WP Help

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1. ★★★★★ Morten Ellegaard Larsen

   1.4y ago

   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.

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2. ★★★★★ Brian Shim

   1.4y ago

   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. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Brian Shim.

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3. ★★★★★ corpconv

   2.2y ago

   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+

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4. ★★★★★ Knut Sparhell

   2.3y ago

   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.

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5. ★★★★★ Cyrille Sanson

   2.4y ago

   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?

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6. ★★★★★ dgroskind

   3.0y ago

   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. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by dgroskind. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by dgroskind.

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7. ★★★★★ Ross Wintle

   5.3y ago

   Not much to say really. Simple. Does the job great. Been working without fail for many years.

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8. ★★★★★ tomhart

   5.4y ago

   I use this for clients but also for myself when i’ve got out of the ordinary or complex work flows…1 place to look and easily remind myself or the client how to do something.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.7.0 Block Editor (Gutenberg) support Video display improvements Smaller build 1.7.0
2. — Version 1.6.0 CSS improvements (props @mrwweb). Switch from CoffeeScript to ES6 and Babel. Responsive styles. 1.6.0
3. — Version 1.5.4 Bump supported WordPress version. 1.5.4
4. — Version 1.5.3 Make add/manage buttons use proper permissions. Update styles. Bump minimum WordPress version. 1.5.3
5. — Version 1.5.2 Make permissions more filterable. 1.5.2
6. — Version 1.5.1 Fix a PHP error on the dashboard. 1.5.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2

Translated into 72 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Plus 48 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-19 10K+ → 9K+ down after 4 days in tier
2. 2026-07-15 9K+ → 10K+ 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).

• BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, MCP Server, Docs, Wikis, FAQ & Chatbot 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress Docs 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Admin Help Docs 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• DocsPress – Online Documentation 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• Organized Docs 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP Help: 9K+ active installs, 4.8★ (54 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-help