AnsPress is very focused on “developer friendly”. Its internal structure allows developer to easily override anything they want. It have vast numbers of hooks to let developer customize internal functions. All documentations for hooks can be found here: Hooks. Everything inside templates folder can be easily overridden by following below steps.  Avoid directly editing AnsPress files in plugin directory because you’ll loose all change while updating. Override folder Create a folder called anspress inside your active theme. It can be child or parent theme. Now you can copy files you want to modify from wp-contents\plugins\anspress-question-answer\templates\. You must keep the same directory structure if you are modifying sub folder item. Like if you want to modify templates\css\overrides.css then in your override folder it should be anspress\css\overrides.css. Overriding CSS For adding or overriding AnsPress styles we suggest to use overrides.css. This file is initially left blank so you can add your own styles here.

If AnsPress is not already installed, then you can follow below instructions or escape to next step. For detailed instructions on installing AnsPress can be found in our documentations section. Installing AnsPress Using The WordPress Dashboard Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard. Search for ‘AnsPress’. Click ‘Install Now’. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard. Uploading in WordPress Dashboard Download the latest release of AnsPress from http://github.com/anspress/anspress. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area Select downloaded zip in step one, from your computer Click ‘Install Now’ Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard Using FTP/SFTP Download anspress-question-answer.zip from GitHub repository or WordPress repository. Extract the anspress-question-answer directory to your computer Upload the anspress-question-answer directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard Configure AnsPress Base Page AnsPress renders everything from a shortcode Order By: ActiveCategoryTagClear Filter 1 Votes 3 Ans Allow users answering a question to upload docs, PDFs, Excel files? 1.94K viewsAliraza Answered question August 24, 2025Core 0 Votes 1 Ans BuddyPress Group Compatibility ? 1.83K viewsAliraza Answered question August 22, 2025Core 0 Votes 3 Ans Do not show the answer below the questions | Warning 4.12K viewslarry885gravit Answered question August 22, 2025Themesansspress Big problems error Special error warning 0 Votes 2 Ans Compatibility Issue Between AnsPress and PolyLang Plugins 2.42K viewstofu159mac Edited comment August 25, 2025Issues 0 Votes 2 Ans I have issue with my website external link button should hold 10 second before move […]

Make sure you have following requirements before installing AskBug theme. WordPress 4.3 or above. AnsPress 4.0 or above. Since AnsPress 4.0 you don’t have to install AnsPress extensions as those are merged to AnsPress. It can be toggled from Wp-Admin->AnsPress->Options &amp Addons. 3rd Party Plugins This 3rd party plugins are recommended for AskBug theme but not required. Theme my login This plugin is also known as TML. This plugin helps override default WordPress login and registration page. It can be installed from wp-admin or directly downloaded from here https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/. WordPress Social Login This plugin also have a short name WSL. This plugin adds social login functionality in WordPress. It can be installed from wp-admin or directly downloaded from here https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-social-login/.

Sometimes we want to update AnsPress from GitHub repository. If you have SSH access to your server then you can easily update it using git pull or composer but things get crazier when your site is on shared hosting with limited access. Follow below steps to be able to update AnsPress from GitHub repository: Visit Github-Updater plugin repository and download zip. This is a legit plugin but its not available on wp.org due to their terms and conditions. Upload plugin and activate. And, that’s all. Now when we release a new version on GitHub then you will get notified and you can easily update as usual.