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Askora Community Q&A

by Md Abul Bashar

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Description

Askora Community Q&A is a powerful, modern Q&A plugin for WordPress. It enables your community to ask questions, browse answers, reply with rich interactions, and discover helpful content — all through a beautiful AJAX-powered frontend.

Free Features:

  • Custom post type for questions with categories and tags
  • Frontend question submission form (shortcode)
  • Phone number registration and login (no email required)
  • AJAX-powered answers/replies using the WordPress comment system
  • AJAX search with live results
  • AJAX load more and pagination
  • Question view counter
  • Basic voting/upvote system for questions and answers
  • Best answer marking by question author or admin
  • Admin/Author/Moderator/Member/Guest role badges
  • Responsive, modern card-based UI
  • Admin settings page with tabs
  • Custom admin columns (Views, Replies, Votes)
  • Translation-ready with .pot file
  • Developer hooks and filters
  • Future Pro architecture (feature gates, SMS stubs, interfaces)
  • WordPress.org compliant — no external CDN, no tracking

Available Shortcodes:

  • [askora_submit_form] — Question submission form
  • [askora_questions] — Question list with AJAX pagination
  • [askora_search] — AJAX live search
  • [askora_login] — Phone login form
  • [askora_register] — Phone registration form
  • [askora_auth] — Combined login/register form
  • [askora_popular_questions] — Most upvoted questions
  • [askora_unanswered_questions] — Questions with no answers
  1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/askora-community-qa/, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
  3. Go to Askora Settings to configure the plugin.
  4. Create pages and add shortcodes as needed.
  5. Flush permalinks: go to Settings Permalinks and click Save Changes.
Do users need an email to register?

No. Askora Community Q&A supports phone number registration and login without requiring an email address. An email is optional.

Can guests ask questions?

By default, users must be logged in to ask a question. You can configure reply permissions in the settings.

How do I show questions on a page?

Add the [askora_questions] shortcode to any page or post.

Can I override templates in my theme?

Yes. Create a folder askora-community-qa/ in your active theme and copy any template file from Frontend/Inc/Templates/ into it. The plugin will load your theme version automatically.

Is it translation-ready?

Yes. All strings use the askora-community-qa text domain and a .pot file is included in the languages/ folder.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Question custom post type with categories and tags.
  • Frontend shortcodes for questions, answers, search, auth.
  • Phone number registration and login.
  • AJAX question/answer submission.
  • AJAX search, load more, filtering.
  • View counter, voting, best answer.
  • Role badges (Admin, Author, Moderator, Member, Guest).
  • Responsive modern UI.
  • Admin settings with tabs.
  • Full developer hooks and filters.
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