Lets admins create searchable, hierarchically-organized documentation. Supports Markdown and syntax highlighting for code. Requires WP MVC.
As of April 2026, Hierarchical Documentation is a WordPress code plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
Hierarchical Documentation allows admins to create public pages of documentation and organize them hierarchically using a tree listing the pages where each page can be dragged to its desired position. It supports syntax highlighting for blocks of code and Markdown.
For an example of Hierarchical Documentation in action, see wpmvc.org.
Please note that the default behavior is to display the documentation page that has an ID of 1 as the site’s homepage. This can be changed by editing the first line of hierarchical-documentation/app/config/routes.php. (See the WP MVC documentation page on routing for details.)
This plugin depends on WP MVC, so that plugin needs to be installed and activated before this one is activated.
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| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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