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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 4.5.33 #7 in answer

Simple Q&A

This Plugin allows you to include a simple Textbox through which your site visitors can ask you short questions. You can answer them through the backend. This plugin is not a dependent version of the plugin Ask Me.

Active installs20+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d43▲ +16.2% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score31/100At risk
All-time downloads5.5KSince Feb 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d10▲ +25% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Simple Q&A shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (20+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 10 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.5 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

123Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day7Nov 25, 2025
Last 12 months420

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Simple Q&A stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
answer >100 5,525 Best answer plugins →
q&a >100 1,504 Best q&a plugins →
question >100 10,000 Best question plugins →
Question and Answer >100 3,712 Best Question and Answer plugins →
questions >100 10,000 Best questions plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.1100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Simple Q&A

From the official readme · v2.1

Description

This Plugin allows you to include a simple Textbox through which your site visitors can ask you short questions.
You can answer them through the backend.
This plugin is not a dependent version of the plugin Ask Me.

See it in action at: (http://wp.starcoms.ru/qa-plugin/)

Installation

Download plugin through the wordpress included plugin downloader.
Activate plugin in plugin tab.
Set settings plugin in Setting menu WordPress.

Place the [qa] shortcode in one of your posts.

Changelog

Initial release

2.1

  • Update CSS (see Screenshots)
  • Drop-down text box question
  • Fix some bugs

2.0

  • Add several shortcode
  • Add advanced design settings
  • Add editing response notification.
  • Fix some bugs

1.6

  • Updated pagination
  • Fix some bugs

1.5

  • Add setting for font color
  • Add rtl support (thanks Amr Ali)
  • Updated ReCaptcha 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
  • Updated settings page (remove the old functions)
  • Fix some bugs

1.4

  • Changes to the translation plugin capabilities
  • Fix some bugs

1.3

  • Add pagination setting
  • Add quick link for edit in E-Mail Alert on new Q&A
  • Fix some bugs

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Q&A in Action
Q&A in Action
Q&A on Frontend
Q&A on Frontend
Q&A on Backend
Q&A on Backend
Edit question
Edit question
Setting plugin
Setting plugin
Setting design plugin
Setting design plugin
CSS style
CSS style

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FAQ

Simple Q&A: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is Simple Q&A free?

Yes. Simple Q&A is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Simple Q&A safe to use in 2026?

Simple Q&A shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Simple Q&A?

Simple Q&A is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,491 times since it launched in February 2016. It was downloaded 43 times in the last 30 days.

Does Simple Q&A work with WordPress 7.1?

Simple Q&A is officially tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Simple Q&A last updated?

The latest version, 2.1, was released on July 4, 2016 (10 years ago).

Who makes Simple Q&A?

Simple Q&A is developed and maintained by Evgeniy Kutsenko.

What are the best alternatives to Simple Q&A?

The most popular alternatives to Simple Q&A are Yes/No Chart (2K+ installs), FAQ Block (500+ installs) and Question answer (100+ installs).

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