KB Display As Blog Post - Knowledge Base Addon Documentation

KB Display As Blog Post Addon

Version: 2.0.1
Recent Update: 18/04/2025
Release Date: 23/06/2013
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Web Site: https://bluewindlab.net
Developed By: Mahbub Alam Khan
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Addon Overview

Powerful Knowledge base Addon allows you to append Knowledge base posts into the regular blog posts. Useful and popular Knowledge base posts can be easily integrated as blog post without creating any duplicate post. Also, Addon automatically include KB posts in to blog listings according to published date order.

Just Plug and Play and no need for additional configuration. Addon comes with Quick and Bulk edit feature. You can easily choose KB posts and include those to the blog page immediately. The addon also enables to upload “featured image” with a Knowledge base post.

Installation Requirements

You need at least WordPress version 4.8+ installed for this plugin to work properly. It is strongly recommended that you always use the latest stable version of WordPress to ensure all known bugs and security issues are fixed. Other requirements:

PHP version 5.3 or greater.
MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater.

Note:

You need to install BWL Knowledgebase Manager Plugin to use "KB Display As Blog Post Addon". Minimum version 1.5.7 required.

Installation Steps

To install a plugin, you must first upload the plugin files and then activate the theme. The plugin files can be uploaded in two ways:

FTP Upload: Using your FTP client, upload the non-zipped plugin folder into the /wp-content/plugins/ folder on your server.
WordPress Upload: Navigate to Plugins >> Add New >> Upload Plugin. Go to browse, and select the zipped theme folder. Hit "Install Now" and the theme will be uploaded and installed.

Step 01: Go to WP admin dashboard and click on Plugins >> Add New.

Step 02: Click on Upload Plugin and upload the "kb-display-as-blog-post.zip" file.

Step 03: Once plugin successfully uploaded in your server you will get an message to activate it. Click on Activate Plugin Link and plugin will be ready to use . After activating plugin, you will redirect in plugins section of wp-admin panel and display new installed plugins information in there.

Step 04: Now you are ready to use KB Display As Blog Post Addon! In left sidebar menu you will see a new section like following image.

You need at least WordPress version 4.8+ installed for this plugin to work properly. It is strongly recommended that you always use the latest stable version of WordPress to ensure all known bugs and security issues are fixed.
Other requirements:

PHP version 5.4.45 or greater.
MySQL version 5.5.51 or greater.
BWL Knowledge Base Manager Plugin (Minimum version 1.0.9 required ).

Operate The Addon

- Once you completed installation process, plugin will automatically include all Knowledge Base items with you're blog posts according to date order. But, You can control Knowledge Base posts display using bulk/quick edit.

- Addon comes with built-in show/hide custom meta box option to control Knowledge Base posts display. This way, you can easily handle view status, while you're adding/editing KB posts.

- If you want to change settings for single Knowledge Base post, then you can use quick edit(inline editing) option.

- If you want to change settings for multiple Knowledge Base post, then you can use bulk edit option.

- Addon allows you to upload featured image for Knowledge Base items. This way, you can easily set featured image for Knowledge Base Post and display with blog post(Theme Support Required).

Options Panel

From version 1.0.3 we added an unique option to include Knowledge base posts in to Regular blog post RSS feed. To enable this option go to Plugin Option panel > General tab and you will get an option "Include KB in Blog Feed? ". Just turn it ON and KB post automatically included in to blog feed.

Translate FAQ Plugin

KB Display As Blog Post Addon offers amazing translation feature. Besides the English, you can easily translate the plugin text into other languages. Check following steps to translate KB Display As Blog Post Addon.

Addon Translation Steps

Step 01: To translate the plugin texts, please download and install Poedit software in your computer. Here goes the download link- https://poedit.net/download

Step 02: Next, navigate to /wp-content/plugins/kb-display-as-blog-post/languages/. You will get a file named en_EN.po.

Step 03: Our Plugin text-domain is 'bkb-kbdabp'. Now, we want to translate our theme text in to Dutch language. So, copy en_EN.po file and rename it as bkb-kbdabp-de_DE.po

Step 04: Now, open that newly created 'bkb-kbdabp-de_DE.po' file using Poedit software. You will get all the plugin texts in there and you just need to add appropriate translated text in Translation box.

Step 05: Finally, save the file and you will get bkb-kbdabp-de_DE.mo file inside languages folder.