This step-by-step tutorial will walk you through how to create a complete, working quiz with the PressPrimer Quiz plugin. By the end, you’ll have a quiz that learners can take on your site.

(More advanced options are available and covered in other Knowledge Base articles. This post covers the basics of what goes into creating a simple quiz.)

Video Demonstration

Create Quiz Questions

Questions to be included in quizzes can either be manually created or generated automatically by AI. For this example, we will create questions manually and assign them to a quiz.

To create a quiz question:

1. Visit PressPrimer Quiz > Questions in /wp-admin/.
2. Click Add New at the top of the page.
3. Choose the Question Type first, then enter other details on the Create new Question page. All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. Every question must also have at least one correct answer.
   Tip: If you’re not sure what any field or setting does, hover over the question mark icon for a detailed description.

4. After entering all question details, click Save Question.
5. Repeat the steps above for all questions you want to include in the quiz.

Create a Quiz

To create a quiz:

1. Visit PressPrimer Quiz > Quizzes.
2. Click Add New at the top of the page.
3. Complete the basic quiz details and settings on the Settings tab. All required fields are marked with an asterisk (*). Make sure the Status is set to Published so that the quiz is available to students. Since we will be using the questions we created above in the quiz, set the Question Generation to Fixed Questions.
   Tip: All fields on the page have tooltips to explain how each setting and field works. Just hover over the question mark icons to see the tooltip contents.
4. Click the Questions tab at the top of the page.
5. Click Add Questions to show a list of all available questions.
6. In the Add Questions modal, choose the questions you created above by checking the boxes to the left of them. Use the search and filter tools to find the questions you created.
7. Click Add Selected to add your selected questions to the quiz.
8. Click Save Quiz at the bottom of the page to save your quiz changes.

Embed Your Quiz

PressPrimer quizzes can be added to any page or post in WordPress, and for this example, we’ll use a page. The process is a bit different for adding quizzes to custom post types using one of our plugin integrations. More details are available in the Integration articles.

To embed your quiz on a WordPress page:

1. Edit the page or post where you want to add the quiz.
2. If you’re using Gutenberg, click the + button where you want to add a block.
3. Search for PPQ Quiz.
4. Select the PPQ Quiz block.

5. In the block settings, choose the quiz that you want to include on the page.
6. Update or publish the page.

If you prefer to use a shortcode, you can use this one on a page or post: [ppq_quiz id=”X”]. Replace X with the ID of your quiz, which you can find in the left column on PressPrimer Quiz > Quizzes.