Best show more plugins for WordPress
The most popular show more plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Read More WP leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Show/Hide Shortcode (200+) and Read More Button (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “show more” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 show more plugins
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Read More WPThe most installed show more plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Show/Hide Shortcode200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Read More Button100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Collapse It50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Show More for Elementor20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
AddonCraft Read More Show Less10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Webspero Read More Toggle10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Show More Toggle Button10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 8 plugins tagged “show more”
Read More WP
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,596by Bolton Studios LLC21 days ago
Create excerpts and hide text with an elegant toggle button to show more.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Show/Hide Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:29#11,938by Lars Wallenborn1 year ago
Small and efficient plugin implementing dynamic "Show more..." links. Just use the [showhide] shortcode, there is no addition to the backend.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Read More Button
Up in the last 7 days:103#15,537by Jose Varghese2 months ago
Easily add a customizable Read More button to expand long posts. Reveal hidden content automatically and smoothly without a page refresh.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Collapse It
Down in the last 7 days:216#21,054by 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
Show More for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:310#28,297by Saeed Amini1 month ago
A fully SEO‑friendly “Show More / Read More” widget for Elementor. Hidden text remains readable for Google crawlers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AddonCraft Read More Show Less
Up in the last 7 days:336#29,548by 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
- 0/day
Webspero Read More Toggle
#31,994by Ayush Guleria1 year ago
Adds a simple "Read More / Read Less" toggle to long content using lightweight JavaScript. Ideal for blogs, FAQs, or excerpts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show More Toggle Button
Down in the last 7 days:172#38,695by yuforest07 years ago
This is a plugin to make toggle button for show more section.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day