DocsPress – Online Documentation

Most reviewers call it clean, fast and easy to set up, though a few gave up on it over the missing documentation and one couldn't get it working with Elementor.

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.

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.

7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 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. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 400.

1. ★★★★★ Avirtum

   2.5y ago

   A good plugin, and most importantly not overloaded with unnecessary functionality. There is only one disadvantage, as was written in the previous review, is the lack of clear documentation. But I am a programmer, I got into the code and figured it out).

   Read on wp.org ↗
2. ★★★★★ R2Dee

   3.2y ago

   A plugin that is supposed to be quite good, but after some time i gave up. Let’s face it, a documentation plugin that does without any documentation at all. An irony, isn’t it? Nothing is explained, there is no documentation, no faqs, nothing… sorry, but i have other things to do than find out how a plugin works.

   Read on wp.org ↗
3. ★★★★★ ebenmonney

   3.5y ago

   I like this plugin. I was wondering if it can generate a table of content for the articles. That’s the only missing feature for me.

   Read on wp.org ↗
4. ★★★★★ Mustafa Uysal

   3.7y ago

   It’s a useful plugin for anyone looking to create comprehensive documentation on their WordPress. With its intuitive interface and easy-to-use features, DocsPress makes it simple to create and organize documentation pages.

   Read on wp.org ↗
5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   4.1y ago

   This plugin is perfect. I’ve tried every single plugin and theme. I’d previously settled on documentor. But it’s not being maintained and bugs are emerging with every wordpress update. I’ve also tried the knowledge bases. And I thought I’d have to give up and write my own. But then, after two days of searching and trying updated versions of everything I could find, I stumbled across DocsPress. It looks like it’s based on another earlier tech. But it’s so clean, simple, and fast. I can’t recommend it highly enough. TIPS for authors 1) For a knowledgebase, use Document (product etc), Section (topic), and Article (Content) and SubArticle (sub-content). 2) For authoring books (a) use Document (Book), (b) Sections limit to “Book text”, “Notes”, “Characters”, “Locations”, “Background” (novel, script), and Research(nonfiction) etc. and (c) The build the entire book from front matter through chapters, to back-matter out of chapters (articles) and topics(sub-articles) (that’s the maximum depth: document to section to article to sub-article ). (This model is similar to say, Scrivener). NITS: There are a few nits as in anything: 1) There is no facility for controlling the layout. Which is fine except you can’t center the content on the screen or configure how wide to display the content. You have to go in and create css to do it. And the new wordpress editor makes that almost impossible. (a) I”d like to be able to configure whether the toc+article are centered or justified. (b) I’d like to be able to determine the width of article text(content). 2) Given that you can either page through Sections, or articles, each ‘section’ is in fact a separate context. Aside from that this really is the best available. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by curtd59.

   Read on wp.org ↗
6. ★★★★★ Marc Lacroix

   4.3y ago

   Thank you for making this available to everyone! Really appreciate the effort.

   Read on wp.org ↗
7. ★★★★★ youlean

   5.1y ago

   Excellent, much better than the weDocs

   Read on wp.org ↗
8. ★★★★★ locker17

   5.3y ago

   Looks nice but doesn’t work with Elementor. Therefore useless to me.

   Read on wp.org ↗

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 DocsPress <= 2.5.2 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-06-05 CVE-2025-49240 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.5.2 Patched in 2.5.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 6 languages, 1 at 90% or more

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

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-10-25 400+ → 300+ down after 246 days in tier
3. 2026-02-21 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-02-19 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-02-17 500+ → 400+ down after 9 days in tier
6. 2026-02-08 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2026-02-06 500+ → 400+ down after 492 days in tier
8. 2024-10-02 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier

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).

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for DocsPress – Online Documentation into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

DocsPress – Online Documentation: 400+ active installs, 4.4★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/docspress