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Living Manual

Name: Living Manual
Author: William Alexander

Turn a PDF into a browsable, searchable manual website. Upload a document; get clean web pages, a table of contents, and real full-text search.

Living Manual ranks #55,713 among WordPress.org plugins with 1+ active installations, is #4,429 of 6,352 in the Media category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Aug 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.2)

v1.6.1 Current Version v1.6.1

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 24 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.1
Last Updated: Aug 24, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: William Alexander

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Living Manual

No. The free core builds browsable pages and search from your PDF with no API key and no external service.

An AI docent that answers from your document with citations, an AI-enhanced ingest with a knowledge graph, and an insights dashboard. It requires this free core plugin to be installed and active.

Everything stays in your own WordPress database and uploads directory. Your

Only when you ask it to. The Help & Feedback screen has a form for writing to Living Manual support, and submitting that form is the plugin's only outbound request. There is no activation ping, no usage telemetry, and no scheduled call. See External services below.