Title: WP Help Author: Mark Jaquith Published: May 18, 2011 Last modified: April 20, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-help/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2938042) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-help/assets/icon.svg?rev=2938042) # WP Help By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-help.1.7.5.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/) ## Description Site operators can create detailed, hierarchical documentation for the site’s authors, editors, and contributors, viewable in the WordPress admin. Powered by Custom Post Types, you get all the power of WordPress to create, edit, and arrange your documentation. Perfect for customized client sites. Never send another “here’s how to use your site” e-mail again! **NEW**: You can now pull in help documents from another WP Help install, and they will be automatically updated when the source documents change (even additions and deletions!). Perfect for WordPress multisite installs, or consultants with a large number of client installs. ## Screenshots * [[ * The Publishing Help screen, which lists and displays available help documents. ## Installation 1. Upload the `wp-help` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the “WP Help” plugin in your WordPress administration interface 3. Visit “Publishing Help” in the menu to get started (note that you can change the location and title of this menu item) ## FAQ ### Who can view the help documents? Anyone who can save posts. So by default, Authors, Editors, Administrators, and Contributors ### Who can edit the help documents? Anyone who can `publish_pages`. So by default, Editors and Administrators. ### How do I reorder the documents? Just like you’d reorder pages. Change the `Order` setting for the page, in the ` Attributes` meta box. To make something be first, give it a large negative number like `-100`. ### How do I link to another help page from a help page? Use WordPress’ internal linking feature. When launched from a help document, it will only search for other help documents. ### How do I change the default help document? Edit the help document you want to be the default. Check the “Set as default help document” checkbox, and save. This will now be the default document. ### Why can’t I edit some documents? Documents that came from another WP Help install that is currently connected, cannot be edited (your changes would just be overwritten anyway). In order to edit these documents, you need to disconnect from sync permanently, or edit the at their source WP Help install. ### Will enabling sync delete my existing documents? Enabling sync will delete any documents that came in via another sync source. ** But it will not delete locally-created documents.** ### Can I have multiple sync sources? Not right now. But what you can do, is have a WP Help install that aggregates another WP Help install and is then itself used as a source for the combination of the two sites docs, to be delivered to a third site. ### Why can’t I reorder some docs using drag and drop? You cannot internally sort synced documents — just move the whole “chunk” of synced documents around.. Also, if a local help document is the only document in its level, it won’t get a drag handle, because there’s nothing to reorder. Give it a sibling, and you’ll be able to order them how you like. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d1240bcdb1b04edb15eb0b6f34f7ad7d3c3e2cf3ac3c3413f2dde28443e96b82? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This is great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-great-139/)󠁿 [Morten Ellegaard Larsen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ellegaarddk/) April 8, 2025 For an agency delivering a lot of websites for users with little or no knowledge of WordPress, this is a gem!I can combine general docs from a central hub, so I only have to maintain it one place, with local docs for the customized functions. It’s simple, but I can use most blocks in the help documents. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/88785161325d783588deba7eecbe48eea6cb98ba2053133ac7639c8090f7b467? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t work on Siteground hosting due to sever-level security rule](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-on-siteground-hosting-due-to-sever-level-security-rule/)󠁿 [Brian Shim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brianrshim/) March 28, 2025 I noticed that the images, CSS, and JS files were not loading properly (had 403 error) in the admin page for this plugin for my sites on Siteground hosting, so I contacted Siteground. Long story short, they have a security rule which blocks the WP Help directory due to a previous security issue. Although the plugin will technically still work, the images and formatting will be messed up, and you can’t save your preference settings. If you get on chat with SG and get a ticket created, a senior dev can disable this security setting to get WP Help to work properly, but it’s kind of a big pain. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ab2881fc72a282455206a160d2872ad32b90d4ff01bd580c8150c03f76cbcc1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Useful plugin – great for managed hosting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-plugin-great-for-managed-hosting/)󠁿 [corpconv](https://profiles.wordpress.org/corpconv/) June 13, 2024 This is an amazing plugin – the kind of thing you don’t know you need. For managed hosting, it’s perfect. I’ve created help articles for clients on our own website and I can push them out to all our hosted sites – how to create a new post, how to add a user, how to add a page to the menu, etc. I can also tailor how-to docs to a specific website and add them just to that website. Best of both worlds. Please keep this up – it’s saving me a ton of time and effort with client support. A+ ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd257f389c91f137dab25f343b527123e887135b01921ebb6206e40cfa2eb636? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Used for many years](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/used-for-many-years/)󠁿 [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/) May 16, 2024 This is one of the best plugins you can find. Does what is says, clean and nice. The sync feature is just elegant, bust also very useful. Good for anyone, and a must have for agents and their clients. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/989824b0e7508599671c7f979acc5f858c1a8313c0ae0e6a11a5d26bb3639805? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[So helpfull!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-helpfull-10/)󠁿 [Cyrille Sanson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/css31/) April 12, 2024 Congratulations on this practical plugin. Make a habit of installing it at the start of a site’s development and add the important points for the site’s documentation as you go along. Who hasn’t found themselves at a loss when returning to a site 3 months later, having forgotten why a particular extension was installed or a particular organisation chosen? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa1afcfa60b2a6b6dae5253c638fe7e826608c35ba93e0e43186601006f2b4ec? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect for easily creating end user docs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-for-easy-creating-of-end-user-docs/)󠁿 [dgroskind](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dgroskind/) September 10, 2023 You can start creating documentation within a minute of installing the plugin. Intuitive UI. A critical feature is being able to reorganize the menu of pages by dragging them into place with the mouse. [ Read all 54 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Help” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) “WP Help” has been translated into 20 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-help/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Help” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-help) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-help/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-help/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-help/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-help/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.7.0 * Block Editor (Gutenberg) support * Video display improvements * Smaller build #### 1.6.0 * CSS improvements (props @mrwweb). * Switch from CoffeeScript to ES6 and Babel. * Responsive styles. #### 1.5.4 * Bump supported WordPress version. #### 1.5.3 * Make add/manage buttons use proper permissions. * Update styles. * Bump minimum WordPress version. #### 1.5.2 * Make permissions more filterable. #### 1.5.1 * Fix a PHP error on the dashboard. #### 1.5.0 * Updated to Mark’s 2016 plugin framework for easier maintenance. #### 1.4.1 * More complete French translation. #### 1.4 * Added a Hebrew translation. #### 1.3 * Make the `wp_list_pages()` call filterable. * Added Serbian, Turkish, and Japanese translations. * Use a Dashicon for WordPress 3.8+. * RTL CSS styles. #### 1.2 * New or updated translations for Gujarati, Norwegian, and Brazilian Portuguese. * CSS fixes for WordPress 3.5. * More robust AJAX saving when save events overlap. #### 1.1 * Feature: drag and drop reordering of the documents list. * Feature: local /wp-admin/ links are rewritten when shared through the API so that they’re wp-admin-relative and thus work on the destination site. * Improvement: more consistent cap checks, so plugins can consistently customize who can do what. * Improvement: restore settings form to previous state when “cancel” is clicked. * Bug fix: sort order is now synced. #### 1.0 * Feature: sync help documents from another WP Help install. * Feature: rename the page title. * Feature: rename the document list title. * Feature: choose the location of the menu item (Dashboard submenu, or one of three top level positions). * Feature: easier access to creation, editing, and management of documents. * Feature: dashboard widget. * Improvement: better UI for selecting the default document. #### 0.3 * Translation for: French. Squashes a PHP Notice. Add an action hook so people can add their own styles. #### 0.2 * Translations for: Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Macedonian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. #### 0.1 * Initial version ## Meta * Version **1.7.5** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.5.8** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Finnish](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Gujarati](https://gu.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Hebrew](https://he.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Latvian](https://lv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Serbian](https://sr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/), and [Turkish](https://tr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-help) * Tags * [client sites](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/client-sites/)[clients](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clients/) [docs](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/docs/)[documentation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/documentation/) [help](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/help/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 48 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 5 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-help/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) ## Support Got something to say? 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