Description

Was This Helpful is a simple, effective plugin that adds a “Was this helpful?” box at the bottom of your content. Let your readers give quick feedback with a thumbs up or thumbs down — no comments or forms needed.

Designed for speed and simplicity, it helps you identify your most engaging posts and optimize underperforming ones. Ideal for blogs, documentation, knowledge bases, and business websites.

Core Features

Adds a “Was this helpful?” thumbs up/down box after posts and pages.
Supports pages, posts, or both.
Optionally disable the box on specific posts or pages.
See percentage of positive feedback directly in the admin post list.
Clean, minimal UI that adapts to your theme.
Lightweight with optional CSS/JS loading.
Includes shortcode to manually place the box.

Settings

Show On Post Types: Choose which post types (posts, pages) the feedback box should appear on.
Disable On Specific Posts: Option to disable the feedback box on individual posts or pages.

PRO Version Settings:

Show On Custom Post Types: Choose which custom post types the feedback box should appear on.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Screenshots

Settings panel in the WordPress admin.
Frontend “Was This Helpful?” box with thumbs up/down.
Extra settings for assets loading and data deletion
Manual placement using shortcode.
Quick stats with color scheme
Block without editor option
Frontend

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

Helpful Box Block Show helpful box block in editor.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/riaco-was-this-helpful directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
Go to Settings Was This Helpful to configure display options and visibility rules.

FAQ

Can I choose where the feedback box appears?: Yes. By default, the box appears after your content on posts and pages. You can also use the [was_this_helpful] shortcode to place it manually.
Can I disable the feedback box on specific posts?: Absolutely. Just uncheck the display option in the editor sidebar on that post or page.
How do I see the feedback results?: Each post and page in your WordPress admin will show a “Was This Helpful” column, with the number and percentage of positive votes.
Can I disable the loading of styles or scripts?: Yes, you can disable the loading of styles or scripts from the plugin settings page.
How do I enable feedback on custom post types?: With the PRO version, custom post types appear in your settings page. Just check the ones you want feedback on.

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Contributors & Developers

“Was This Helpful” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

robertoiacono

Translate “Was This Helpful” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

2.0.2

Update: improve security

2.0.1

Update: improve security

2.0.0

Update: change prefix
Update: change table name
Update: change shortcode name

1.5.1

Added shortcode page in admin menu
Added option to maintain/delete data when plugin is removed

1.5.0

Refactor code

1.4.6

added block to gutenberg editor
Added button manager (text and icon) for feedback box in settings page.
Added stats metabox
Added color scheme to positive percentage
Added feedback box color background selection via settings

1.4.5

Added display stats and functionalities by user role

1.4.4

Added filters to retrieve feedback with conditional

1.4.3

Added option to disable the feedback box on individual posts or pages

1.4.2

Refactor RI_WTH_Functions::should_display_box to include posts and pages

1.4.1

Added support to choose to display feedback box on posts and pages

1.4

Added quick stats on admin bar

1.3

Refactor code in OOP.
Added sorting by positive feedback in posts dashboard

1.2

Added localization support.
Separated scripts and styles into their own files.
Added settings page to control the loading of scripts and styles.
Improved feedback display in the admin post list.

1.1

Added thank you message and animation.

1.0

Initial release.