AnsPress – Question and answer

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 17 months ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Vladimir Bender

   1.5y ago

   The CPT slug “question” is bad coding style.A unique name had to be created.

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2. ★★★★★ sorenjensen

   2.2y ago

   This plugin is dead in the water I recommend find another solution before wasting your time and money trying to make it in to a useful feature for your website.The look out of the box is as presentable as a forum from 1998. There are no way to make it look good and useful unless you spend a fair amount of development.No improvements has been made for years. Still not a single Gutenberg widget exist, the few short codes existing are not useful in any way. The forum has plenty of promises for features that has never been made.This plugin seems to be made and provided for free so that the developer can earn money on developing all the missing features that people need to make a useful Q&A for a site in 2024, “developer friendly” = for the developer who made the plugin .I would prefer a premium plugin that is useful than a free plugin that is missing simple and vital functionality to implement and design it for your needs.

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3. ★★★★★ davidjosue11

   3.1y ago

   This Q&A plugin is very easy to setup and start using quickly. I like that it has a simple design that’s fast and optimized. The developer tools make it really easy to customize the look and feel to match my site. Overall a great plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ zdmdesigns

   3.3y ago

   I would like to make clear that this is a review, not a support request. The below reason is why I am rating this plugin with 1-star. If something is advertised in a plugin, it needs to actually exist. Installed this plugin ONLY because it claims “SEO Friendly Questions and answers are search engine optimized, with schema.org markup.” However, it does not. The schema markup does not exist. I tried validating the QA Pages through Schema.org and nothing appears. Same result in Google Rich Results Test.

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5. ★★★★★ incometube

   3.6y ago

   Great plugin. No bloated extras and works seamlessly with Buddypress and activity stream. Integrates into existing theme. Perfect!

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6. ★★★★★ texo

   4.2y ago

   Fast plugin, easy to customise, with plenty of features. Love it.

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7. ★★★★★ LukaCodes

   4.8y ago

   Very nice plugins but much work is still needed.

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8. ★★★★★ mrmaxdomains

   4.8y ago

   The plugin makes an Q&A functionality that works. But it has several issues – It is made “DEVELOPER FRIENDLY” not “USER FRIENDLY” – The look is something from 1998 – You cant disble VOTE – You cant disable COMMENT – confusing controle of who can answer a question and who can make a comment

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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (4.4.4). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 4.3 AnsPress – Question and answer 4.4.4 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-07-29 CVE-2026-65554 Missing Authorization Affects 4.4.4 No patch available

Translated into 132 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 108 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 630 days in tier
2. 2023-09-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 751 days in tier
3. 2021-09-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1991 days in tier
4. 2016-03-28 3K+ → 4K+ up after 151 days in tier
5. 2015-10-29 2K+ → 3K+ up after 76 days in tier
6. 2015-08-14 1K+ → 2K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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AnsPress – Question and answer: 3K+ active installs, 3.9★ (100 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/anspress-question-answer