Ultimate FAQ - Version 1.9.8

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  • Updated plugin documentation to take into account features that have been modified and added recently, and to more accurately reflect the current version of the plugin.
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Developer Rustaurius
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Version 1.9.8
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  Plugin Name: Ultimate FAQ - WordPress Q&A Plugin
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  Plugin URI: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugins/ultimate-faq/
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- Description: FAQ plugin that lets you easily create and display FAQs using blocks or shortcodes, with many unique styles, WooCommerce FAQs and AJAX FAQ search
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  Author: Etoile Web Design
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  Author URI: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/
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  Terms and Conditions: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugin-terms-and-conditions/
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  Text Domain: ultimate-faqs
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- Version: 1.9.7
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  global $ewd_ufaq_message;
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  /*
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  Plugin Name: Ultimate FAQ - WordPress Q&A Plugin
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  Plugin URI: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugins/ultimate-faq/
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+ Description: Easily create FAQs and add them to your WordPress site using a Gutenberg block or shortcode.
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  Author: Etoile Web Design
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  Author URI: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/
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  Terms and Conditions: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugin-terms-and-conditions/
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  Text Domain: ultimate-faqs
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+ Version: 1.9.8
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  */
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  global $ewd_ufaq_message;
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  === Ultimate FAQ - WordPress Q&A Plugin ===
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  Contributors: Rustaurius, EtoileWebDesign
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- Tags: faq, faqs, woocommerce faq, frequently asked questions, faq widget
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  Requires at least: 3.9.0
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  Tested up to: 5.5
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  License: GPLv3
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- License URI:http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
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- FAQ plugin that lets you easily create and display FAQs using blocks or shortcodes, with many unique styles, WooCommerce FAQs and AJAX FAQ search
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- == Description ==
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- FAQ plugin that lets you create, organize and publicize your FAQs (frequently asked questions) in no time through your Wordpress admin panel. With a modern accordion style layout, the FAQs will fit into any site. Comes with many features and customization options!
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- [FAQ Demo](https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/ultimate-faq-demo/)
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- <strong>Includes an easy-to-use Gutenberg block for displaying your FAQs!</strong>
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- = FAQ Key Features =
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- * Unlimited FAQs, with unlimited tag and category support
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- * Create FAQ categories
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- * Create FAQ posts and assign categories to them
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- * Accordion FAQ layout that will fit any site
 
 
 
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  * Bulk import FAQs from a spreadsheet
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- * Insert custom CSS to style your FAQs
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- <em>This plugin is very user friendly and comes with a full guided setup (walkthrough). When you activate the plugin, the setup will run and help you create your first FAQs, create your FAQ page and set some important options!</em>
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  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGVZnVrZ6I]
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- [ultimate-faqs]
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- Simply insert the above shortcode into any page to display your FAQs.
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- The plugin also comes with an easy-to-use Gutenberg block for displaying your FAQs.
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- You can use either the toggle and/or accordion responsive FAQ style, to display one expanded FAQ answer on click, or choose to display all FAQs on page load, with options to group your FAQs by category and to choose what info shows in each FAQ (such as category, tags, author, date, etc.).
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- Features include frequently asked question statistics that show how many times FAQs have been viewed, styling options, FAQ tags and categories, display and ordering options, among many other options.
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- Another helpful feature included is the FAQ shortcode helper. For those using the Classic Editor, it lets you create shortcodes with FAQ attributes without having to manually enter the shortcode.
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- Ultimate FAQ isn't just for frequently asked questions. With its responsive accordion layout, that allows you to toggle and collapse content, it also works great for any content similar to an FAQ and that needs to be hidden until it is clicked, like job postings, recipes, etc.! Or, if you have a help desk or knowledge base and need to pass on information to your visitors and/or users, the question/answer formatting is perfect.
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- = Additional FAQ Features =
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- * Toggle FAQ accordion (close open FAQ when a new one is opened) behaviour on/off
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- * Allow people to comment on individual FAQ
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- * Microdata question schema, to help with SEO
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- * Responsive FAQ design that looks great on all screen sizes
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- * Group FAQs by category for easy navigation
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- * Gutenberg FAQ block with options to specify categories and number of FAQs
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- Ultimate FAQ uses the WordPress custom post type functionality to create an FAQ post type, allowing for smart and easy integration. No need to deal with a complicated FAQ builder. By utilizing a custom post and the new Gutenberg block functionality, you have the best possible FAQ builder.
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- Ultimate FAQ has a responsive design that makes your FAQs look good on all screen sizes and all devices. No more worrying about what your mobile FAQs or accordion might look like. All options and styling will be applied accross all devices, so you can focus on your content.
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- = FAQ for WooCommerce (Requires Premium) =
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- Ultimate FAQs now comes with a premium option that allows you to integrate it with WooCommerce.
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- Easily add an FAQ tab to each product page, so your customers can see answers to common questions about the products they're browsing. With its responsive accordion layout, the new WooCommerce FAQ tab will fit seamlessly into any shop. It's the most comprehensive WooCommerce FAQs solution!
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- For more information about WooCommerce FAQs integration, please see the following video:
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  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3p0fW4c5o]
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- = Ultimate FAQ Premium =
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- The premium version of the plugin comes with many extra features that will allow you to customize and perfect the FAQ experience, with many layout options including modern and minimalist choices as well as a list style that offers a more traditional FAQ layout, styling options to further customize the layout, new icon sets, drag and drop ordering, FAQ exporting and two extra easy-to-use Gutenberg blocks for including a search form and a submit question form,
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- The AJAX FAQ search feature (inserted using either the [utlimate-faq-search] shortcode or the Gutenberg block) lets you add a full FAQ search to your site. It will search the custom post type and dynamically display matching results in the formatted list of FAQs (i.e. it looks just like your regular FAQ page with all the styling options!). And the dynamic FAQ search means it all happens immediately with no page reloading necessary.
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- <strong>WP Forms Integration:</strong> We've just added a great new feature that lets you integrate Ultimate FAQs directly with WP Forms. Now you can set a field in your WP Forms contact form to automatically suggest and display FAQs when someone starts typing their message. This way, you can help your visitors get the answer they need more quickly, while also helping to reduce the number of submissions you get!
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- With the smart [submit-question] shortcode, you can let your customers add to your custom FAQ list by submitting a question and even proposing an answer for it!
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- Want to decide exactly what order your FAQs are displayed in? Use our simple drag-and-drop re-ordering feature! Also, create SEO-friendly links to individual FAQ posts to simply direct customers to exactly the right answer, right away. Easily add links to your FAQs to popular social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest so that your customers can help you spread the word about your FAQ!
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  * Choose from 15 toggle icon sets for your frequently asked questions
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- * WooCommerce FAQ tab with specific FAQs for each product (<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3p0fW4c5o'>YouTube Video</a>)
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- * Different FAQ display styles
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  * WP Forms Integration
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  * Share FAQs on social media
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- * Select FAQ animation options for displaying posts
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- * User-submitted FAQs and also (optionally) answers
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- * Admin notification on FAQ submission
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- * AJAX easy FAQ search with autocomplete for question titles
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- * Add additional custom fields to your FAQ answer, such as a text area, file, link, date and more
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- * Import/Export of FAQs from/to spreadsheet
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  * Export all FAQs to a PDF to create a user manual
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- * SEO-Friendly FAQ, FAQ category and FAQ tag permalinks
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  * Advanced FAQ styling options
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- * Drag and drop precise re-ordering of FAQs
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  * Change the FAQ permalink slug base
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- * Gutenberg FAQ search block
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- * Gutenberg FAQ block for including a submit question form
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- Looking to get Ultimate FAQs premium? Find out how easy it is to get the best FAQs plugin for WordPress here: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/premium-upgrade-instructions/
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- This FAQ plugin is also great for combining with our <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-only-users/'>user management plugin </a> to create a members-only FAQ area.
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- ** We are also pleased to offer a free premium 7-day trial feature, which users can choose to test out before buying the premium version! **
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- = FAQ Shortcodes =
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- * [ultimate-faqs]: display all FAQs, or only specific categories using include_category and exclude_category attributes (both take a comma-separated list of category slugs)
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- * [popular-faqs]: displays a number of the most viewed FAQs (5 unless specified).
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- * [recent-faqs]: displays a number of the most recently added FAQs (5 unless specified).
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- * [select-faq]: display specific FAQ posts, using the attributes faq_name, faq_slug and faq_id which take comma-separated lists of FAQ post names, slugs and ids respectively.
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- * [ultimate-faq-search]: display a search form that allows users to find FAQs with a specific string in the title or body of the FAQ post (premium).
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- * [submit-question]: display a form that allows users to submit FAQs of their own and, if enabled, enter an answer to their submitted question as well (premium).
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- For further information and purchasing options for our frequently asked questions plugin, please visit our <strong><a href="http://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugins/ultimate-faq/">WordPress FAQ plugin</a></strong> homepage.
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- = Translations =
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- - Italian (Thanks to <a href='http://www.nimdaweb.it/'>Nimdaweb</a>)
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- * Our FAQ page, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/
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- * Our installation guide, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/installation/
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- * Our documentation, here: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs
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- * Our tutorial videos, here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEndQUuhlvSrNdfu5FKa1uGHsaKZxgdWt
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- * The Ultimate FAQ support forum, here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs
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  == Installation ==
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- * Place the [ultimate-faqs] shortcode in the content area of any page you've created and it will display your FAQs
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  * You can display specific FAQs by making use of the [select-faq] shortcode
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- * Display a select number of your most popular FAQs using the [popular-faqs] shortcode
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- * Display a select number of your most recent FAQs using the [recent-faqs] shortcode
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- * Placing the [submit-question] shortcode on a page will generate a form that allows your visitors to submit FAQ questions and, if enabled, even suggest FAQ answers for their questions (premium)
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- * Use the [ultimate-faq-search] shortcode to display an FAQ search form on a page. You can even set it so that all FAQs display on the search page and so that typing in the search box filters the results. (premium)
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  5. Customize your FAQ experience by making use of the many available settings and options, including toggle and accordion modes, FAQ comments, FAQ category grouping (premium) and many styling options (premium).
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- For help and support, please see:
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- * Our FAQ page, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/
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- * Our documentation, here: https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs
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- * Our tutorial videos, here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEndQUuhlvSrNdfu5FKa1uGHsaKZxgdWt
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- * The Ultimate FAQ support forum, here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs
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  == Frequently Asked Questions ==
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  == Changelog ==
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  - Premium version release, check out our website for all of the details <http://www.etoilewebdesign.com/ultimate-faq/>
 
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  === Ultimate FAQ - WordPress Q&A Plugin ===
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  Contributors: Rustaurius, EtoileWebDesign
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+ Tags: FAQs, FAQ, FAQs list, WooCommerce FAQs, Gutenberg FAQs, FAQ block, accordion FAQs, toggle FAQs, filtered FAQs, grouped FAQs, FAQs order, FAQs sorting
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  Requires at least: 3.9.0
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  Tested up to: 5.5
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  License: GPLv3
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+ License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
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+ Easily create FAQs and add them to your WordPress site using a Gutenberg block or shortcode.
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+ == Description ==
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+ With this plugin you can easily create FAQs and add them to your WordPress site using a Gutenberg block or shortcode. It makes use of a custom post type and integrates seamlessly into any site.
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+ * [Live Demo](https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/ultimate-faq-demo/)
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+ ### Key Features
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+ * Create unlimited FAQs
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+ * Create unlimited tags and categories
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+ * Gutenberg FAQ block
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+ * FAQ shortcode
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+ * Responsive accordion layout that will fit any site and any device
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+ * Ordering and sorting options for your FAQ page
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+ * Group FAQ options
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+ * Translation ready (all strings localized and .pot file included)
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  * Bulk import FAQs from a spreadsheet
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+ * Insert custom CSS to style your FAQ layout
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+ This plugin is very user friendly and comes with a walk-through. When you activate the plugin, it will run and help you create your first FAQs, create an FAQ page and also set some important options!
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+ ### Gutenberg Block, Shortcode and Widget
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+ * Just add the <em>Display FAQs</em> Gutenberg block on any page to display your FAQs
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+ * Or, if you're using a different visual composer or page builder, or the Classic Editor plugin, just add the [ultimate-faqs] shortcode anywhere on any page
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+ * The plugin also comes with a widget to display your FAQs in any widgetized area in your theme.
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+ ### Video Introduction to the Ultimate FAQ Plugin
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  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGVZnVrZ6I]
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+ ### Additional Features
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+ * Microdata / structured data / question schema (in the correct JSON-LD format) to help with SEO
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+ * Choose what elements show for each FAQ (e.g. categories, tags, author, date, etc.)
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+ * FAQ statistics and view count
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+ * Allow people to comment on individual FAQs
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+ * Shortcode helper for those using the Classic Editor plugin
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+ ### FAQs for WooCommerce (Requires Premium)
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+ * Easily add an FAQ tab to each product page
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+ * Responsive accordion layout that fits seamlessly into any product page
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+ * Create an FAQ category that matches the name of a product or category in your WooCommerce and it will automatically show!
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+ * For more info, please see the following video:
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  * Choose from 15 toggle icon sets for your frequently asked questions
 
 
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  * WP Forms Integration
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  * Share FAQs on social media
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+ * Select animation options
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+ * Drag and drop precise re-ordering of FAQs
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+ * Add an FAQ submit form to your site, so visitors can suggest their own FAQs and also (optionally) answers
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+ * Admin notification for new FAQ submissions
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+ * Add additional custom fields to your FAQs, such as a text area, file, link, date and more
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+ * Export FAQs to spreadsheet
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+ * SEO-Friendly FAQ, category and tag permalinks
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  * Advanced FAQ styling options
 
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+ You can find out more information about the premium version and accessing a <strong><em>free 7-day trial</em></strong> here: [https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugins/ultimate-faq/](https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/plugins/ultimate-faq/)
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+ ### Blocks
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+ * <strong>Display FAQs</strong>: Display all FAQs, or only specific categories using the block attributes
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+ * <strong>Popular FAQs</strong>: Displays a number of the most viewed FAQs (5 unless specified)
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+ * <strong>Recent FAQs</strong>: Displays a number of the most recently added FAQs (5 unless specified)
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+ * <strong>Search FAQs</strong>: Display a search form that allows users to find FAQs with a specific string in the title or body of the FAQ post (premium)
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+ * <strong>Submit FAQ</strong>: Display a form that allows users to submit FAQs of their own and, if enabled, enter an answer to their submitted question as well (premium)
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+ ### Shortcodes
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+ * [ultimate-faqs]: Display all FAQs, or only specific categories using include_category and exclude_category attributes (both take a comma-separated list of category slugs)
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+ * [popular-faqs]: Displays a number of the most viewed FAQs (5 unless specified)
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+ * [recent-faqs]: Displays a number of the most recently added FAQs (5 unless specified)
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+ * [select-faq]: Display specific FAQ posts, using the attributes faq_name, faq_slug and faq_id which take comma-separated lists of FAQ post names, slugs and ids respectively
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+ * [ultimate-faq-search]: Display a search form that allows users to find FAQs with a specific string in the title or body of the FAQ post (premium)
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+ * [submit-question]: Display a form that allows users to submit FAQs of their own and, if enabled, enter an answer to their submitted question as well (premium)
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+ ### For help and support, please see:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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+ * Our FAQ page, here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/)
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+ * Our installation guide, here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/installation/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/installation/)
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+ * Our documentation, here: [https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs](https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs)
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+ * Our tutorial videos, here: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEndQUuhlvSrNdfu5FKa1uGHsaKZxgdWt
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+ * The Ultimate FAQ support forum, here: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs)
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  * You can display specific FAQs by making use of the [select-faq] shortcode
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+ * Display a select number of your most popular FAQs using the <em>Popular FAQs</em> block or the [popular-faqs] shortcode
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+ * Display a select number of your most recent FAQs using the <em>Recent FAQs</em> block or the [recent-faqs] shortcode
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+ * Our FAQ page, here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/faq/)
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+ * Our documentation, here: [https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs](https://www.etoilewebdesign.com/support-center/?Plugin=UFAQ&Type=FAQs)
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+ * Our tutorial videos, here: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEndQUuhlvSrNdfu5FKa1uGHsaKZxgdWt
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+ * The Ultimate FAQ support forum, here: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-faqs)
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  == Frequently Asked Questions ==
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  == Changelog ==
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