Yes, Secretary is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Secretary?

Secretary has 0 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Secretary alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Secretary include AnsPress – Question and answer, AinoBlocks Accordion Faq Block, CM Answers – Discussion Forum Plugin…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Secretary work with the latest WordPress?

Secretary has been tested up to WordPress 5.9.13. It requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+.

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Secretary

Name: Secretary
Author: ChrisBAshton

Automatic quality-assurance checks, ensuring your articles meet editorial guidelines.

By ChrisBAshton·Q&a·Free

·0 active installs·Updated 4 years ago

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As of April 2026, Secretary is a WordPress q&a plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: AnsPress – Question and answer.

0/5Rating

0active installs

1.4K+total downloads

9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Users define their editorial rules in YAML (see Settings -> Secretary) according to a number of built-in rule functions. For example, Secretary can show a warning if you’ve forgotten to set a Featured Image for your post, by adding the featured-image rule to your YAML config.

Secretary comes with a number of rules out of the box, but you can write your own custom plugins for Secretary by calling SecretaryRules::register. See example at https://github.com/ChrisBAshton/secretary-rule-gallery-at-top, and API documentation at https://github.com/ChrisBAshton/secretary.