Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… vs Collapsing Archives (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All…
40K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 675 reviews) and leads in active installations (40K+ vs 3.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… has accumulated 1.3M+ total downloads while Collapsing Archives has 146K+. Collapsing Archives has a higher support resolution rate (0% vs 0%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… | Collapsing Archives | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 4.1/5 |
| Total Reviews | 675 | ◄ | 21 |
| Active Installs | 40K+ | ◄ | 3.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 1.3M+ | ◄ | 146K+ |
| Support Resolution | 0% | 0% | |
| Last Updated | 5 months ago | ► | 1 month ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2008 | |
| Age | 10 years | 18 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 2.8+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.5.3 | 3.0.8 |
Rating Breakdown
Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All…
Collapsing Archives
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… averaged approximately 88 daily downloads while Collapsing Archives averaged 22.
Recent Reviews
Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All… Reviews
giant ad disrupting our site
You guys activated a giant ad in the wordpress dashboard to promote your premium product, and as a result, we can’t see our calendar content, and there is no way to “x” out of your promotional ad. As
Does All I Need
An easy to use accordion with lots of options. Also what isn’t always possible is you can export the entire page for “printing” even when the accordians are shut, very handy for PDF documentation e.g
Happy So Far
Seems to do what it is designed for
Collapsing Archives Reviews
This broke my website, unforunately [v. 6.4.3]
I just installed this one single plug-in to my website today and after doing so, immediately, the page the plug-in was set to work on … broke, or was disabled. It was still visible in my raw page lis
Last update broke it
Last update has broke it. Somehow the plugin start working as collapsing categories instead of collapsing archives. This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by petukhovsky.
Author is ignoring PHP 8.0 / 8.1 incompatibility
The author has released several versions since PHP 8.0 release but just ignores existance of PHP 8.0 / 8.1 although that’s pretty easy to fix. I just did it by myself but now all the not working updat
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