Title: Reference &#8211; WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin
Author: Joseph G.
Published: <strong>22 czyrwnia 2017</strong>
Last modified: 28 mŏja 2018

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Reference – WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin

 By [Joseph G.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dunhakdis/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs.1.0.4.zip)

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 * [Development](https://szl.wordpress.org/plugins/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs/#developers)

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## Description

### Reference – WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin

Reference is a WordPress Knowledgebase plugin that helps you manage your Knowledgebase
articles quickly. Create and organize each of your articles base on their topics.

The ‚Breadcrumb’ feature gives your users a secondary navigation menu that helps
your readers scan through your documentation and to view more content at a faster
rate.

This plugin uses the ‚WordPress Menu System’ in giving you convenience in creating‚
Table of Contents’ for your knowledgebase.

The ‚Comment Feedback’ feature allows you to gather votes from your users and gives
you the information about the usefulness of your knowledgebase article – readers
can ‚downvote’ and ‚upvote’ each item (checked via IP).

There are also useful feature such as allowing you to display your ‚Topics’ in three
columns, two columns or one column layout.

#### Templating

Reference adheres to the WordPress standard Templating System to make it accessible
to any developers make this plugin compatible with their themes. To get started,
copy the sample template files of the plugin inside ‚reference/templates/twentyseventeen’
and paste each file inside your theme.

 * archive-dsc-knowledgebase.php – _The post type archive template file_
 * knowledgebase-none.php – _The 404 or no content found template file_
 * knowledgebase-search.php – _The search template file_
 * single-dsc-knowledgebase.php – _The template for single knowledgebase_
 * taxonomy-knb-categories.php – _The categories template file_

After you have copied the said files in the list above, you can open each file with
your favorite code editor and start modifying the markup to make sure your theme
is compatible.

You may also use the existing [template tags](https://github.com/codehaiku/reference/#user-content-templates)
to make your work faster and easier.

#### Features

 * Breadcrumbs
 * Drag and Drop Menu using the WordPress Menu System
 * Table of Contents
 * Sticky Table of Contents
 * Syntax Highlighting Shortcode
 * Ten Syntax Highlighting Styles
 * Comment Feedback
 * Column Display
 * Reference Shortcode

#### Contribute

If you’re a developer and looking to contribute to this project. Please visit the
[GitHub](https://github.com/codehaiku/reference/) page and kindly send a pull request.
Your contribution is greatly appreciated 🙂

## Installation

**Manual**

 1. Download and unzip „reference.zip” plugin.
 2. Upload the entire „reference” directory to your ‚wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
 3. Activate the „Reference – WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin” plugin.

**Pro Tips: You may need to add the required template files inside your theme. See
the ‚Templating’ section in the plugin description.**

**Automatic**

Click [here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Automatic_Plugin_Installation)
to learn how to automatically add the plugins using the built-in plugin installer.

## FAQ

 * No Questions so far 🙂 –

  Installation Instructions

**Manual**

 1. Download and unzip „reference.zip” plugin.
 2. Upload the entire „reference” directory to your ‚wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
 3. Activate the „Reference – WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin” plugin.

**Pro Tips: You may need to add the required template files inside your theme. See
the ‚Templating’ section in the plugin description.**

**Automatic**

Click [here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Automatic_Plugin_Installation)
to learn how to automatically add the plugins using the built-in plugin installer.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Reference – WordPress Knowledgebase Plugin” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Joseph G. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dunhakdis/)
 *   [ Jasper J. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpjasper/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs/)
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## Changelog

 * 1.0.0 *
 * Initial Release –

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.4**
 *  Last updated **8 lŏt ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reference-knowledgebase-and-docs/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Joseph G. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dunhakdis/)
 *   [ Jasper J. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpjasper/)

## Support

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