Sabai Discuss - Q&A forum plugin for WordPress

What is Sabai Discuss?

Sabai Discuss is a premium questions and answers plugin for WordPress. The plugin features the ability for users to ask and answer questions similar to Stack Overflow or Yahoo Answers.

Sabai Discuss is an ideal tool not only for building a community driven question-and-answer website but also for building a discussion forum, a knowledge base, or even a helpdesk portal for WordPress.

Features
Fully responsive and flat design
Search questions and answers by keywords and category with user friendly auto-suggestion features
Filter questions and answers by custom fields
Create search and filter forms with visual form editor
Post questions and answers from the frontend
Post comments to both questions and answers
Post and edit comments inline
Tag questions with auto-suggest
Hierarchical categories
File attachments to questions and answers
Vote for questions/answers/comments both up and down
Close/reopen questions
Featured questions
Flagging questions/answers/comments with automatic spam moderation
Favorite questions and answers
Accept answers
User profile pages
User reputation system
Custom fields with visual form editor (Choice, Date, HTML, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, CAPTCHA, User, Section Break, File Upload, Image Upload, Video, Email, Phone Number and more)
Role/Reputation based permission system with over 40 permissions to configure
Restrict access to members of selected roles
Allow guest users to post questions/answers as well as accepting answers posted to their questions
Install multiple instances of SabaiDiscuss (by just copying 1 file and a few clicks!)
PHP Markdown editor for posting questions/answers and editing tag descriptions with live preview
Filters user HTML using HTMLPurifier for additional security
Code syntax highlighting using Google Prettify
Search questions and answers
CSV Importer/Exporter
5 shortcodes
9 WordPress widgets included
Template files your theme can override to customize display
10 email notification templates
Works with any theme
Appropriate use of Ajax to improve page responsiveness
Fully translatable
RTL language support
Automatic updater (no FTP required to update the plugin)
Integration with point system of MyCRED and Cubepoints plugin
French (by nexia) translations included
Recommendations
Top Plugin & Editor’s Choice at ThemesPlugins.com
Changelog
V1.4.17 – 22 APR 2024
Bug fixed: WordPress Embeds not working properly on certain occasions.
Bug fixed: Possible fatal error with PHP8 or later.
V1.4.15/V1.4.16 – 14 DEC 2023
Bug fixed: Issue with smiley icons.
Bug fixed: Issue with FontAwesome icons.
Bud fixed: Some PHP fatal/warning errors.
Bud fixed: Some compatibility issues with PHP8.2.
V1.4.14 – 5 OCT 2022
Version update
Bug fixed: XSS vulnerability using filter for Number/Range type field on certain occasion
Bud fixed: Some PHP fatal/warning errors.
Bud fixed: Some compatibility issues with PHP8.
V1.4.13 – 5 AUG 2022
Version update
Bug fixed: Some issues importing Number and Time type fields.
Bud fixed: Some PHP errors.
V1.4.12 – 22 APR 2022
Bug fixed: Some possible warning/fatal PHP errors.
Bug fixed: Guest author field not being imported correctly.
Bud fixed: Author assigned automatically during import when no author user ID specified.
V1.4.11 – 28 JUN, 2021
Bug fixed: Compatibility issues with PHP8.
Bug fixed: Some display issues causing JavaScript error.
V1.4.10 – 15 NOV 2020
Bug fixed: Some issues displaying content item title in the frontend.
V1.4.9 – 25 JUN 2020
Bug fixed: Some display issues when requesting AJAX content.
Bug fixed: reCAPTCHA returning error on some severs.
Bug fixed: Added some missing language phrases in sabai.pot language file.
Bug fixed: Some issues displaying large number of fields in Manage Form section.
Bug fixed: Some issues displaying questions and answers on mobile devices.
Updated: reCAPTCHA PHP library.
V1.4.8 – 27 NOV 2019
Bug fixed: Search results showing duplicate items on certain occasion.
Bug fixed: Some issues when restoring trashed posts.
V1.4.7 – 23 APR 2019
Bug fixed: Image not showing correctly when sharing with Facebook.
Bug fixed: Some issues with NextGen gallery plugin.
Bug fixed: Some CSS issues
V1.4.6 – 12 DEC 2018
Bug fixed: Search form auto-suggestion results ignoring “category” shortcode parameter
V1.4.5 – 23 AUG 2018
Update package version
V1.4.4 – 14 AUG 2018
Bug fixed: Fatal error with MyCRED when upvoting questions/answers.
V1.4.3 – 3 JUL 2018
Bug fixed: Empty results when exporting “Resolved Date” and “Closed Date” question fields and “Accepted Date” answer field in custom date format .
V1.4.2 – 12 JUN 2018
Bug fixed: Added some missing language phrases
V1.4.0/V1.4.1 – 28 MAY 2018
Added: GDPR: Option to add privacy policy content checkbox to guest author field
Added: GDPR: Mark fields as personal data so that values of the fields can be exported/erased using WordPress personal data export/erase tools.
Added: GDPR: Pseudonymize IP address of user votes
Added: Some PHP notice/warning level errors
V1.3.48 – 27 MAR 2018
Improved: Made files sortable for File type custom fields
Improved: Better handling of 404 page not found error
V1.3.47 – 1 FEB 2018
Bug fixed: Search form not working properly in 1.3.46
Bug fixed: Slider loading non-existent CSS file when in RTL mode
Improved: Moved field labels of some form fields from bottom to top of input fields for usability
V1.3.46 – 28 NOV 2017
Improved: Added option to import/export authors by user IDs
Improved: Do not load custom CSS file in the backend
Bug fixed: Category count not showing correctly on category index page on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Warning error when importing in test mode on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Default sort setting not working when sort options included “Random” option
Bug fixed: Error when flagging content with “Other Reason” option
Bug fixed: Permissions not being granted on certain occasions when role names contained upper case characters
V1.3.45 – 12 OCT 2017
Bug fixed: Invalid output in RSS feeds
Bug fixed: Site-wide sitemap not working in v1.3.44
V1.3.44 – 23 AUG 2017
NEW: Added Italian translations by Il Gran Capo
Improved: Added limit and offset options to csv export
Bug fixed: Large space between search form and questions when using certain themes
Bug fixed: Some issues with responsive tables
Bug fixed: Comments not showing after page reload from v1.3.43
V1.3.43 – 2 AUGUST 2017
Improved: Refactoring SabaiFramework library files
Bug fixed: Some issues with HyperDB
Bug fixed: Date picker field unable to delete existing data
Bug fixed: Add More field button not working on certain occasions
V1.3.42 – 18 JULY 2017
New: PHP Constant SABAI_WORDPRESS_URL_TRAILING_SLASH to force trailing slash in URLs when set to TRUE
Bug fixed: Some issues with language phrases
Bug fixed: Maximum stack called JavaScript error on certain occasions
Bug fixed: CSV import failing when importing items with existing taxonomy term titles
V1.3.41 – 31 MAY 2017
Bug fixed: Download button not being displayed after CSV export on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Updating items by importing CSV not working properly from 1.3.40
V1.3.40 – 18 MAY 2017
New: CSV exporter (support for all field types, progress indicator, etc.)
New: CSV importer (support for all field types, progress indicator, etc.)
New: Added feature to regenerate already uploaded images and thumbnails (Settings -> Sabai -> File)
Bug fixed: Some CSS related display issues
Bug fixed: Category specific fields not being displayed in submission form on certain occasions
Improved: Redirection URL after login/register not being passed properly on certain occasions
V1.3.39 – 17 APR 2017
Bug fixed: PHP7.1 compatibility
Bug fixed: Missing function parameter fatal error in certain occasion from v1.3.38
Bug fixed: Fixed missing closing HTML tag causing display issues on certain occasion
V1.3.38 – 20 FEB 2017
Bug fixed: Phone input masking not working on certain occasions
Improved: Phone/Email custom fields now searchable
V1.3.37 – 22 JAN 2017
Bug fixed: Invalid Bundle error on certain occasions
V1.3.36 – 21 DEC 2016
Improved: Memory usage of taxonomy terms
Bug fixed: PHP “Invalid bundle type” warning error on certain occasions
V1.3.35 – 9 NOV 2016
Improved: Performance optimization in rendering shortcode content
Bug fixed: Taxonomy term (category/tag) content count showing 0 for cloned question sections in v1.3.34
Bug fixed: Some more notice/warning level PHP errors
V1.3.34 – 13 OCT 2016
Improved: Some changes in counting taxonomy term posts
Bug fixed: Categories not selected on add/edit field configuration form on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Error in widgets on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Wrong link to answers administration page in notification mail
V1.3.33 – 12 SEP 2016
Bug fixed: Fatal error on admin side when user profile with external/invalid URL
Bug fixed: Feed item content empty after clearing cache
Bug fixed: MyCRED hook not working for posts on certain occasions
V1.3.32 – 26 AUG 2016
Bug fixed: Redundant options shown on checkboxes/radio buttons form field for Choice type custom field on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Facebook OpenGraph not showing correct images of current content
Bug fixed: Some minor javascript errors
Bug fixed: PHP notice errors while CSV import
Improved: Number type custom field now searchable through keyword search
Improved: Enabled fullscreen option for YouTube videos rendered with Video type custom field
Improved: Shortcodes in Body field and Paragraph Type custom field can contain {entity_id} and {entity_user_id} placeholders replaced with listing ID and author/owner ID at runtime
V1.3.31 – 3 JULY 2016
Bug fixed: Fixed issue with default values in text input and textarea fields
Bug fixed: Fixed sub category item count in filter form always showing 0
V1.3.30 – 7 MAY 2016
Bug fixed: Bad method call error in backend while updating on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Incorrect page/menu titles on single listing pages on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Ajax loading indicator image not going away after loading more comments
New: French translation (by nexia) included
Improved: Random sorting to display results in same order for 1 hour
Improved: More hooks added to MyCRED integration
V1.3.29 – 22 APR 2016
Bug fixed: Some issues with category selection when configuring fields
Bug fixed: Field values not being filtered by entity type causing issues on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Some issues with the Really Simple Captcha plugin
Bug fixed: User popup infobox not working when certain characters were in the username
Bug fixed: Some issues with langauge phrases
Bug fixed: Some more minor bug fixes
V1.3.28 – 17 NOV 2015
Added: Option to restrict custom fields by categories
Improved: Play nicely with nginx servers
Improved: Added rel=nofollow to vote/bookmark links
Updated: Font Awesome icon font library to 4.4.0
V1.3.27 – 3 NOV 2015
Bug fixed: Some javascript errors in search box html on certain languages
Bug fixed: Some redirection issues when adding listings when not logged in
Bug fixed: Buddypress profile tab labels not being translated
Bug fixed: Some notice level PHP errors
Bug fixed: Some URL type fields not validating values correctly
Bug fixed: Some email settings not being saved correctly
Bug fixed: Taxonomy autosuggestion invoked by taxonomy titles instead of taxonomy names
Bug fixed: [embed] shortcode not working in Paragraph Text type fields
Bug fixed: Some issues with SSL
Added: Option to Guest Author field for setting custom header message
Improved: No more need of using return=1 in shortcodes
V1.3.26 – 16 SEP 2015
Bug fixed: Canonical URL not showing correctly on some pages
Bug fixed: Field renderer settings still being overwritten on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Image field renderer not displaying images in specified size
Bug fixed: Filters in shortcodes not working correctly on certain occasions
Improved: Datepicker internationalized
Improved: Add trailing slash to URLs
V1.3.24/V1.3.25 – 2 SEP 2015
Added: More system information parameters to System Information page for easier debugging
Added: New constant SABAI_WORDPRESS_DISABLE_REMOVE_FILTERS to disable removing of the_content filters
Bug fixed: Category parameter not working for [sabai-discuss] and [sabai-discuss-questions] shortcodes
Bug fixed: Cosmetic issues with RTL
Bug fixed: PHP notice level and HTML markup errors
Bug fixed: Field renderer settings being reset on add-on updates
Bug fixed: Filters for Time type custom fields not working correctly on certain occasion
Bug fixed: Cron action being invoked more than twice a day
Bug fixed: Shortcode tags displayed directly when Paragraph Text type field is trimmed
Improved: Disable comments in BuddyPress activity for Sabai Discuss activities
Improved: Stop rendering empty sitemap files
V1.3.23 – 16 JUNE 2015
Bug fixed: Filters not working in 1.3.22
V1.3.22 – 15 JUNE 2015
Added: Option to specify slider step for “Range” and “Number (with slider input)” type custom fields and “Range” filter
Bug fixed: Answer accepted/unaccepted filter not working in the backend
Bug fixed: On/Off type custom fields not displaying correctly in RTL
Bug fixed: Incorrect image file specified for twitter:image:src meta tag
Improved: Fixed some minor CSS styling issues
Improved: Carousel field to redraw slider when viewport modified
Improved: Numerous code improvements and refactoring
Updated: Some 3rd party js/php library files
V1.3.21 – 21 MAY 2015
Bug fixed: Some issues with utf8mb4 mysql database encoding
V1.3.20 – 17 MAY 2015
Removed: Unused 3rd party library files
V1.3.19 – 11 MAY 2015
Bug fixed: Fixed issue with reCAPTCHA issue on older PHP versions
Bud fixed: Fixed several Warning level PHP errors found in version 1.3.18
Improved: Include Choice type custom field in keyword search
V1.3.18 – 5 MAY 2015
Bug fixed: Auto submission of filter form not working on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Leaderboard widget not sorting users by reputation correctly
Improved: Render user profile popup to fit within small screen size devices
Improved: Enable WordPress media manager in frontend if the user has permission to upload files
Improved: Create database tables in utf8mb4 character encoding if enabled in WordPress
Improved: Better handling of field data rendered via javascript on Ajax page load
Improved: Filters for category specific fields are now displayed only on associated category pages or when associated categories are selected in search form
Added: New reCAPTCHA form element for CAPTCHA custom field type
Added: Added back option to enable/disable loading of jQuery UI CSS in frontend
Added: [sabai-discuss], [sabai-discuss-questions], [sabai-discuss-answers], [sabai-discuss-favorites], [sabai-discuss-search-form] shortcodes
Lots of minor bug fixes and code refactoring
V1.3.17 – 14 APRIL 2015
Bug fixed: User profile popup not working on mobile devices
Bug fixed: Removed HTML entities from notification mails
Bug fixed: Some auto-update issues with WordPress multisite
Bug fixed: 404 error when clicking answer count links on questions index page
Bug fixed: Sabai Discuss content not displayed on BuddyPress profile pages in some themes
Improved: Auto-clear content count cache of taxonomy terms
Added: New QuestionsMyCRED add-on which integrates Sabai Discuss with MyCRED point system
Lots of minor bug fixes and code refactoring
V1.3.16 – 20 MARCH 2015
Bug fixed: Incorrect post count in category field filter
Bug fixed: Default value setting of category selection field being ignored on certain occasion
V1.3.15 – 16 MARCH 2015
Bug fixed: Fixed incorrect page title on user post pages
Bug fixed: Could not remove categories assigned to fields
Bug fixed: Removed invalid HTML in meta description
Bug fixed: Some CSS issues
Bug fixed: Some E_STRICT level PHP errors
Added: New sorting options for questions and answers, also allows sorting by custom fields
Added: New Carousel field renderer for Image type custom fields
Improved: Added support for WordPress oEmbed in question and answer Body fields
Improved: Added support for WordPress oEmbed in Paragraph Text custom fields, replaces iframe options
V1.3.14 – 23 FEBRUARY 2015
Bug fixed: Invalid token when submitting answers in 1.3.12/1.3.13
Bug fixed: Comments not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
Bug fixed: Markdown field editor preview not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
Bug fixed: Custom field form element selection not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
V1.3.13 – 20 FEBRUARY 2015
Bug fixed: Cloned add-on not using its own settings, instead using settings of the default add-on in 1.3.12
Improved: Delete scheduled cron on plugin uninstall
Added: Option to hide category count in search form
V1.3.12 – 19 FEBRUARY 2015
Bug fixed: Issues with multiple shortcodes on a single page
Bug fixed: Markdown field editor preview not working in 1.3.11
Bug fixed: Some E_STRICT level PHP errors
Bug fixed: Time custom field not being able to select 0:00
Added: Email and Phone Number custom field types
Added: Input mask option for Single Line Text and Phone Number custom field types
Added: Old database schema files that prevented proper upgrade from 1.2.x
Improved: Return 404 error upon access to non existene URLs for SEO, instead of displaying parent page
Improved: Lots of code optimization and refactoring
Improved: Do not autoload old version add-ons to prevent unexpected errors
V1.3.11 – 18 JANUARY 2015
Bug fixed: Failed uploading files in 1.3.10 on certain occasions
Bug fixed: Javascript error when using Markdown editor for Body field
V1.3.10 – 16 JANUARY 2015
Bug fixed: Some notice level php errors
Bug fixed: Filter form always shown in 1 column, ignoring settings
Bug fixed: Page not found error when questions page set as front page
Bug fixed: Display issues with RTL
Bug fixed: Meta description showing only string Array on certain occasions
Added: Min/max length restriction option to post title
Added: Option to check MX record of guest e-mail address
Added: Filter hook for rendered field content
Added: New video type custom field
Improved: Reduced number of javascript loaded per request for better performance
Improved: Enable setting user roles allowed to edit default fields
V1.3.9 – 26 NOVEMBER 2014
Bug fixed: Conflict with another scrollTo javascript library
Bug fixed: Default field form labels not being updated on add-on update
Bug fixed: Some notice and warning level PHP errors
Bug fixed: CSS conflicts with some themes
Added: More <body> tag classes
Added: Language file missing in 1.3.8
Improved: Apply antispambot function to e-mail values submitted with custom Single Line Text fields
Added: Option to bulk load Choice field type options from CSV data
V1.3.8 – 13 NOVEMBER 2014
Bug fixed: Issues with category/tag cache not being updated
Bug fixed: Issues with cloned add-ons in WordPress Multisite
Bug fixed: Meta title tag issue with Genesis theme
Added: Option to specify number of months to be displayed in data picker for the Date type field
Improved: Removed redundant language phrases
V1.3.7 – 6 NOVEMBER 2014
Bug fixed: Fixed some display issues in user profile popup
Bug fixed: Compatibility issues with some themes and plugins
Bug fixed: Some notice level PHP errors
Added: New [sabai-discuss], [sabai-discuss-questions], and [sabai-discuss-answers] shortcodes
Added: Option for hiding categories without posts from category select list in search form
Added: BuddyPress user profile integration (questions and answers with filter capability, and favorites)
Added: BuddyPress user activity integration (questions, answers, and comments)
Added: Option for hiding editor buttons from wordpress editor (HTML Text field type)
Added: Option for disabling Visual mode in wordpress editor (HTML Text field type)
Added: New Time field type
Improved: Removed unused session calls
V1.3.6 – 25 OCTOBER 2014
Bug fixed: Sort by selection not working in v1.3.5
V1.3.5 – 23 OCTOBER 2014
Bug fixed: Number type custom fields (with slider input) not saving its values
Bug fixed: Output correct OG:url meta tag
Bug fixed: Modal window not showing properly in RTL
Bug fixed: Some styling issues with themes
Bug fixed: Some notice level PHP errors
Added: Option to set category depth for category selection field in the search form
Improved: Date, Range, and Number (with slider input) type custom fields are now repeatable
Improved: Select list and radio buttons form element types now available for filters applied to Choice type custom fields
Improved: Match any or Match all option for filters applied to Choice type custom fields
V1.3.4 – 18 OCTOBER 2014
Bug fixed: Filter form labels not being editable
Bug fixed: Filter form loading indefinitely when “Auto submit filter form when value(s) changed” option is set to “No” Directory -> Settings -> Search
Added: Button to clear all filters
V1.3.3 – 12 OCTOBER 2014
Bug fixed: Inconsistent cookie paths
Bug fixed: Page not found 400 error on certain occasions
Added: Option to always show filter form
V1.3.1 – 10 OCTOBER 2014
Bug fixed: Issues with custom plugin directories
Bug fixed: Text “header” showing in shortcode output
Added: RTL language support
V1.3.0 – 5 OCTOBER 2014
NEW: Fully responsive and flat design
NEW: Filter listings and reviews by custom fields with interactive filter form
NEW: Create filter form with visual form editor
NEW: Sort listings by custom fields
NEW: Auto-suggest questions and categories in search form
NEW: Share questions to social networks
NEW: Category specific fields
NEW: Configure which and how fields are displayed in summary, detailed, map, and custom tab views
Bug Fixed: Numerous bug fixes and performance optimizations
V1.2.0 – 11 APR 2013
Improved: Add-ons can be cloned from within the admin dashboard
Improved: Cleanup of Sabai Settings page
Improved: Flagging administrator comments is now disabled by default
Improved: Added file extension to URL of files uploaded via custom upload field
Improved: Cache CSS files as static files for better performance
Improved: Search by category, question status, and tags
Improved: Lots of internal code changes for better performance and stability
Bug Fixed: Plugin activation issues with MySQL strict SQL mode
Bug Fixed: Custom fields not being displayed in form on certain occasions
Bug Fixed: Issues with cloned add-ons
Bug Fixed: Question Answered notification email being sent to answerers instead of question authors
Added: Options to allow iframe tags and whitelist URL of iframe content
Added: Auto generate sitemap and sitemap index files
Added: User profile popover box when clicking username links
Added: Options to display category/tag index pages as tabs on front page
Removed: Prettify JS and CSS (Please use other plugins to include them)
Removed: Temporarily dropped support for BuddyPress profile pages (will be enabled again soon)
V1.1.0 – 11 JAN 2013
Added: Custom fields with visual form editor (8 field types: Choice, Date, HTML, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, and more to come)
Added: Guest posting (both questions and answers)
Added: Categories
Added: Custom slugs (no more question ID in URL)
Added: Fully templetized (19 template files which your theme can override)
Numerous bugs fixed
V1.0.0 – 21 NOV 2012
initial release