Best expand plugins for WordPress
The most popular expand plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Read More Without Refresh leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand (10K+) and BBSpoiler (4K+). All 16 plugins tagged “expand” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 expand plugins
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Read More Without RefreshThe most installed expand plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 55 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 3.
BBSpoiler4K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 29 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Nav Menu Collapse3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Expand Divi1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Expandable Row for Beaver Builder900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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ACF Admin Flexible Content Collapse200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Simple Expand50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
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byBrick Accordion50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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Collapse It50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 16 plugins tagged “expand”
Read More Without Refresh
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,348by George Gkouvousis23 days ago
Expand hidden content without a page refresh. 100% SEO-friendly and crawlable, now with accordion/FAQ schema, content locker, teaser paywall, AI summa …
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(55)
- Downloads
- 219/day
Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,947by buntegiraffe3 years ago
Save space on your pages, posts, sidebars. Hide the content before user clicks to see it. Collapse long lists, create FAQs & more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 28/day
BBSpoiler
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,582by Flector1 year ago
This plugin allows you to hide text under the tags [spoiler]your text[/spoiler].
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(29)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Nav Menu Collapse
Up in the last 7 days:140#3,697by Robert Noakes1 year ago
Adds functionality to collapse and expand nav menus within the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Expand Divi
Down in the last 7 days:3#6,752by faycalboutam7 years ago
Adds more functionlity to the Divi theme.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Expandable Row for Beaver Builder
Down in the last 7 days:12#7,219by Pratik Chaskar2 months ago
Simple Expandable Row for Beaver Builder.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 13/day
ACF Admin Flexible Content Collapse
Up in the last 7 days:82#12,281by dreihochzwo1 year ago
Collapse and expand the layout settings in ACF field editor for a better overview and easier sorting of the layouts or moving fields between layouts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Simple Expand
Down in the last 7 days:282#20,645by Jonas Hjalmarsson16 days ago
Adds an [expand] shortcode that wraps content in a native HTML `` toggle. No JavaScript, no settings page, no bloat.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
byBrick Accordion
Up in the last 7 days:88#20,674by davidpaulsson15 years ago
A plugin that enables in-post open and close menus/accordions.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Collapse It
Down in the last 7 days:47#21,102by Filippo Maniero1 year ago
A Gutenberg block to collapse/expand content with fade effect, customizable height, and auto-hide when empty.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
Expandable FAQ
Up in the last 7 days:158#21,743by KestutisIT7 years ago
It’s a MIT-licensed (can be used in premium themes), high quality, native and responsive WordPress plugin to create and view expandable F.A.Q.'s
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
AddonCraft Read More Show Less
Up in the last 7 days:1,291#29,416by AddonsCraft1 month ago
Add a Read More / Show Less button to long posts, pages and text. Collapse content with a fade effect, auto-apply, shortcode or CSS class.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Show Hide Accordion by MediaArt
#39,819by MediaArt1 month ago
Create collapse/expand sections and accordions via shortcodes, with compatibility for Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand bg_collapse markup.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
jQuery Comment Replies
Down in the last 7 days:5,510#46,558by Doodlebee12 years ago
Make your multi-level comment replies show on demand with a slick jQuery slideToggle() action.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 1/day
JVM Read More Block
#52,554by Joris van Montfort1 year ago
A lightweight Gutenberg block that lets you toggle extra content with "Read more" and "Read less" buttons. No CSS markup is added.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
collexpander
Down in the last 7 days:8,632#73,024by Liaison1 year ago
The Collexpander WordPress plugin allows you to hide or show selected text content dynamically with a toggle button.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day