Tech riderRev. 7 Oct 2026
Question2Answer
- 1Runs onself-hosted, Web
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Moderation toolsadvanced
- 4Direct messagingYes
- 5Custom domainYes
- 6Mobile appsweb app
6 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: question2answer.org
Overview
Question2Answer is ranked #14 of 54 in online community platforms on Specifiction. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.
Question2Answer plans and pricing
All plansQuestion2Answer Free Open-source Q&A software for PHP/MySQL · Requires PHP 5.4+ with MySQLi and MySQL 5.0+ question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
Compared on online community platforms
- Free plan
- Yesquestion2answer.org
- Moderation tools
- advancedquestion2answer.org
- Direct messaging
- Yesquestion2answer.org
- Custom domain
- Yesquestion2answer.org
- Mobile apps
- web appquestion2answer.org
Facts
- What it does
- Question2Answer is an open-source Q&A platform for online communities, where members can ask questions and share answers.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The software is free and open source under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- 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.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Accounts and roles
- Built-in account management supports experts, editors, moderators and admins, along with avatars, custom fields, private messages and public wall posts.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The site describes CSS themes, translation, custom sidebars, widgets, pages and links, plus plugins for deeper customization.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Question2Answer offers out-of-the-box WordPress and Joomla integration, and custom single sign-on support for other sites.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Spam controls
- The product page lists captchas, moderation and flagging as ways to combat spam.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The product page lists PHP 5.4 or later with the MySQLi extension and MySQL 5.0 or later as requirements.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- SEO
- The product page lists XML sitemap support and neat URLs as SEO features.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The service page says the Question2Answer Q&A site provides free community support and lists a Discord channel for chatting about Q2A.docs.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Creator
- The product page credits Gideon Greenspan and contributors with creating Question2Answer.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
- Release
- The product page identifies version 1.8.8 as released on July 25, 2023.question2answer.org · 7 Oct 2026
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Sources
- question2answer.org· checked 7 Oct 2026
- question2answer.org/license.php· checked 7 Oct 2026
- docs.question2answer.org/install/wordpress/· checked 7 Oct 2026
- docs.question2answer.org/install/security/· checked 7 Oct 2026
- docs.question2answer.org/services/· checked 7 Oct 2026