# Question Answer Plugin **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032 **Category:** Plugin **Tags:** deprecated **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032 "2017-01-19T16:43:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus) #### Post date: [January 21, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032/7 "2017-01-21T13:43:04Z")
Good question! The Solved Plugin is indeed an official Discourse plugin. However it works differently from this plugin. The Solved Plugin allows the original poster (or an admin) to select a solution to the question in the first post. In contrast, this plugin allows each user of the forum a vote on what they think is the best answer. Different forums will want different kinds of Question / Answer style topics. I’ve added a brief description of similar plugins and Discourse features to the original post: > Here’s where this plugin fits in to the array of similar plugins and features available in Discourse: > - “Like” button. There is already a way of expressing support for a post in Discourse in the form of the like button. The main difference between that button and this plugin is that this plugin re-arranges the posts in the topic based on those that have been supported. This plugin may also add the ability to ‘down vote’ posts. > - Solved Plugin. The Solved Plugin is an official Discourse plugin. It also allows you to create QA style topics, but of a different style. The Solved Plugin allows the original poster (or an admin) to select a solution to the question in the first post. In contrast, this plugin allows each user of the forum a vote on what they think is the best answer. > - Feature Voting Plugin. This plugin allows you to vote on topics themselves, as opposed to specific posts. There is a great discussion of the thinking behind this in the plugin topic and associated spec. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032)._