WPSSO FAQ Manager | Add-on

A better way to manage Questions / Answers than using a FAQ editor block:

FAQ editor blocks from other plugins force you to re-update your Post / Page content to make any change (ie. adding / removing questions, updating answers, etc.).

The WPSSO FAQ Manager allows you to easily manage Questions / Answers from a standard WordPress Question editing page. You can also categorize your Questions / Answers into FAQ categories, just like standard WordPress Posts.

Use the standard WordPress FAQ category archive and question pages, and/or use [faq] and [question] shortcode(s) in your Post / Page content -- both will automatically reflect any change your make to your Questions / Answers or FAQ categories (ie. adding / removing questions, updating answers, etc.).

Optional:

If you need Schema FAQPage markup for the FAQ shortcode or FAQ categories you create, you will also need the WPSSO Schema JSON-LD Markup add-on to generate the Schema FAQPage markup. The WPSSO FAQ Manager add-on manages Question / Answer pages and FAQ categories - it does not create Schema markup or meta tags.

Optional:

If you need to adjust the default FAQ category archive page layout, see the WordPress Theme Handbook > Custom Taxonomy section for details on creating a new FAQ category archive page template based on your current theme archive page template.

WPSSO Core Plugin Required

WPSSO FAQ Manager (aka WPSSO FAQ) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core plugin.

Install and Uninstall

• Install the WPSSO FAQ Manager add-on.
• Uninstall the WPSSO FAQ Manager add-on.

Frequently Asked Questions

• None.

Notes and Documentation

• The FAQ Shortcode
• The Question Shortcode

1. 

   The FAQs menu allows you to manage individual FAQs and their categories.

2. 

   The FAQ editing page allows you to create and edit individual FAQs.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes / re-writes or incompatible API changes.
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Standard Version Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 3.3.0 (2020/05/22)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added a WpssoPost->add_attached() call for question shortcodes so WPSSO Core can clear the post cache when a question is updated.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.2.
  • WPSSO Core v7.6.0.

Version 3.2.0 (2020/05/09)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Refactored the required plugin check to (optionally) check the class name and a version constant.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.2.
  • WPSSO Core v7.5.0.

Version 3.1.0 (2020/05/04)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added support for FAQ shortcode order and orderby attributes (default is order="ASC" orderby="title").
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.2.
  • WPSSO Core v7.3.0.

Version 3.0.0 (2020/04/17)

Added a new SSO > FAQ Settings page with an option to disable FAQ and question page URLs.

• New Features
  • Added a new SSO > FAQ Settings page:
    • Shortcode Defaults
      • Clicking a Question Shows its Answer: Hide the answer text by default and show when the question title is clicked.
      • Answer Format Bellow the Question: Select the type of answer text to include below the question title.
    • Add-on Settings
      • Disable FAQ and Question Page URLs: The FAQ and question pages have publicly accessible URLs by default. If you enable this option, the FAQ and question content will only be accessible by using their shortcodes.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.2.
  • WPSSO Core v7.3.0.

Version 2.5.0 (2020/04/06)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Updated "Requires At Least" to WordPress v4.2.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Refactored WPSSO Core active and minimum version dependency checks.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.2.
  • WPSSO Core v6.28.0.

Version 2.4.0 (2020/03/27)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added disabling of the Open Graph Type option for FAQ and Question pages.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.0.
  • WPSSO Core v6.27.1.

Version 2.3.0 (2020/03/14)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added a filter hook to expand the 'faq' and 'question' shortcodes when the "Use WordPress Content Filters" option is disabled.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v5.6.
  • WordPress v4.0.
  • WPSSO Core v6.25.0.