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Use the best WordPress Forum plugin to build a community discussion forum or knowledge base. Users can post questions, answers, comments, and vote on the best answers with this top-rated WordPress Question and answer plugin.

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Includes multiple forums, file attachments, moderation, notifications, access control, payment support, beautiful interface and much more.

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Questions and Answers – Best WordPress Discussion Forum

Would you like to build a question and answer website with forums like Stack Overflow, Yahoo Answers or Quora on WordPress?

WordPress Questions and Answer is the best WordPress Questions and Answer plugin and gives you an easy way to build topic-specific discussion boards or knowledge base.


Complete Questions and Answers System

This WordPress Question and Answer plugin lets forum members ask questions to their community.

Users post answers to questions, upload files, comment on existing topics, and vote for the best answers, depending on their user access.

Users can quickly locate the right question or browse the forum by searching by keyword, or filtering by the most recent or most popular threads.

Forum look and feel can be easily adjusted
Forum look and feel can be easily adjusted

Q&A Thread Page

Each question receives its thread page with answers, comments, images and attachments. This WordPress forum plugin also shows user information associated, if available, such as the number of questions and answers.

Example of a thread page
Example of a thread page
Users vote on the best answer, so other users can quickly spot the most popular question and answer. The admin can mark questions as resolved once they receive sufficient answers or are old enough to be archived.

Admin Capabilities in the Question & Answers Forum Plugin

The Q&A Forum plugin gives administrators significant control over actions performed on the forum, by topic and user.

The admin can moderate what questions can be asked, which answers can be posted, what topics or negative language can be limited. All with notifications and user-specific access restriction capabilities. Moderation Settings
Moderation Settings

ChatGPT Integration

Example of the Answer Generated by ChatGPT
Example of the Answer Generated by ChatGPT
The plugin supports integration with ChatGPT. It allows the plugin to automatically answer the questions in certain categories. ChatGPT understands the human language and allows you to give immediate answers to users of your forum.

Enhancing your site with modern technologies will let you engage more people to your platform and make your work easier.


Reports and Statistics

Our built-in log & statistics module enables easy tracking of all actions.

Monitor who posted questions, when, and on which categories. Display a table or graph and export the data.

The WordPress forum plugin lets the admin filter content, customize the display of the forum in many ways, and create multiple forums on the same site using specific categories.

Admin Reports Dashboard
Admin Reports Dashboard

User Capabilities in the WordPress Forum Plugin

Example of the Forum
Example of the Forum
With this complete Question and Answer system, users enjoy a wide spectrum of options such as multiple file uploads, social media login, user profiles, private messages, and user voting.

User Notifications and Updates

Users can post private messages to other users on the forum and subscribe to categories or specific topics.

This way, they will receive notifications for interesting updates.

This is ideal when creating a WordPress Support forum, and makes tracking tickets easy.

Answers Robust Notification System Settings
Answers Robust Notification System Settings

Charging Users In The WordPress Question and Answer Plugin

CM MicroPayments Integration
CM MicroPayments Integration
The WordPress discussion plugin can be integrated with several other WordPress plugins including the MicroPayments Platform which adds a virtual currency layer to require users to pay when asking or answering questions.

Monetize Your Forum

Charge users for asking or answering questions by using the Payments Add-on. Generate revenue by allowing only a selected group of users to interact in your forum.

The add-on supports PayPal, Stripe, and many more payment gateways via both EDD (Easy Digital Downloads) and WooCommerce.

Charge Users Real Money - Monetize your forum by integrating the Payments Add-on

Define how much it costs to post
Define how much it costs to post

Easily Localize the Q&A Forum

All frontend labels can be easily changed to any language so the user interface will speak your language. We already have PO/MO files for many languages covering the plugin frontend interaction.

Plugin Labels Settings
Plugin Labels Settings
Supported languages include: Spanish, Polish, German, Danish, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish.

We will be happy to assist building other PO/MO files upon user request.


Use Case Tutorials


More Forum Plugin Use Cases

  • Question Answer Website – Build a site such as Quora and StackExchange and let users ask and discuss hot questions about all topics.
  • Gaming Community – Create a forum for each gaming console or genre and invite users to debate their favorite games
  • School Message Board – Use CM Answers as a WordPress message board plugin. Establish different boards for each class and one just for teachers.
  • Award Points – Run a short-term contest and award the users who post the best answers in the WordPress Forum.
  • Get Benefits – Ask users general knowledge questions and receive innovative ideas for your next strategies.


Using the WordPress Question and Answer Plugin

  • Robust Forum System – Integrate a comprehensive Q&A forum inside your existing WordPress site.
  • Versatile Shortcodes – Use shortcodes to place the forum anywhere on your posts or pages.
  • Replace WordPress Comments – Replace the default WordPress comments system on any given post.
  • Multiple Forums – Use categories to create multiple forums on your WordPress site.
  • On-Page Navigation – Use Ajax browsing mode for seamless transitions when users access different parts of the forum.
  • Powerful Forum Search – Users can search the forum history and filter discussion boards to quickly find answers.
  • Forum Notifications – Keep your users notified on Q&A threads they are following.
  • Forum Access – Decide who can view each forum, who can ask questions, or who can answer questions with detailed plugin access controls.
  • Forum Moderation – Powerful moderation tools allow the admin to limit allowable content or restrict postings with offensive language.
  • Forum Points System and Badges – Reward users with points and badges for posting questions or answers on your forum.
  • Multisite Compatible – This WordPress plugin is multisite-compatible under the following conditions: Each site needs to have its unique license; Data is not shared across sites.
  • Most Views – Users can see the popular questions under the “most views” tab.


WordPress Question and Answer Plugin Additional Resources


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Answers Plugin for WordPress Features

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.

Access Control – With this complete Question & Answer system administrators can control who is allowed to view or post queries and which users are allowed to respond. Also control access to categories by role.
Ads Integration – Supports showing ads and banners inside forum.
Attachments – Upload file attachments to their questions or answers. Admins can restrict certain file extensions.
ChatGPT Support – Post automatically generated by AI answers to questions in chosen categories.
Voting and Best Answer – Users can vote for a questions or answers and question. Authors can select the best answer out of all the responses submitted to their question.
BuddyPress – Integrates with BuddyPress API. Shows posts by users that login with their BP profile.
Categories – Categorize your questions and answers into multiple sub-categories and forums. Related questions can be posted under question categories
Comments – Comments can be added for each question or answer.
Restricted Thread – Create questions in which only the admin and the original author can participate.
Customization – Easily customize the style and appearance of your Q&A discussion forum. Style forums by changing the color of your choice and much more.
Disclaimer – Include a disclaimer asking users to agree to your terms when they visit for the first time.
Drag & Drop – Drag & Drop files to attach them to posts. Create download forums!
Edit After Posting – Allow authors to edit their questions and answers even after they’ve submitted their posts.
Favorite Question – Users can vote on their favorite questions.
Geo-location Information – Show the geographic location so you can see where your users are coming from.
Localization – This plugin is translatable. It provides multilingual support including RTL language support (right to left). Supports UTF-8 characters for translation into a variety of different languages.
Logs & Statistics – Generates a detailed log and statistics of the forum activity.
MicroPayment – Integrates with the MicroPayments plugin so users have to pay virtual points to post answers.
Badges – When using the Micropayments plugin display the users’ badges depending on their points balance.
Mobile Responsive – The forum interface is mobile friendly and adjusts depending on the screen size.
Moderation – Moderate user posts in your discussion forum like you would moderate WP spam. Restrict access or allow auto-approvals to specific users.
Multiple File Uploads – Support multiple file uploads on your discussion forum.
Notifications – Advanced email notification system allows authors to receive notifications when answers to their questions are posted. Users can track discussions on specific topics based on the category.
Private Answers – Support posting answers which only question poster and user can see.
Private Questions – Support Asking question poster private questions.
Shortcodes – Use a shortcode to embed questions and answers in your discussion forum to any page or post.
Social media Login – Users can login with their social media accounts to post questions or answers.
User Dashboard – Users can view their public profiles, along with a list of all the questions and answers they’ve posted.
User Gravatar – Displays a Gravatar icon beside each user profile.
User Profile – Users can view their profiles that contain all their Q&A’s and discussion forum contribution statistics.
Tags – Tag questions with multiple keywords for searching similar topics on you CM Answers plugin.
Text Editor – Users can edit their questions or answers with a functional TinyMCE text editor.
WordPress Comments Integration – Replaces the WP comments system with a Q&A widget on each page or post.
WordPress Multisite – Compatible with WordPress multisite functionality.
SEO Features – The WordPress Answers plugin is SEO-friendly and includes support for SEO meta descriptions in the index page and automatically adds the meta description to the answer thread page.
Bad words filter – Create a bad words filter, blocking users from publishing inappropriate content to the board.
CM Expert Directory Integration – Allows you to associate WordPress user profiles to expert profiles from Expert Directory and synchronize categories.

Answers Plugin Editions and Pricing

FeatureProPro AnonymousUltimate
$39 $59 $119
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Questions and Answers Forum Plugin Demo

EXAMPLES OF SITES USING THE Q&A FORUM


Watch the video clips below to see each Q&A Forum Plugin feature in action.

For more in-depth descriptions, visit our Video Tutorial Library or plugin User Guide.


Answers WordPress Plugin Image Gallery

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Answers Plugin Additional Addons and Modules

Below are listed additional modules and addons which, when installed together with the Answers plugin provides additional functionality

Answers Plugin Related Integrations

Answers WP Plugin Frequently Asked Questions

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.

General Questions

Is this a WordPress Forum plugin?

Yes. With CM Answers you can create any number of WordPress forums about any topic. It’s a complete WordPress Question and Answer plugin

I am in the Tech/Education/Media industry. Will I benefit from this plugin?

Yes, and not only. We have happy CM Answers customers using it in Technology, Administration, Productivity, Media, Improvement, Community, Idea building, Social, SEO, Marketing, Advertising, Knowledge, Privacy, Support, Audio, Video, Localization, Languages, Organization, Advertising, Monetization, Payments, Mobile, Moderation, Experience and Competition.

What is a forum and why should I add it to my site?

A forum is an online space where users can debate ideas in an organized fashion. A user may open a thread about a topic and others will reply it. There other names for it: Q&A, message board and so on.

Use this WordPress Message Board plugin to attract more users! Invite them to engage with other participants and generate content related to your website.

Can I create a question answer website with this forum tool?

Yes! CM Answers is a versatile WordPress tool that can work as a WordPress ask a question plugin. That way, users can ask each other questions and discuss further.

Questions About Forum Features

Can I allow only registered users to view questions?

Sure. The plugin includes access credentials for who can view questions, or who can view answers. You can define this that only user who are logged-in can view the questions and answers. For more information, please check this help document

Is it possible to translate the forum for languages that don't appear on the list?

Yes. Language files are located under the /lang directory in the plugin. You can take any existing .po file and change the non English description to your custom language. You can then use a po to mo converter like in here http://po2mo.net/ to create the mo file.

After creating these two files, copy them to the language directory. You are also welcome to send them to us so we can include them in the plugin pack.

Is CM Answers a SEO-Friendly forum?

Absolutely. CM Answers creates posts for questions and comments for answers. That alone makes it an SEO-Friendly forum because each question posted adds new user-generated content. Answers are then detected by search engines as a popularity measure, so the more answers posted for each post the better.

Both the Questions and the Answers pages are built with SEO in mind, taking search engine indexing methods into consideration. If you are using a sitemap generator, please make sure to include the custom post type questions before rebuilding the sitemap.

Does CM Answers support forum email notifications?

Yes. CM Answers sends email notifications in several levels:

1. Admin can set up email notifications in the plugin setting to receive alerts on new questions.

2. Question authors can receive notifications for answers posted for their questions

3. Users who post answers can follow other answers

Does CM Answers use Custom Post types?

Yes. CM Answers uses a “custom post type” for questions and WP comments for the answers. Therefore a real WordPress user needs to be assigned to each question/custom post. When using the WordPress search engine or other search plugins like Relevanssi, look for the CM Answers custom post type and add it to the search index. This is the same case for plugins which generate sitemaps.

Can users do live chat with the experts?

No. This plugin does not have a live chat feature. Users can only send private message query< or ask questions to the professionals.

Can images or files be uploaded with questions?

Yes. Admin can allow users to add attachment and images to the question answer. It also applies to the answer and comment sent by the experts.

Does this plugin have a reCAPTCHA option?

No. It does not have reCAPTCHA option.

Can I change the look & feel of elements on the answers page?

There are two ways to customize the style and appearance of your Answers page.

One way is to create a template in a directory called CMA and place it under your theme folder. This directory will contain all the files copied from the plugin under views/front-end. You can edit single.phtml and index.phtml to make changes in the appearance of the question or answer pages.

The second and quicker way to do this is to locate the object on the page which you need to change and add its new definition into the custom css tab, which is found in the plugin settings.

To locate elements, right click on the element and in the browser menu look for Inspect Element (Chrome).

Can I use social media login for my discussion forum?

Certainly! Enabling Social media login makes it quicker and easier for your site visitors to post questions, answers and comments onto your discussion forum. In addition, posts by users who performed a social media login are more likely to be shared across those platform, ultimately generating more exposure and traffic to your site.

CM Answers wordpress plugin- Social media login from wordpress question and answer plugin

Difference Free Forum vs. Paid Forum Questions

Does this WordPress Message Board plugin have a free plugin version?

Yes. You can download the free plugin versionhere. Note that the free forums software does not include all the features.

What features are only present in the pro version?

Among others:

  • Mobile Responsive
  • Anonymous Posting
  • Private Answers
  • Private Question
  • Advertisements
  • Comments
  • Multiple Attachments
  • Spam Report
  • Access Control
  • Integration with Twitter
  • Edit Question / Answers
  • BuddyPress
  • Two Levels Category Navigation
  • Ajax Support
  • Social Media Registration Integration
  • Shortcodes
  • User Dashboard
  • Categories
  • Widgets
  • User Posting Meter
  • Show/Hide Views
  • Moderation
  • Gravatar
  • Order Answers
  • Attachment
  • Localization Support
  • View Count Control
  • Tags
  • Sticky Questions
  • Disclaimer
  • Social Share

How do I upgrade CM Answers?

To upgrade from the free version to the pro you need first to deactivate and delete the free version. All terms that have been created with the free version will be automatically transferred to the pro. You can then download the pro edition from CreativeMinds customer dashboard and install it. For the plugin to work you need to activate the license. Here is a video explaining this

Customer Reviews for the Answers Plugin

@pparnham from WordPress.org
Sophisticated plugin with fantastic support
I, for one, am now sold on the idea that CM Answers is the most sophisticated option out there, with a support team that truly goes the extra mile. Thank you.

@owp2012 from WordPress.org
Great customer support, Great plugin!
I got fantastic customer service, and great turnaround on a small issue that I had. Sorted quickly and professionally. Exactly within 24hrs as stated on the support page. Keep up the good work!

Paul Douglas, Developer, Douglas Web Designs
Great Customer Service
Quickly replying to my emails with courteous and helpful replies led me to leave this review. The plugin also has a great amount of useful options to meet the needs of any Q&A forum.

WP Mayor
CM Answers plugin reviews by WP Mayor
CM Answers is the best way for managing all your user’s questions and answers with this easy to use website discussion forum plugin. With CM Answers you can start moderating discussions right away, and have users login easily with their existing social media profiles. It’s so easy to use, you’ll wonder why you haven’t done this already!.

WP Insite
CM Answers plugin reviews by WP Insite
Gone are the days of the simple bland style discussion board forums. CM Answers Pro is the new way to stylishly display your discussion boards.
WP Insite

WP Explorer
CM Answers plugin reviews by WP Explorer
CM Answers plugin integrates well with WordPress and gives both administrators and users a simple way to interact. Admins will find customizing the forum a simple process that can be modified on a whim. Users will find the end experience to be pleasant to look at and simple to contribute to.

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