Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ rustymonkey

   7mo ago

   We’ve been using Basepress Premium for about 5 years to supplement our primary documentation with a knowledgebase that’s integrated with our SupportCandy helpdesk. I have nothing but good to say about Basepress. It’s well designed, both from the end user’s and content provider’s perspective, has all the functionality we need, is reliable, and was updated within days in the rare case of a security vulnerability being discovered. 5-stars!

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2. ★★★★★ caliopemedia

   1.3y ago

   Very good plugin, exactly what we need. One of the view kb plug-ins which really support multiple kbs. Support is excellent: fast and good.

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3. ★★★★★ e FM

   1.5y ago

   We have the paid version of BasePress and frankly in the last months our experience has been disappointing. We found several severe bugs in the plugin, we contacted their support and they never replied. Inacceptable. We will have fork the plugin and do the support ourselves if they do not reply.

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4. ★★★★★ Coondron

   1.8y ago

   Just what I needed, very simple once you play around with it and worked perfectly with my theme. Cheers!

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5. ★★★★★ earthnutvt

   1.9y ago

   I’ve configured this for a client website, and it looks great! The design is clean, and it’s very well organized. Also, got some good customer service for an issue I was having.

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6. ★★★★★ jfabiani

   2.3y ago

   We’ve been using this plugin for several years to manage our company’s business knowledge, with great success! The combination with SearchWP is perfect.The plugin is updated regularly, keeping pace with wordpress developments without any downtime. The rare little bugs have been corrected very quickly, and some of our feature requests have been integrated.

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7. ★★★★★ Blake Imeson

   2.4y ago

   Cool plugin that rolls together a lot of things you could patch together with other plugins but in an easy-to-use complete package that just works.

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8. ★★★★★ jpboehm

   2.4y ago

   Customer support responded quickly and reliably and was able to help me very quickly with an update error. The problem was fixed with a version update and it has been running perfectly ever since.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.15.21 Updated SDK (Freemius SDK updated to latest version) Added filter hook for BasePress Content Section area Improved search with umlaut support for docs Bug fixes and minor improvements Improved data sanitation & escaping 2.15.21
2. — Version 2.15.0 Added links to copy hyperlinks to articles’ headings (Premium only) Updated translations 2.15.0
3. — Version 2.14.13 Fixed redirection on articles that have the same slug as a section Added option to hide voting buttons after user voted (Premium only) Added option to show notice after user voted (Premium only) 2.14.13
4. — Version 2.14.12 Added option to un-assign articles from WordPress quick edit Fixed redirection on articles that have the same slug as a section Fixed tag search when wild card before is enabled (Premium only) Fixed query for restricted 2.14.12
5. — Version 2.14.11 Added bulk action to assign articles to sections Updated Statistics 2.14.11
6. — Version 2.14.10 Removed the knowledge base category meta box appearing in the Gutenberg editor after enabling the REST API in previous version. 2.14.10

6 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗
   2026-04-30 CVE-2024-13362 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.16.3.3 Patched in 2.16.3.6
2. Medium · 6.4 Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress <= 2.17.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-31 CVE-2025-62761 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.17.0.1 Patched in 2.17.0.2
3. Medium · 4.3 Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs <= 2.16.3.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Database Update ↗
   2024-12-03 CVE-2024-10664 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.16.3.3 Patched in 2.16.3.4
4. Medium · 6.4 Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress <= 2.16.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2024-04-25 CVE-2024-33590 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.16.1 Patched in 2.16.2.1
5. Medium · 4.3 Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress <= 2.16.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-04-25 CVE-2024-33588 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.16.1 Patched in 2.16.2.1
6. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.15.14 Patched in 2.15.14

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 14 languages, 7 at 90% or more · development strings

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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).

• Smart Docs 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags B
• weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A
• WPHelpKit — installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags C
• BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, MCP Server, Docs, Wikis, FAQ & Chatbot 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• B BuddyPress Docs 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
• Documentation 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B

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Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs: 2K+ active installs, 4.8★ (75 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/basepress