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What it does
Question2Answer is an open-source Q&A platform for online communities, where members can ask questions and share answers.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Integrations
Question2Answer offers out-of-the-box WordPress and Joomla integration, and custom single sign-on support for other sites.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Security
The documentation says Q2A checks or escapes user input to prevent SQL injection, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery and form spoofing attacks.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.question2answer.org
Support
The service page says the Question2Answer Q&A site provides free community support and lists a Discord channel for chatting about Q2A.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.question2answer.org
License
The software is free and open source under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Accounts and roles
Built-in account management supports experts, editors, moderators and admins, along with avatars, custom fields, private messages and public wall posts.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Creator
The product page credits Gideon Greenspan and contributors with creating Question2Answer.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Customization
The site describes CSS themes, translation, custom sidebars, widgets, pages and links, plus plugins for deeper customization.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Q&A features
Features include integrated search, categories or tags, voting, comments, follow-on and closed questions, reputation points, RSS, email notifications and personal news feeds.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Release
The product page identifies version 1.8.8 as released on July 25, 2023.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Requirements
The product page lists PHP 5.4 or later with the MySQLi extension and MySQL 5.0 or later as requirements.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
SEO
The product page lists XML sitemap support and neat URLs as SEO features.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
Spam controls
The product page lists captchas, moderation and flagging as ways to combat spam.Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org
WordPress integration
The WordPress integration can use the WordPress site and user database, with Q&A data stored in separate tables in the same MySQL database.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.question2answer.org

Plans and prices

Question2Answer Free Open-source Q&A software for PHP/MySQL · Requires PHP 5.4+ with MySQLi and MySQL 5.0+ Read 7 Oct 2026 · question2answer.org

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