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If you want to display all faq items, use shortcode [faq] directly <\/li>\n  <li>Custom FAQ items Order: In FAQ global settings panel, you can custom FAQ items order<\/li>\n  <li>Wocommerce FAQ: In \"FAQ Global Settings\" panel, you will find new option \"Enable Woocomemrce F.A.Q Tab\", You can display \/ hide F.A.Q tab in woocommerce product tabs<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to import WP existed post in FAQ list: Just input the id of existed wordpress post, you can import existed wordpress post \/ custom posts to create FAQ items automatically, FAQ for WordPress plugin will import the post title as FAQ title automatically, and import the post content as FAQ content<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to add No Index meta for any FAQ post to tell google do not index this FAQ post <\/li>\n  <li>Opt to custom faq bar background color, you can change color of faq bar background from color picker, in front-end, the faq bar background color will be changed as you settings in back-end<\/li>\n  <li>Create multiple FAQs for different usage.<\/li>\n  <li>Lightweight &amp; load fast &amp; easy to use, just 2 minutes, you can build your own faq lists<\/li>\n  <li>Add \/ Edit \/ Delete \/ Manage FAQ in Frequently Asked Questions via WYSIWYG wordpress standard editor<\/li>\n  <li>Support wordpress F.A.Q Index \/ Archive Page: In FAQ for WordPress global settings page, support opt to enable or disable faq archive page, opt to enable or disable faq permalinks<\/li>\n  <li>SEO-Friendly, we added faq link for each faq term, for help your site to get a better SEO rank, In FAQ editor, you can edit \/ custom the permalink of faq post, default permalink looks like this: https:\/\/tooltips.org\/faq\/how-to-use-wordpress-tooltips-pro-plugin<\/li>\n  <li>Support all morden browser <\/li>\n  <li>In frontend, you can use shortocde [faq] to show all accordion faq in any wordpess post or page<\/li>\n  <li>In frontend, users can toggle between hiding and showing large amount of faq content via a few clicks<\/li>\n  <li>Developer can add their customized effect on faq items via filter api<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n&gt; * more...\n\n<p>You can find demo at <a href='https:\/\/tooltips.org\/faq\/'>FAQ DEMO<\/a><\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/tooltips.org\/product\/wordpress-faq-pro-plugin-with-wordpress-tooltips\/\">Features in our FAQ for WordPress pro plugin ( only $5 )<\/a><\/h4>\n  \n  <ul>\n  <li>AI FAQ \u2014 Support use OpenAI ChatGPT to generate high-quality original content for WordPress F.A.Q and wordpress post automatically<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to customize background color of FAQ question and FAQ answer<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to customize background color of FAQ question and FAQ answer<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to customize font color of FAQ question and FAQ answer<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to customize font size of FAQ question and FAQ answer<\/li>\n  <li>Opt to customize FAQ accordion activate item border color<\/li>\n  <li>FAQs grouped by category <\/li>\n  <li>Specified number of FAQ 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for example, add tooltip effects on faq title \n    apply_filters( 'filter_faq_item_title',  $ffw_faq_for_wp_how_to_bar_title);\nYou can use filter_faq_item_content to change content of faq item content or something more, for example, add tooltip effects on faq content<br \/>\n    apply_filters( 'filter_faq_item_content',  $ffw_faq_for_wp_how_to_bar_content);<\/p>\n\n<h4>Version 3.7.1<\/h4>\n\n<p>Opt to add No Index meta for any FAQ post to tell google do not index this FAQ post\nYou can enable faq archive in the page yourdomain.com\/faqs, also you can one click to disable faq archive in faq settings panel<\/p>\n\n<h4>Version 3.6.7<\/h4>\n\n<p>Support woocommerce faq\nIn \"FAQ Global Settings\" panel, you will find new option \"Enable Woocomemrce F.A.Q Tab\"\nYou can display \/ hide F.A.Q tab in woocommerce product tabs<\/p>\n\n<h4>Version 3.6.5<\/h4>\n\n<p>Support to display only the specified number of FAQ items\nJust use shortcode parameters like this:\n[faq limit='20']\nIf you want 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