KB Crates

KB Crates

Developed By KB Crates

Compatible with WHMCS v9.0

KB Crates

Launch a comprehensive WHMCS knowledgebase without writing hundreds of articles from scratch.

Introductory Price: $59.95 one-time — Regular price $79.95
Includes one year of updates.
Renewal: $29.95/year for continued updates.

KB Crates is a self-hosted WHMCS addon containing 641 ready-to-use, customer-facing knowledgebase articles organized into 15 content packs and 78 topic subcategories.

Select the packs that match your services, install them through Guided Setup, and manage the resulting articles using the native WHMCS knowledgebase. Every article can be reviewed, edited, reorganized, or customized to match your company and services.

Version 1.1.0 introduces seven new content packs, topic-based Category Organization, Search Analytics & Content Opportunities, Bulk Manager, and a refreshed administrator interface.

641 Articles Across 15 Content Packs

  • WP Toolkit — 31 articles
    Covers WordPress installations, updates, staging, cloning, security, and maintenance, with guidance for both cPanel and Plesk.

  • cPanel Email — 32 articles
    Helps customers manage mailboxes, configure email applications, use forwarding and autoresponders, manage spam, and troubleshoot email issues.

  • cPanel Domains & DNS — 55 articles
    Explains domain management, nameservers, DNS records, propagation, redirects, subdomains, and DNSSEC.

  • cPanel & Hosting — 73 articles
    Covers files, databases, FTP, resource usage, account settings, and commonly used cPanel hosting features.

  • cPanel AI & Site Creation — 38 articles
    Introduces AI-assisted tools, site creation, application deployment, and related features, with availability and licensing considerations.

  • cPanel SSL & Security — 69 articles
    Covers certificates, AutoSSL, HTTPS, account protection, security settings, malware awareness, and safer website management.

  • cPanel Backups & Restore — 56 articles
    Guides customers through creating, downloading, managing, and restoring backups, including important recovery considerations.

  • Troubleshooting — 57 articles
    Provides symptom-based guidance for website errors, PHP, databases, WordPress, DNS, SSL, email, FTP, and hosting resource issues.

  • Softaculous — 32 articles
    Covers application installation, importing existing sites, updates, administrator access, backups, and restoration.

  • Sitejet Builder — 31 articles
    Helps customers build and manage pages, navigation, images, branding, contact forms, mobile layouts, and page metadata.

  • Plesk & Hosting — 34 articles
    Covers website management, files, FTP, PHP settings, scheduled tasks, email accounts, and databases in Plesk.

  • WordPress Content Management — 32 articles
    Explains pages, posts, blocks, revisions, media, categories, tags, menus, and everyday content publishing.

  • DirectAdmin — 32 articles
    Covers domains, DNS, SSL, files, FTP, PHP settings, databases, and email management in DirectAdmin.

  • JetBackup — 24 articles
    Explains recovery points, backup availability, downloads, restore options, and recovery considerations for files, databases, email, and accounts.

  • Drupal — 45 articles
    Guides customers through installation, administration, site settings, content publishing, revisions, media, and content types.

Organized for Easier Self-Service

Content packs include topic subcategories to help customers find relevant information.

New pack installations use the topic layout automatically. For existing installations, Category Organization lets you preview proposed article moves and category changes before applying them.

Eligible moves preserve article IDs, content, statistics, tags, visibility, and additional category memberships. Custom category names and locally changed articles receive protection during the review process.

Existing packs retain their current layout until you choose to apply Category Organization.

Built for Customization

KB Crates installs its content as native WHMCS knowledgebase records.

Customize the wording, add company-specific instructions, reorganize categories, or publish only the content relevant to your services. Your team continues working through the familiar WHMCS administration interface.

Protects Your Local Changes

By default, Safe Sync detects locally modified articles and holds them for review instead of silently replacing your customizations.

When bundled content and a locally edited article differ, available actions include:

  • Keeping the locally customized version
  • Replacing it with the bundled version
  • Resuming management for future updates

Pre-change snapshots provide an additional safeguard before eligible updates. Duplicate-title collisions are held for review rather than overwritten automatically.

Search Analytics & Content Opportunities

Understand what customers search for and where your knowledgebase may need more information.

  • Review popular search phrases
  • Identify searches with and without results
  • Monitor daily search activity
  • Find potential gaps in article coverage
  • Configure retention and clear stored analytics

Collection is optional and disabled by default. Reports use daily aggregates of search phrases and result counts. Search phrases themselves are retained, so administrators can review the collection and retention settings before enabling the feature.

Bulk Knowledgebase Management

Bulk Manager helps administrators update groups of native WHMCS knowledgebase articles.

Filter articles by title, category, tag, visibility, management status, or content pack, then apply supported changes to:

  • Category assignments
  • Article tags
  • Article visibility

Actions require the appropriate administrator permissions and confirmation. Changes made to managed articles are recognized as local changes during later Safe Sync checks.

Controlled Content Management

KB Crates gives administrators tools to:

  • Choose which content packs to install
  • Review pack and article status
  • Synchronize eligible bundled content
  • Identify local changes and review conflicts
  • Repair previously tracked articles missing from WHMCS
  • Preview and apply topic organization
  • Check knowledgebase compatibility
  • Manage cleanup separately from normal deactivation

Deactivation preserves knowledgebase content and management data by default. Destructive cleanup requires a separate confirmation process and applies ownership safeguards to protect pre-existing content.

Self-Hosted and Lightweight

All bundled articles are included with the addon release and managed locally within your WHMCS installation.

KB Crates does not depend on a remote content repository or automatic content-download service. Content updates remain under administrator control through Check Pack Status and Safe Sync.

No separate content-synchronization cron is required. Search Analytics retention uses WHMCS daily automation, with additional maintenance when administrators access its report or save its settings.

Version 1.1.0 also includes a wider administrator sidebar, clearer navigation, improved mobile layout, and database compatibility improvements.

Compatibility

  • Self-hosted WHMCS installations
  • Designed for WHMCS 8.13 and WHMCS 9.0
  • PHP versions supported by the applicable WHMCS release
  • Built-in Compatibility checks before knowledgebase changes

Topic organization requires native parent/child category support and transactional InnoDB tables on MySQL/MariaDB.

Important Information

Review knowledgebase content before publication and customize it to reflect your hosting environment, services, company policies, and customer workflows.

Feature availability may depend on server configuration, installed software, licensing, and provider settings.

KB Tags Manager is a separate addon and is not included with KB Crates.

Spend less time building documentation from the ground up and give your customers a stronger self-service knowledgebase with KB Crates.

 

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Blake Pounds avatar

Blake Pounds @blake1207

September 12, 2026 at 03:21:43 PM

We beta tested KB Crates over at WreckHost.com and it is fantastic. You don’t have to touch any database manually, import sql files, or touch a line of code.

You upload the add on, activate it, and follow the guided setup. Complete knowledge base setup in under a minute.

  • 1 month ago
  • Version Number 1.0.0

Version Compatibility


Compatible with WHMCS v9.0

Full Version Compatibility


  • Selected versions of WHMCS v9.0
        9.0.0 - 9.0.8
  • All versions of WHMCS v8.13

System Requirements


  • Self-hosted WHMCS installations
  • WHMCS 8.13, WHMCS 9.0
  • PHP versions supported by the applicable WHMCS release

* Requirements listed are in addition to the WHMCS default system requirements.

Support for this product

The best place to start if you need help with a specific product is to contact the developer. All WHMCS Marketplace developers have both a website and support URL listed.

Developed By KB Crates

Changelog

v1.1.0 Released September 26th, 2026

Latest Version


KB Crates v1.1.0

Released September 26, 2026

Added

  • Expanded content library: 15 content packs, 641 articles, and 78 topic subcategories.
  • Seven new packs: Softaculous, Sitejet Builder, Plesk & Hosting, WordPress Content Management, DirectAdmin, JetBackup, and Drupal.
  • Category Organization: Preview and apply topic-based organization while preserving article IDs, content, statistics, tags, and visibility.
  • Search Analytics & Content Opportunities: Optional reporting for popular searches, searches without results, and gaps in knowledgebase coverage.
  • Bulk Manager: Update article categories, tags, and visibility with administrator permission checks and action confirmation.

Improved

  • Redesigned the administrator menu with a wider sidebar, clearer navigation, and improved mobile layout.
  • Refreshed existing articles and expanded WP Toolkit guidance for both cPanel and Plesk.
  • Added clearer cPanel naming to relevant packs, with category rename previews and protection for custom names.
  • Strengthened Safe Sync protection for locally edited articles and category changes.
  • Improved category ownership tracking and cleanup safeguards to protect pre-existing content.

Update Notes

  • Existing installations retain their category layout until Category Organization is reviewed and applied.
  • Use Check Pack Status and Safe Sync to review and apply bundled article updates, even when the pack version has not changed.
  • KB Tags Manager remains a separate addon and is not included.

 

Previous Versions


v1.0.0 Released September 5th, 2026

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Version - 1.0.0 - Initial Release

 

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