# AnsPress - Question and answer # **Contributors:** nerdaryan **Donate link:** https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=rah12@live.com&cmd=_xclick&item_name=Donation%20to%20AnsPress%20development **Tags:** question, answer, q&a, forum, profile, stackoverflow, quora, buddypress **Requires at least:** 4.2 **Tested up to:** 4.4 **Stable tag:** 2.4 **License:** GPLv2 or later **License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Free question and answer plugin for WordPress. Made with developers in mind, highly customizable. ## Description ## Demo & support forum: http://anspress.io/ GitHub repo: [Git AnsPress](https://github.com/anspress/anspress/) Easily add question and answer section like stackoverflow.com or quora.com in your WordPress. AnsPress is a most complete question and answer system for WordPress. AnsPress is made with developers in mind, highly customizable. AnsPress provide an easy to use override system for theme. Extensions: * [AnsPress email notification](http://anspress.io/downloads/anspress-email/) * [Categories for AnsPress](http://anspress.io/downloads/categories-for-anspress/) * [Tags for AnsPress](http://anspress.io/downloads/tags-for-anspress/) Developers tool * [AnsPress extension boilerplate builder](http://anspress.io/downloads/anspress-boilerplate-extension/) List of features: * Notification * Featured Question * Sorting question and answer by many options. * Ajax based form submission * Theme system * Flag and moderate posts * Voting on question and answer * Question tags and categories * Question labels (i.e. Open, close, duplicate) new labels can be added easily. * Select best answer * Tags suggestions * Comment on question and answer * reCaptcha * User level : Participant, Editor, Moderator * Email notification * User can add questions to his favorite * User can edit profile * User can upload cover photo * Friends and followers system * User points system (reputation) ### Help & Support ### For fast help and support, please post on our forum http://anspress.io/questions/ **Page Shortcodes** Use this shortcode in base to AnsPress work properly `[anspress]` ## Installation ## Read full documentation here http://anspress.io/documents/ ## Frequently Asked Questions ## Read full FAQ here http://anspress.io/documents/doc_page=faq ## Screenshots ## ### 1. Question list page. ### ![Question list page.](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-1.png) ### 2. Single question page. ### ![Single question page.](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-2.png) ### 3. User profile ### ![User profile](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-3.png) ### 4. User hover card ### ![User hover card](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-4.png) ### 5. Users directory ### ![Users directory](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-5.png) ### 6. Notifications ### ![Notifications](http://ps.w.org/anspress---question-and-answer/assets/screenshot-6.png) ## Changelog ## ### 2.4 ### * New: added activity feed page * Fix: Answers left through admin don’t show up in user stats, but show up for admin stats * Fix: The name of question author is not completely shown on the back-end * Fix: The avatar of “… started following …” is incorrect * Fix: Tag validation * Tweak: Improved reputation functions * Tweak: Improved ap_human_time() * Fix: table name in user query * Fix: view data update * Fix: Don't check minimum characters when it is zero * Fix: view data update * Fix: utf-8 encoding in message * Fix: answer edit redirect * Fix: Reputation points on new registration * Tweak: Improved ap ajax response * New: Added option to switch environment * Fix: widget deprecated notice * Language: Updated de_DE * Tweak: Add unique body class for anspress pages * Fix: Shows wrong user in notification for answer * Fix: Question widget sorting not working * Tweak: Improved flag button * Tweak: Remove link from anonymous user * Fix: Non Logged Users can Initiate an image Upload * Tweak: Confirm changed email * Tweak: subscribe button * Language: Updated Russian from POT * Tweak: Change base title in wp hook * Tweak: Improved mention RegX * Fix: page title issue :) * Fix: coding style in ap-functions.js * Fix: overqualified style * Tweak: Remove unused class AP_Notification * Tweak: Update options-page.php * New: Added mention functionality * Fix: New lines are cleared on saving email options * Fix: missing version number in main plugin file * Tweak: Locate anspress directory in parent theme if not found in child * New: Added question shortcode * Fix: Asker can answer own question even if option is disabled. * New: Added option to switch user profile * New: Added an option in user profile so they can hide themselves from public * New: Added notification widget * Tweak: Updated notification functions for new notification table * Tweak: Show notification as sidebar * Fix: subscription and notification * Tweak: Edit question notification * Tweak: Improved question suggestion * Language: Added Japanese .po file * Language: added zh-CN and zh-TW translation files * Tweak: Improved activity system * Tweak: Improved subscriber system * Tweak: When answer is posted as private ajax shows anonymous avatar * Fix: Hide suggestion if no related question found * Tweak: Improved anspress tooltip * Tweak: Wrap post time in anchor * New: Replaced history by activity * Fix: Set header as 404 if question id is false * New: Add link to cancel comment (add/edit) * Fix: Comment form not loading after once loaded * New: Add page attribute in anspresss shortcode * New: Tool to customize anspress capabilities * Tweak: Improved admin option page * Tweak: Removed extension specific functions * Fix: When Anonymous posting is activate, there is a Status option shown * Fix: breadcrumbs widget * Fix: If user page slug is anything other then "user" it gives 404 error * Tweak: Show a warning message if ajax does not return valid JSON * Tweak: Added #anspress before grid class * Fix: Duplicate query strings while sorting using ajax * Fix: Do not include trash post status in question query * New: overrides via a child-theme * Fix: Insert notification only if profile is active * Language: French translation update * Tweak: Removed span form avatar * Fix: Exclude anspress base page from "Front page" page list * Tweak: Improved CS for form * Tweak: Improved CS of class-user.php * Tweak: Improved CS of class-form.php * Tweak: Improved CS of answer-form.php, answer-loop.php * Language: Turkish translation submitted by nsaral * Fix: compatibility issue with multisite subsites * Tweak: Modified activate.php to use $wpdb->prefix instead of base_prefix for compatibility on multisite subsites. * Fix: ap_is_my_profile() * Fix: Removed print_r from profile form * Fix: undefined object * Tweak: Added multipart form * Tweak: Improved hooks.php * Tweak: Improved standard of hooks.php * Tweak: Improved coding standard of common-pages.php * Tweak: class-theme.php code improved * Fix: Search post by blank search phrase * Fix: user menu link * New: Search question and answer by user_login in wp-admin * Fix: pagination in home page * New: Added post search by author_id in wp-admin post table * New: Added "banned" user role * New: Renamed actions.php to hooks.php * New: Improved roles check * Tweak: Improved coding standard of class-roles-cap.php * Tweak: Improved coding standard of ajax.php * Tweak: Improved coding standard in theme.php * New: Added comment flagging * Language: Italian translation ### 2.3.6 ### ### 2.3.5 ### * Updated paged variable when in home page * Removed unused arg * Fixed pagination on home page * Restore question history after deleting answer * Upload field triggered twice * All links of user menu not shown if in other profile page * Updated french translation by Shad * User active time shown as Last seen 46 years ago * Escaped cover photo url * Added option for disabling user menu collapse * Improved user page and stats * Registered user widget position * Added widget wrapper div * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘file’ * Get paged args in user loop * Fixed infinite loop in question page ### 2.3.4 ### * Added option for toggle [solved] prefix * Added custom follow button text * Improved user meta function * Return default cover when there is not cover photo ### 2.3.3 ### * Fallback for form if JS/Ajax fails * Moved upload field before filter, so it can be filtered * enqueue script dependency * Italian translation .mo missing #305 * Allow empty question description when limit is set to 0 * Added a filter to disable logging IP for view count * Remove notification item after ajax delete * Fix for "anonymous ask" and "only admin can answer" option conflict * Multiple click on comments open more then one comment field * Added responsive styles for question page * Fix for Icon fonts are not rendering * Added responsive styles for question list * Change subscribe to "subscribe" to "follow question" * Password cannot be chnaged * Fixed warning on buddyPress pages * Improved question loop to use global * Unsubscribe is not working * Added option for disabling vote down * Update POT * Fixed ago translation * Notice: ap_questions_tab is deprecated * Comment is not shown after editing * Syntax error: unrecognized expression * Notice: Trying to get property of non-object * Improved login and answer tab UI * Moved question.php inside loop * Added filter for main question query * Wrong variable $ap_rules * Added filters for overriding question and answer CPT * Added after sorting callback * Added french translation by Romain DELOUF * Sanitized ap_sort ### 2.3.1 ### * Mark notification as read after viewing * Upvotes are misinterpreted as Downvotes in User’s Reputation page * Reputation notification should hyperlinked to user’s reputation page * Dont show follow button for own profile * Grammatical error: comment to commented * fix: division by zero warning in about page * User profile fields empty, account tab redirect to admin profile. * Polish language updated to 2.3 ### 2.3 ### * Updated version and pot * Improved categories page * Close question after selecting if option enabled * Notification as dropdown * Redirect user to login page if non loggedin user try to visit profile * Error message on description field is overlapped by upload field * How to ask tab * Add category and tags filter in question list * Added category sorting * Improve category widget * Image upload size * add option to disable hover card * added users widget * Paragraph in comments * improved method update_menu_url * Add [solved] in question title * User page show anonymous when permalink not enabled * Allow filtering page slug * Fixed UI and typo issues* Don't check for basic roles * Updated plugin version * Fixed minor and major bugs * Notification system * Fixed breadcrumbs for user pages * The breadcrumb on the base page is duplicating * if recaptcha is enabled and keys missing then show warning * Added user dropdown menu item * User hover card * Added cover upload * Improved user pages * Improved coding standards * Removed plugin-activation.php * fixed Complexity in codes * Added "more" in user menu * Add subscribe page for user * Add subscribe page for user * Improved question query clauses * member search * Question sorting tab to select * Added vote count meta * Added followers widget * Added followers and following count meta * Improved users loop, * Added followers page button * Added users sorting by answers and best answers * Added users sorting by last active * Users page tab UI improvement * fixed avatar * Added last seen meta * Added profile views * User registered date * Improved reputation chart data * fixed reputation count * added user question and answer meta * Avatar upload ajax error * Added about page * Added reputation page * User reputation loop * Improved user profile fields * fix canonical url when wpseo plugin installed * Title conflict when wpseo plugin installed * Removed base from permalink when ap_page is base * Direct user link * [fix] Auto flush rewrite rule when base page updated * [fix] include current users post in list * [fix] Safe CSS attributes * [theme] Login popup improved * [fix] Image uploader not working in webkit browser * [theme]Added login modal * [fix] Max images per post option as number * [fix] ap_the_answer_content on bp_init * [fix] Load BP hooks on bp_init * [fix] conical and short link in head * [new] Added Crayon Syntax Highlighter button * [new] Add tinymce Autogrow * [improved] Image upload in posts * Check file exist before triggering error * Check for category and tags extension * [new] Hide how to answer tab if no page selected * Allowed support for GitHub Updater plugin * [fix] Do not log view in meta table if already viewed or anonymous * [fix] View counts updated for every page view * [fix] Strip shortcode from Answer and question * [fix] Format get cleared while editing * [fix] remove extra white space from contents * [fix] Editor toggle in answer form * [fix] Switch editors not working in ask form, image upload in quick-tag editor * [fix] Buddypress hooks * [fix] Image upload not working * updated plugin.json * [fix] missing colon * fixed translation function to the wordpress one * fixed translation issue cussed by missing gettext function * fixed translation function to the wordpress one * added translation support for author credits * [fix] require loading wrong path * [new] Featured question (sticky post) * [added] Improved subscriber system, allow community to subscribe for tags and categories * [translation] Spanish-Spain by Pelayo de Salvador Morell * [translation] German translation added by bloggerpro.de * [fix] db table prefix * Updated languages/ap.pot * Added about page * Updated dashboard * [option] label update: Asker can answer * [fix] Form error message below input field * [fix] minor doc bug fixes * [fix] Minor and major issues * [fix] DB error in Answer sorting * [fix] BuddyPress reputation count shows 1 * [new] load minified assets * [theme] Improved admin dashboard * [added] Added breadcrumbs widget * [new] Breadcrumbs function * [fix] Improve popup notification style * [fix] Don't show delete button if question is already trashed ### 2.2 ### * Form error message below input field * DB error in Answer sorting * While try to edit answer format get cleared * BuddyPress reputation count shows 1 * Load minified assets * Improved admin dashboard * popup add link box in tinymce cuts off content. * Add breadcrumbs widget * Add breadcrumbs function * Improve popup notification style * Dont show delete button if post already trashed * Add permanenet delete button from frontend * error 404 when no trailing slash * highlight trashed post * Changes author when editing a question * Private answers are not visible to its author * Improve editor mode toggle buttons * Add loading animation in post/edit comment button * Improve subscribe button * disable view count ap_meta entry * Add icons in stats widget * Check comments as general user * Show question filter tab on Category and Tag pages * BuddyPress not working * Short category dropdown in ask form as defined * Rename "voted" tab to vote * Unsolved also shows questions with selected answers * On Single Question page , Active | Voted | Newest | Oldest should be ajax based * Ask page title option not working * Dont let reputation to be negative * Improve UI of button * Add sticky answer navigation * Comment loading shows success * Add answer form help content * Improve answer form UI * Added fullscreen toggle in Answer form * Improve UI of question page * Check UI of comments when comments are shown by default * Change font weight of question and answer action links * Improve UI of comments * Pending comment is highlighted * Add comment author name and time * Commentrs are not subscribed by default * User is not unsubscribed when his comment or answer is deleted * Anonymous cant answer if question is created by anonymous * Reputation showing wrong count * white space when user don't have permission to view answers * Improve admin answer table * Improve admin question table * Added image from link in question and answer * Add image uploader in question and answer