previous articles using the previous/next buttons.
  • Convert Posts and CPTs to Articles
    Convert blog and other posts as well as Custom Post Types into KB Articles.
  • Table of Contents (TOC)
    Generate a TOC based on article headings and let it float, or stick, beside the article.
  • Breadcrumbs
    Show breadcrumbs on article pages.
  • Articles Index Directory – Shortcode
    Use this shortcode in a page to list all articles alphabetically in three columns, grouped by first letter.
  • Print Button
    Users can print an article without a redundant site header and footer.
  • FAQs – Shortcode
    Use this shortcode (or FAQ Module) on a page to list Frequently Asked Questions.
  • Article Comments
    Choose to show or hide article comments.

Compatibility

  • Multisite Compatible
    Echo Knowledge Base works with the WordPress multi-site feature.
  • WPML Compatible
    Supports use of the WPML plugins for multi-language sites.
  • WCAG Accessibility
    Complies with basic WCAG accessibility for p0eople with disabilities, including blindness.
  • Polylang Compatible
    Supports use of the Polylang plugins for multi-language sites.
  • Multi-language Support
    Change or translate any text label on the front-end using any of 12 translated languages.
  • RTL (Right-To-Left) Styling
    This plugin fully supports RTL CSS files for both admin screens and frontend pages.

Help Dialog Chat
Integration

  • Frontend Widget
    Engage your website visitors and gain new customers with page-specific FAQs and knowledge base articles. Help users communicate with you without leaving the page using a simple contact form shown with the Help Dialog.
  • Contact Form
    Users can submit a contact form to ask questions or get help from the widget window.
  • Search FAQs and Knowledge Base
    Users can search the FAQs and a specific knowledge base for articles from the pop up window.
  • Admin Pages Widget
    Help your backend users with FAQs and articles by placing a contact form on specific admin pages.

Widgets Add-on

  • Widgets for Elementor
    Our Elementor widgets are designed for writers. We make it easy to write detailed instructions, step-by-step guides, manuals and detailed documentation
  • KB Categories
    List your KB Categories for easy reference. They are typically displayed in sidebars.
  • KB Tags
    Display current KB tags ordered alphabetically.
  • Recent Articles Widget
    Show either recently created or recently modified KB Articles.
  • Popular Articles
    The widget & shortcode displays a list of the most popular articles based on views.
  • KB Search Widget
    Add a search box on your Home page, Contact Us page, and others.
  • List of Category Articles
    Display a list of articles for a given category.
  • List of Tagged Articles
    Display a list of articles that have a given tag.
  • KB Sidebar
    DisplayA dedicated KB Sidebar will be shown only on the left side or right side of your KB articles. a list of articles that have a given tag.

Access Manager Add-on

  • Restrict Access to Articles and Categories
    Control access to private a Knowledge Base utilizing WordPress user accounts. Grant permissions using roles and groups.
  • Custom Roles
    Map any custom WP Role to KB Roles such as KB Subscriber, Author, Editor, and Manager.
  • Access Control Groups
    Organize your users into KB Groups, separating their access based on the level of access each group needs.

Article Rating and
Feedback Add-on

  • Article Rating
    Users can rate articles with 5-stars rating or up and down vote.
  • Article Rating Analytics
    Learn about the most and least rated articles.
  • Article Feedback Form
    Readers can submit insightful feedback about your articles to help you improve them.

Other Add-ons

  • Multiple Knowledge Bases
    Each KB has separate articles and URLs to help organize docs based on your topics, products, services, and more.
  • Layouts: Grid and Sidebar
    The Grid Layout displays top-level categories in rows and columns. The Sidebar Layout shows categories in a sidebar.
  • Articles Export, Copy and Migration
    Export configuration, articles, categories, and tags from your Knowledge Base.
  • Articles CSV and XML Import
    Import configuration, articles, categories, and tags into your Knowledge Base using a CSV or XML file.