Title: wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A Author: McNallen Published: 14 avril 2026 Last modified: 14 avril 2026 --- Recherche d’extensions ![](https://ps.w.org/wanswers-seo-first-qa/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3506463) ![](https://ps.w.org/wanswers-seo-first-qa/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3506463) # wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A Par [McNallen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mcnallen/) [Télécharger](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wanswers-seo-first-qa.3.0.0.zip) * [Détails](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/#description) * [Avis](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/#reviews) * [Installation](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/#installation) * [Développement](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wanswers-seo-first-qa/) ## Description wAnswers turns your WordPress site into a structured community Q&A platform. Every question is a WordPress post with its own canonical URL, server-rendered HTML, and complete QAPage JSON-LD schema – the exact format Google uses to surface Q&A content in rich snippets, People Also Ask boxes, and AI Overviews. No JavaScript rendering. No iframe embeds. No third-party dependencies. No jQuery. **Live demo:** https://wbuild.dev/questions/ #### Why wAnswers Is Different: SEO & GEO First Most Q&A plugins render everything via a single shortcode page – one URL, no per- question structured data, effectively invisible to crawlers. wAnswers works the opposite way. Every question gets its own permanent URL (`/questions/my-question/`). Every page ships with the structured data Google and AI search engines need to surface your content in search results, rich snippets, and AI citations. #### GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) AI search engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT Browse, and Google AI Overviews favour content with clear Q&A structure, explicit authorship, date signals, topic tagging, and Speakable content markers. wAnswers outputs all of these automatically on every question page. #### Core Q&A Features * Ask questions with a title and optional body text * Categorise questions by topic (custom taxonomy with live AJAX filter) * Answer questions inline with no page reload * Accept an answer (question author or admin only) * Threaded replies on answers – one level deep * Sort questions: Newest, Top Voted, Most Answered, Unanswered * Filter by topic with instant AJAX * Live search within the feed * Load-more pagination – no full page reloads * Edit questions and answers within a 1-hour window * Delete your own questions and answers #### Voting & Scoring * Upvote and downvote questions and answers * Cannot vote on your own posts * Lifetime vote tracking that persists across leaderboard resets * Automatic backfill for users who existed before vote tracking was added #### Leaderboard * Four tabs: Top Score, Most Questions, Most Answers, Most Accepted * Five position options: none, above feed, below feed, sidebar left, sidebar right * Optional sticky sidebar * Configurable max users shown (3 to 50) * Transient-cached and busted on every vote, answer, and reset #### User Profiles * Unique profile URLs at /questions/author/username/ * Gravatar support with letter-initial fallback * Lifetime score, coloured upvote and downvote counts * 10 badges across 4 tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond * SVG 12-month activity chart * Recent questions and answers list * Topic badge links navigate to the filtered tag archive #### Email Notifications & Weekly Digest * Notifies question author when a new answer is posted * Notifies answer author when a reply is posted * Weekly digest email via WP-Cron on a configurable day * Token-based one-click unsubscribe – no login required * Admin button to send digest immediately for testing * Configurable maximum recipients per send #### Settings & Customisation * Homepage Mode – serve Q&A at your site root with automatic 301 redirect from / questions/ * Admin-editable heading, subtitle, SEO title, and meta description for the archive page * Questions per page, answers per page, max answers per question page * Minimum and maximum content length validation * Rate limiting per user for questions, answers, and votes * Custom CSS field – override plugin styles without editing files * Question moderation mode – hold new questions for admin approval * Noindex shortcode pages to prevent duplicate content with the CPT archive * Footer credit toggle – shown by default, completely optional and freely removable * Full compatibility with Yoast SEO and RankMath #### SEO & GEO Schema * QAPage JSON-LD on every single question page * Question and Answer entities with author, dates, and vote counts * acceptedAnswer marked in schema when set * BreadcrumbList on single, archive, and taxonomy pages * CollectionPage schema on archive and topic pages * Organization schema sitewide for brand entity recognition * WebSite and SearchAction for Google Sitelinks Searchbox eligibility * Speakable specification on question pages – AI and voice citation signal * Open Graph and Twitter Card meta on every question page * Explicit canonical link on every page type * dateModified updated on every edit, answer, and reply * Microdata itemscope and itemprop on question cards in the feed #### Shortcodes [wanswers_qa] – Embed the full Q&A feed on any page. [wanswers_leaderboard] – Embed a standalone leaderboard on any page. [wanswers_leaderboard limit= »5″] – Show top 5 users per tab (default is 10). #### No External Dependencies The plugin JavaScript is vanilla JS with no jQuery requirement. Styles are self- contained with no external CDN requests. Everything runs on your server. ### External services #### Gravatar This plugin uses the Gravatar service to display user profile images on member profile pages. When a user visits a member profile page, the plugin requests an avatar image from Gravatar based on the member’s email address (hashed with MD5). Data sent: an MD5 hash of the user’s email address, included in the image URL. When: each time a member profile page is loaded. Service provider: Automattic Inc. Terms of Service: https://automattic.com/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://automattic. com/privacy/ ## Captures d’écrans [⌊The Q&A feed - questions list with topic filters, search, and sort tabs⌉⌊The Q& A feed - questions list with topic filters, search, and sort tabs⌉[ The Q&A feed – questions list with topic filters, search, and sort tabs [⌊Single question page with answers, voting, and accepted answer⌉⌊Single question page with answers, voting, and accepted answer⌉[ Single question page with answers, voting, and accepted answer [⌊User profile with badges, stats, activity chart, and recent questions⌉⌊User profile with badges, stats, activity chart, and recent questions⌉[ User profile with badges, stats, activity chart, and recent questions [⌊Leaderboard sidebar showing top contributors⌉⌊Leaderboard sidebar showing top contributors⌉[ Leaderboard sidebar showing top contributors [⌊Admin settings page⌉⌊Admin settings page⌉[ Admin settings page ## Installation 1. Download the plugin zip file. 2. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin in your WordPress admin. 3. Upload the zip file and click Install Now. 4. Click Activate Plugin. 5. Go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save Changes. This flushes rewrite rules and is required once after first installation. 6. Visit Questions > Settings to configure the plugin. #### Manual Installation 1. Unzip the plugin folder into `/wp-content/plugins/wanswers/` 2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen. 3. Go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save Changes. #### After Activation * Your Q&A feed is live at yoursite.com/questions/ * Individual questions are served at yoursite.com/questions/question-title/ * User profiles are served at yoursite.com/questions/author/username/ * Add topics at Questions > Q&A Topics * Customise the archive page heading and description at Questions > Settings ## FAQ ### Does it work with any theme? Yes. The plugin uses its own page templates that call get_header() and get_footer() from your active theme. All styles are self-contained. You can override any template by placing a copy in your theme root folder – for example yourtheme/single-wanswers_question. php. ### Will it conflict with Yoast SEO or RankMath? No. If either plugin is active, their title and meta description tags take precedence on Q&A pages. The plugin’s JSON-LD schema blocks output independently and do not conflict with SEO plugin schema output. ### How do I prevent duplicate content if I use both /questions/ and a shortcode page? Enable « Noindex shortcode pages » in Questions > Settings. This adds a noindex meta tag to any page containing the [wanswers_qa] shortcode so only the CPT archive at /questions/ is indexed. Alternatively, enable Homepage Mode – your Q&A then has only one canonical URL at your site root. ### What is Homepage Mode? Homepage Mode serves the Q&A feed directly at your site root (yoursite.com/) instead of at yoursite.com/questions/. To use it, go to Settings > Reading and set « Your homepage displays » to « Your latest posts », then enable Homepage Mode in Questions > Settings. The /questions/ archive issues a 301 redirect to / automatically. Individual question pages at /questions/slug/ are unaffected. ### Can users edit their questions and answers? Yes, within a 1-hour window after posting. After that window, only administrators and editors can edit content. The time limit is enforced server-side. ### How does email delivery work? Notifications are sent via wp_mail() using your site’s configured mail settings. For reliable delivery it is recommended to use a transactional email plugin such as WP Mail SMTP, Postmark for WordPress, or SendGrid. ### Is jQuery required? No. The plugin JavaScript is written in vanilla JS with no jQuery dependency. ### Does it create custom database tables? Yes. Two tables are created on activation: one for vote records and one for email subscriptions. Both are prefixed with your WordPress table prefix. Data is removed if you uninstall the plugin via the Plugins screen. ### Can I remove the « Powered by wAnswers » credit? Yes, absolutely. Go to Questions > Settings > Footer Credit and uncheck the option. The credit is shown by default but is entirely optional and not required. ### Does it work with WordPress Multisite? The plugin has not been tested on Multisite installations and is not officially supported in that environment. ## Avis Il n’y a aucun avis pour cette extension. ## Contributeurs/contributrices & développeurs/développeuses « wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A » est un logiciel libre. Les personnes suivantes ont contribué à cette extension. 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[Parcourir le code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wanswers-seo-first-qa/), consulter le [SVN dépôt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wanswers-seo-first-qa/), ou s’inscrire au [journal de développement](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wanswers-seo-first-qa/) par [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wanswers-seo-first-qa/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Journal des modifications #### 2.9.3 * Admin settings CSS moved to enqueued stylesheet (no more inline style block) * All admin POST handlers properly sanitized with sanitize_text_field and wp_unslash * All user-facing strings wrapped in translation functions for i18n * Replaced deprecated current_time(‘timestamp’) with time() throughout * Template output escaping improvements * Credit link updated to include noreferrer on external links #### 2.9.2 * Added « Disable built-in schema » toggle in SEO settings for compatibility with RankMath, Yoast, and other SEO plugins. * Added Settings link on the Plugins page. * Plugin name updated for WordPress.org compliance (removed restricted terms). * Replaced date() with gmdate() for timezone-safe date handling. * Replaced wp_redirect with wp_safe_redirect. * Removed unused Domain Path header. * Demo links updated to wbuild.dev/questions/. * GitHub links updated to new wbuilddev organization. * Author updated to wBuild.dev. #### 2.9.1 * Fixed theme compatibility: all CSS colour and typography variables are now self- contained – no longer inherited from an external stylesheet. Plugin now renders correctly on Divi, Extra, Disputo and other themes that previously caused text, button colour, or font bleed-through issues. * Added defensive CSS resets on all buttons and inputs so Divi/Extra global button styles cannot override plugin elements. #### 2.9.0 * Plugin rebranded to wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A. * All public-facing references updated to wAnswers branding. * Plugin homepage and author URL updated to wbuild.dev. #### 2.8.2 * Bugfix: Topic badges in user profiles now correctly link to the tag-filtered archive page. Fixed an anchor-inside-anchor HTML invalidity using a CSS overlay and JavaScript delegation pattern so the row click and the tag link click are fully independent. #### 2.8.1 * Settings page visual refresh with branded section headings, orange save button, and styled footer credit card. * Removed the search icon character from the main Q&A feed search box. #### 2.8.0 * Code audit: fixed undefined variable errors in the schema class ($is_tax and $is_homepage). * Replaced all hardcoded /register/ URLs with wp_registration_url() for full portability. * Generic default archive title and subtitle – no site-specific copy baked in. * Settings page footer with live demo and GitHub links. * Footer credit toggle added to Settings – checked by default, freely removable. #### 2.7.1 * Bugfix: Profile pages had no horizontal padding on mobile screens. * Bugfix: Lifetime vote counts showed 0 for users who existed before vote tracking was added – now lazily backfilled from the votes table on first profile visit. * Bugfix: Leaderboard position setting was ignored on profile pages – now respects all five position options. #### 2.7.0 * Homepage Mode: serve the Q&A feed at the site root with automatic 301 redirect from /questions/. * Explicit canonical link tag output on the archive template. * Rewrite rules are flushed automatically when homepage mode is toggled. #### 2.6.1 * Profile question titles now wrap correctly on mobile instead of being clipped. * Hero stats: Total Questions links to the feed anchor; Unanswered activates the unanswered filter tab. #### 2.6.0 * New setting: leaderboard max users (3 to 50). * New setting: sidebar sticky toggle. * Leaderboard now appears on profile pages with full position awareness. * Expanded profile stats: lifetime score, coloured upvote and downvote counts. * Topic badge fix: clicking a tag on a question card now activates the AJAX topic filter instead of navigating away. * Load-more pagination added for answers on single question pages. #### 2.5.1 * Bugfix: Edit forms were visible on page load due to a CSS specificity conflict. * Bugfix: Leaderboard profile links were using the wrong URL format. #### 2.5.0 * User profile pages at /questions/author/username/. * 10 badges across 4 tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond. * SVG 12-month activity chart on profiles. * Gravatar support with letter-initial fallback. #### 2.4.0 * Rate limiting for questions, answers, and votes with configurable window. * Question moderation mode – hold new questions for admin approval. #### 2.3.0 * Leaderboard with four tabs and configurable position. #### 2.2.0 * Threaded replies on answers – one level deep. #### 2.1.0 * Weekly digest email via WP-Cron with configurable day and manual send. #### 2.0.0 * Email notifications for new answers and replies with token-based unsubscribe. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release: questions, answers, voting, topics, archive template, QAPage schema. ## Méta * Version **3.0.0** * Dernière mise à jour **il y a 6 mois** * Installations actives **Moins de 10** * Version de WordPress ** 6.0 ou plus ** * Testé jusqu’à **6.9.9** * Version de PHP ** 7.4 ou plus ** * Langue * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/) * Étiquettes * [community](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/community/)[q&a](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/qa/) [questions answers](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/questions-answers/) [schema](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema/)[seo](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Vue avancée](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wanswers-seo-first-qa/advanced/) ## Évaluations Aucun avis n’a encore été envoyé. 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