Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand
by buntegiraffe 4.6 (20 reviews)

Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand

Save space on your pages, posts, sidebars. Hide the content before user clicks to see it. Collapse long lists, create FAQs & more.

Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand ranks #1,941 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, a 4.6/5 rating from 20 reviews, and was last updated Mar 19, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.1 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.3.0 Current Version v1.3.0
Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 19 Mar, 2023
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads -18.8% this week No update in over a year
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Rank
#1,941
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Active Installs
10K+
-26.1%
KW Avg Position
115
1 worse
Downloads
158.5K
+19 today
Support Resolved
0%
— No change
Rating
92%
Review 4.6 out of 5
4.6 (20 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 34.3%
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Rank Changes

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1,842 1,892 1,942 1,992 2,042 22-10-2026 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026
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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6
20 reviews
Overall 92%
5
17 (85%)
4
1 (5%)
3
0 (0%)
2
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

  1. Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand [show-hidecollapse-expand] < 1.3.0

    Fixed in v1.3.0

  2. Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand [show-hidecollapse-expand] < 1.3.0

    Fixed in v1.3.0

  3. Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand [show-hidecollapse-expand] < 1.3.0

    CVE-2022-4829 · Fixed in v1.3.0

  4. UNPATCHED

    Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand [show-hidecollapse-expand] <= 1.2.5 (unfixed)

    No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version
1.3.0
Last Updated
Mar 19, 2023
Requires WP
4.2+
Tested Up To
6.1
PHP Version
N/A
Author
buntegiraffe

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews
20
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to declutter pages, posts, sidebars, and widgets by hiding or collapsing content. It lets visitors reveal hidden or collapsed content on click, using shortcodes and a TinyMCE editor button to configure buttons, links, and animations.

  • Show/hide any content
  • Collapse/expand using jQuery effects
  • Custom animation speed
  • Custom JS functions on click
  • Collapse/expand lists
  • Add FAQs easily
  • Hidden quiz answers
  • Collapse widgets in sidebars

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand

See live demo of our plugin at showhide.bunte-giraffe.de. User: demo, password: demo.
Go to the post or page you wish to edit and switch to Visual tab. You will see the Collapse-Expand button in your Editor. Please click it and customize the needed parameters. When you click OK, the shortcode will be inserted.
Yes, you can use the same shortcode multiple times on the same page.
For inserting level 2 shortcode, please check the "This shortcode should be nested in another shortcode" checkbox or use [bg_collapse_level2] shortcode. For level 3, please use [bg_collapse_level3] shortcode.
Yes, we did our best to make them work. Some shortcodes (like Google Maps plugins shortcodes) might behave strangely, we recommend using our Google Maps - Simple Pins plugin if you need to hide your Google maps. If you have any issues, please let us know in the support thread.
Sure. Go to Tools->ShowHide/CollapseExpand screen (Settings tab), clear the Enable jQuery UI effects checkbox and set Custom animation speed (ms) to 0.

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