YAST : Yet Another Support Tool
Bug tickets management, throw classic site, multisite plateform
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YAST : Yet Another Support Tool shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where YAST stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| assistance | >100 |
| support | >100 |
| ticket | >100 |
| tickets | >100 |
| wphelp | #3 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About YAST : Yet Another Support Tool
From the official readme · v1.3.1Description
Bug tickets management, throw single site or multisite plateform
this plugin allows WordPress users to open supports tickets from front or admin pages.
The purpose is to manage a community of webmasters on a WP plateform, to give assitance for editing or publishing, get bugs from themes or plugins.
Full integration
- Custom categories to filter tickets
- For logged-in users: a submit button in the admin bar
- For every one: possibility to use a form (with shortcode). The form can assign tickets to a specific category.
Here some usefull tools provided to help resolve tickets
- Automaticly add page URL, Browser details and and POST variables to new tickets
- Filter by categories
- User assignation
- Comments, with spent time
- Merge tickets
- Close or re-open tickets
Form submission shortcode
Basic shortcode
[BugTickets_form] Will output a support form, like the one in the admin bar
Basic shortcode options
Basic options are:
- type (string, must be a ticket_type slug)
- title (string)
- only_known (true/false) filter logged-in users or not
- force_ssl (true/false)
example :
[BugTickets_form type=”bug” title=”New bug” only_known=false force_ssl=true]
Full shortcode use
You can assist the description filling by using custom form fields like :
usable field types are :
- text
- textarea
- select
- radio
add possible values for select and radio with “comma,separated,values”
example :
[BugTickets_form type="bug" title="New bug" only_known=false force_ssl=true]
<text email (your email)>
<select color (Your prefered color) "Red,Blue,Green">
<textarea description (Description)>
Some normal text, being stylized by the editor
<radio ok (Ok?) "yes,no"> this question is very important !
[/BugTickets_form]
External website form
You can oput a submission form in an external website. wtih 2 steps :
- Allow the remote host, in Support tickets > Options
- Insert the javascript file into a page of your remote site
- The form is hidden by default and can be opened by a button.
Some details about this feature :
the jascript URL looks like :
//your-wp-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=yast_form_js
So, just put this ligne into your HTML:
<script src="//your-wp-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=yast_form_js"></script>
Je javascript auto add a button to open the form, but you can use your own just by adding the class “yast-dist-support-button” a any HTML element.
A click on an HTML element with class “yast-dist-support-button” will open the support form.
You can cutomize the by by adding parameters to the script URL:
- autoload: if set to “no”, do not append the form to the body, but wait a click of the user
- visibility: will force “private” or “public”
- user: used to identify the reporter. can be a username, login or email
- type: any ticket type defined in your WordPress
- title: any string
example:
<script src="//your-wp-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=yast_form_js&autoload=no&visibility=private&type=bug&username=<?php $current_user['email']?>"></script>
Credits
Icons: from http://icomoon.io under GPL / CC BY 3.0 licences
Languages
- en : 100%
- fr_FR : 100%
Installation
- Upload
yastto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress admin
Changelog
Security update thanks to @juliobox
1.3.1
- [BUG] Fix bad nonce_field name in single page
- [BUG] Fix bad reference in live search
1.3.0
- [UI] Add “auto spent time” and “comment and close”
- [UI] Add submenus for ticket types in the admin bar
- [UI] Add ticket types post count
- [Form] Add search in existing tickets while typing a new title
- [Code] Make code more readable
1.2.1
- [Edit] Better redirections after actions
- [AdminBar] Make support form visible on mobile
1.2.0
- [List] filter by ticket type
- [List] better responsiveness
- [Notifications] more verbose titles
- [Notifications] use username in email of creation confirmation
- [Options] improved UI
- [Localization] update french locale
1.1.3
- [Single] fix ajax url bug
1.1.2
- [Single] add standalone display option with bootstrap support
For developers
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FAQ
YAST : Yet Another Support Tool: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026
Is YAST : Yet Another Support Tool free?
Yes. YAST : Yet Another Support Tool is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is YAST : Yet Another Support Tool safe to use in 2026?
YAST : Yet Another Support Tool shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use YAST : Yet Another Support Tool?
YAST : Yet Another Support Tool is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,629 times since it launched in December 2014. It was downloaded 83 times in the last 30 days.
Does YAST : Yet Another Support Tool work with WordPress 7.1?
YAST : Yet Another Support Tool is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was YAST : Yet Another Support Tool last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.1, was released on May 20, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes YAST : Yet Another Support Tool?
YAST : Yet Another Support Tool is developed and maintained by Bastien Ho.
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