Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search
A fully featured, easy-to-use documentation plugin with AI chat, search, FAQs, and quizzes. Build beautiful knowledge bases, docs, and wikis.
Safe pick
Yes — Echo Knowledge Base is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.9/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 94/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 10K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.9/5 from 123 reviews
- Actively developed — last update 4 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Echo Knowledge Base stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| AI | >100 |
| chat | #45 |
| documentation | #2 |
| faq | #15 |
| knowledge base | #1 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 from 123 reviews
About Echo Knowledge Base
From the official readme · v17.214.0Description
Echo Knowledge Base is a powerful documentation tool that helps you create and organize documentation, FAQs, quizzes, and articles. It includes built-in AI search and AI chatbot features and includes comprehensive features to help you build a visually appealing knowledge base.
Designed with a modern and professional appearance by default, the plugin offers extensive customization options to align perfectly with your brand identity.
FREE KB FEATURES
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Fast Search Bar: Enable users to find articles quickly with an AJAX-powered search bar.
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Deep Content Organization: Organize articles into categories and subcategories up to five levels deep. Display articles and categories across tabs or in an intuitive drill-down format.
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FAQs Layout and Shortcode: Deploy FAQs anywhere on your site with various eye-catching designs. Group questions logically and control their behavior for optimal user engagement.
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Article Enhancement Tools: Improve user experience with breadcrumbs, next/previous article navigation, print and PDF export options, and more.
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Table of Contents (TOC): Enhance navigation with a customizable table of contents on article pages for better user experience.
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Frontend Visual Editor: Customize your Knowledge Base pages live on the front-end with our intuitive visual editor or drag-and-drop Gutenberg blocks.
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Pre-made Layout Designs: Choose from many beautiful designs and layouts to make your knowledge base both stunning and functional. With dozens of combinations available, you’ll find the perfect look for your site.
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Most Popular and Recent Articles: Display lists of articles by popularity and recent publication to guide readers to trending and new content.
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Glossary: Build a centralized dictionary of terms and definitions for your knowledge base.
- Glossary Terms – Create and manage glossary entries. Published terms are automatically highlighted in your articles with interactive tooltips, helping readers understand key terminology without leaving the page.
- Glossary Index Shortcode and Block – Display an alphabetical index of all glossary terms on any page using the
[epkb-glossary-index]shortcode or the Glossary Index Gutenberg block, with letter navigation and customizable accent color. - AI-Generated Glossary Terms (PRO) – Automatically generate glossary terms and definitions from your knowledge base content using AI, saving time and ensuring comprehensive coverage of key terminology.
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Article Quizzes: Add interactive quizzes to KB articles to reinforce learning and increase engagement. Create custom multiple-choice or true/false questions, add answer explanations, and show published quizzes below the article content.
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Article Views Counter: Track views with the built-in counter and analyze your most and least popular content to optimize your knowledge base.
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Customizable Category Archive Page: Customize the category archive page with a custom header, description, and image.
FREE AI FEATURES (Optional)
All AI features are completely optional and disabled by default. You can enable them at any time if you choose to use AI-powered capabilities.
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AI Chat (Chatbot): Add a frontend chat dialog where users and visitors can ask questions and get instant AI-powered answers based on on your Knowledge Base, FAQs, internal documentation, notes, and any other source of information.
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AI Search: When users search, results show relevant KB articles plus an ‘Ask AI’ button to dive deeper with the same query.
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AI Content Analysis: Automatically analyze your knowledge base articles for quality and optimization. Get AI-powered insights including:
- Tags Analysis – Optimize article tags and categories for better organization and SEO
- Readability Score – Evaluate content clarity and structure with AI assistance
Learn more.
PRO KB FEATURES
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Advanced Search: Highlight search keywords on article pages, filter search by category, adjust search box styling, and add helper text or links below the search bar. Use advanced search analytics to discover popular queries and identify searches with no results.
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Granular Content Protection: Control access to documentation based on user groups, WordPress roles, or custom permissions. Seamlessly manage public and private knowledge base content.
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Unlimited Knowledge Bases: Create unlimited separate knowledge bases, each with its own articles, categories, and tags (great for managing multiple products or departments).
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Articles Import and Export: Import or export articles and categories using CSV or XML formats for easy migration or backup.
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AI Smart Search: Display intelligent search results with optional multi-panel sections
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User Feedback System: Gather valuable insights with article upvote/downvote and feedback forms.
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Article Links: Turn any article into a link that points to PDFs, external documentation, videos, or other resources.
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AI Features:
- Content Gap Analysis
- AI Quiz Generation – generate quiz drafts from KB articles, then review and edit the title, intro, questions, answers, and explanations before publishing
- Expand training to include notes, posts, pages, and custom post types
- Email Notifications for AI insights
- Human Agent Handoff – lets users escalate from AI to your support team
- Feedback Buttons – collect thumbs-up/down ratings on AI responses
- PDF to Articles – upload PDF files and convert them into KB articles with optional AI formatting that organizes content into headings, lists, and paragraphs
- PDF to Notes – upload PDF files via drag-and-drop or the Media Library and convert them into AI training notes to expand your AI’s knowledge beyond KB articles
- AI Chat Access Control – restrict who can use AI Chat: everyone, logged-in users only, or specific WordPress roles. Set different access rules for each chat location
See the official website for more details on Pro features.
⭐ WALK-THROUGH OF ECHO KNOWLEDGE BASE
Watch a quick introduction to Echo Knowledge Base and see it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLwj8FpfBWc
⭐ PROFESSIONAL LAYOUTS INCLUDED
Echo Knowledge Base comes with multiple layout options to suit your style:
- Basic Layout – Clean and simple design
- Tabs Layout – Organized content in tabbed interface
- Drill Down Layout – Intuitive navigation through categories
- Classic Layout – Traditional documentation style
- Category Focused Layout – Highlight your main categories
See our comprehensive documentation here
⭐ ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Gutenberg Blocks: Seamlessly integrate knowledge base elements using the WordPress block editor.
- Flexible Ordering: Order articles and categories alphabetically, by date, or manually with drag-and-drop.
- SEO Optimization: Built with SEO best practices to help your documentation rank well in search engines.
- Usage Analytics: Monitor knowledge base traffic and search queries to understand what users need.
- Interactive Learning: Turn knowledge base articles into quizzes with answer explanations to help readers retain information.
- Multilingual & RTL Support: Fully compatible with WPML, Polylang, GTranslate, and supports right-to-left languages.
- Responsive Design: Mobile-friendly and works with any WordPress theme, so your docs look great on all devices.
- Directory Shortcode: Use a shortcode to display an index of all articles (great for an A-Z index page).
- Multi-site Compatible: Perfect for WordPress multisite networks – manage documentation across multiple sites.
- Custom URL Structure: Customize category, tag, and article URLs for a clean and branded structure.
- Mobile Optimization: Ensures a smooth reading experience on smartphones and tablets.
- Content Migration: Easily convert existing posts or custom post types into Knowledge Base articles.
⭐ SEO & ACCESSIBILITY OPTIMIZED
Echo Knowledge Base is optimized for search engines and adheres to accessibility standards. It supports multiple languages (including RTL scripts) and meets WCAG guidelines, making your documentation usable for a global audience. All layouts are fully responsive and retina-ready, so your knowledge base looks sharp on every device.
⭐ EASY TO STYLE WITH PRE-MADE DESIGNS
No coding needed – make it your knowledge base with just a few clicks:
- 26 Pre-Made Designs: Choose from a variety of professional color schemes and styles.
- One-Click Theme Switching: Swap layouts (Basic, Tabs, Category-Focused, Classic, Drill Down, Sidebar, Grid, etc.) instantly to find the perfect look.
- Endless Customization: Further tweak colors, fonts, and styles to match your brand.
⭐ BUILDER COMPATIBILITY
Echo Knowledge Base works great with popular page builders:
- Elementor & Gutenberg: Comes with native blocks and widgets for seamless integration.
- Other Builders: Fully compatible with Beaver Builder, Divi, Visual Composer, and more.
✅ WHY CHOOSE ECHO KNOWLEDGE BASE?
- User-Friendly: Designed for ease of use – no coding required and a gentle learning curve.
- All-in-One Support Hub: Manage documentation, FAQs, quizzes, AI chat, and smart search in one plugin.
- Professional Design: 26 beautiful, ready-to-use layouts give your docs a polished look out of the box.
- Highly Customizable: Extensive configuration options to tailor the knowledge base to your needs.
- Reliable Support: Our friendly, Canadian-based support team is ready to help with any questions.
- Regular Updates: Continuously improved with new features (our roadmap is packed with upcoming enhancements!).
- Global Ready: Translate your documentation and serve users in any language with full multilingual support.
About Us: We are a Canadian company with over a decade of experience in WordPress and web technologies. We’re passionate about helping you provide better support to your customers.
Installation
Getting started with Echo Knowledge Base is quick and easy. Choose the installation method that works best for you:
Option 1: Install from WordPress Dashboard (Recommended)
- Log in to your WordPress admin panel
- Navigate to Plugins → Add New
- Search for “Echo Knowledge Base”
- Click “Install Now” next to the plugin
- After installation completes, click “Activate”
- Optional: Configure your knowledge base settings in Knowledge Base → KB Configuration
Option 2: Manual Installation via FTP
- Download the plugin zip file (echo-knowledge-base.zip)
- Extract the zip file to your computer
- Connect to your web server using an FTP client
- Navigate to your WordPress plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins/)
- Upload the ‘echo-knowledge-base’ folder
- Log in to your WordPress admin panel
- Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins
- Find “Echo Knowledge Base” and click “Activate”
- Optional: Configure your knowledge base settings in Knowledge Base → KB Configuration
Quick Start Guide
After activation, here’s how to build your knowledge base in minutes:
- Create Your First Article:
- Go to Knowledge Base → Add New Article.
- Write your content using the WordPress editor (you can include text, images, videos, etc.).
- Assign one or more categories to organize the article.
- Publish the article.
- Set Up Your Knowledge Base Layout:
- Go to Knowledge Base → KB Configuration.
- Choose a layout design (Basic, Tabs, etc.) that fits your site.
- Customize colors, fonts, and style to match your branding.
- Configure navigation options (for example, enable breadcrumbs, search bar, table of contents, etc.).
- Add Quizzes (Optional):
- Enable the Quizzes feature in your KB settings if it is not already enabled.
- Open Knowledge Base → Quizzes and link a quiz to one of your published KB articles.
- Add custom multiple-choice or true/false questions, or generate a draft with AI when available, then publish the quiz to display it below the article.
- Add AI Features (Optional):
- Enter your OpenAI API key in the AI settings (this key is needed to enable AI Chatbot and AI Search features).
- Once configured, your AI Chatbot will be live on the front-end and the “Ask AI” option will appear on search result pages.
- Use AI writing assistance in the editor to help create or improve articles (e.g., check grammar or generate an outline).
For detailed setup and configuration instructions, please visit our Documentation.
Frequently asked questions
General Questions
Q: Is Echo Knowledge Base compatible with my WordPress theme? A: Yes! Echo Knowledge Base is designed to work with any WordPress theme. It uses standard templates and hooks, ensuring compatibility across most themes and page builders. You can also use custom CSS to fine-tune the styling if needed. Q: How can I customize the appearance of my knowledge base? A: You have multiple options to customize the look and feel: Choose from 26 pre-made professional designs and layouts. Adjust colors, fonts, and other style settings in Knowledge Base → KB Configuration (no coding needed). Use the front-end…
AI Features
Q: What AI features are included? A: Our AI integration provides: AI-powered chatbot – Provides instant Q\&A using your knowledge base content. AI-enhanced search – Offers direct answer suggestions on your search results page via the “Ask AI” feature. AI Content Analysis (PRO) – Automatically analyzes articles for tags usage, readability, and content gaps. Helps you prioritize which articles to improve based on traffic and provides actionable recommendations. Writing assistance tools – Helps with content creation (grammar and spell checking, plus article outline generation). Intelligent…
Support & Updates
Q: How can I get help if I need support? A: We’re here to help! You can: Check our Documentation for guides and troubleshooting tips. Contact us via our Contact Us form – our support team typically responds quickly. Watch our video tutorials on YouTube for visual guides. Post in the WordPress.org support forum for the plugin – we monitor it and will assist there as well. Q: How often is the plugin updated? A: We release regular updates to keep the plugin improving. Updates often include: New features and enhancements (we love adding user-requested features!). Performance improvements for…
Pro Features
Q: What features are included in the Pro version? A: Echo Knowledge Base Pro unlocks a range of advanced features and add-ons: AI Content Analysis: Automatically evaluate article quality with tags analysis, readability scoring, and gap analysis. Prioritize improvements based on article traffic and get AI-powered recommendations to enhance your documentation. AI Smart Search: Display intelligent search results in a dialog with multiple sections (AI Answer, Matching Articles, Step-by-Step Instructions, Related Keywords, You Can Also Ask, Glossary Terms, Helpful Tips, Contact Us), fully…
Changelog
17.214.0
Release Date: Aug 29, 2026
* Update: Latest GPT and Gemini models
* Update: Add-ons page is now opened from the Add-ons tab on the Configuration page
* Fix: AI Chat no longer shows error details to non-admin users
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
17.213.1
Release Date: Aug 16, 2026
* New: Quizzes – save submitted quiz results and display them in a new admin tab
* Update: WordPress 7.1
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
17.212.0
Release Date: Aug 2, 2026
* Update: Renamed “Search Box Width” setting to “Article Page Width” and moved it into the Article Content group
* Fix: Table of Contents links now scroll to the correct heading when duplicate heading anchors are saved into article content by page builders like Divi
* Fix: Glossary now works with Multiple Knowledge Bases on knowledge bases other than the first one
* Fix: Security Enhancement
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
17.211.0
Release Date: May 31, 2026
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
* Fix: Google API Key Change
17.210.0
Release Date: May 18, 2026
* New: AI Chat copy button
* Update: WordPress 7.0
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
17.200.0
Release Date: May 12, 2026
* New: Quizes notification email
* Fix: Cleanup and minor fixes
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Echo Knowledge Base: quick answers
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Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Echo Knowledge Base free?
Yes. Echo Knowledge Base is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Echo Knowledge Base safe to use in 2026?
Yes — Echo Knowledge Base is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.9/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 94/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Echo Knowledge Base?
Echo Knowledge Base is active on 10K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,234,290 times since it launched in January 2017. It was downloaded 11,945 times in the last 30 days.
Does Echo Knowledge Base work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Echo Knowledge Base up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 5.3 or newer.
What PHP version does Echo Knowledge Base need?
Echo Knowledge Base requires PHP 5.6 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Echo Knowledge Base last updated?
The latest version, 17.214.0, was released on August 30, 2026 (4 weeks ago).
Who makes Echo Knowledge Base?
Echo Knowledge Base is developed and maintained by echoplugins.
What are the best alternatives to Echo Knowledge Base?
The most popular alternatives to Echo Knowledge Base are Elementor Website Builder (10M+ installs), All in One SEO (2M+ installs) and AI Agent by SiteGround (1M+ installs).
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