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Accordion Blocks

Gutenberg block for creating responsive accordion drop-downs.

By philbuchanan·Block·Free
5(36 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 4 years ago
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As of April 2026, Accordion Blocks is a WordPress block plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 36 reviews. It has been downloaded 189K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….

5/536 reviews
10K+active installs
189K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Accordion Blocks is a simple plugin that adds a Gutenberg block for adding accordion drop-downs to your pages.

The accordions should blend seamlessly with your theme. However, you may want to add custom styles to your theme.

Features

  • Adds a Gutenberg block for adding accordions to your site.
  • Supports multiple accordions with individual settings for each accordion item.
  • Fully responsive.
  • Support for item IDs and direct links.
  • Supports nesting accordions.
  • Accessible (for users requiring tabbed keyboard navigation control).

Optional Features

  • Open individual accordion items by default.
  • Disable auto closing of accordion items.
  • Manually close items by clicking the title again.
  • Scroll page to title when it’s clicked open (including setting a scroll offset position).
  • Set the HTML heading…
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Ratings & Reviews

536 reviews
5 ★
36
4 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Excellent solution for FAQs
by jasonbongreen·2 years ago

I used this block with some custom CSS styling to create a responsive frequently asked questions area of a site.

easy to use
by Sofi-Soao·3 years ago

Nice block editor integration, super easy to use. I like the opportunity to pick different headline types for each accordeon block what helps doing SEO.

  • This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Sofi-Soao.
Works well and easily customizable with CSS
by tompich·3 years ago

Does the job quite well.
Simple and straight forward.
However, it would be nice to smooth the movement (there’s some kind of small jump at the end of the opening and the beginning of the closing)

Issues with LiteSpeed Cache
by brs_paul·3 years ago

Great plugin, but it often won’t work in Chrome or Edge, and often randomly will work. a bit glitchy! We have the LiteSpeed Cache Plugin and is probably an issue with the combine CCS or JS.

Phil, you lovely man!
by Jaakko Pöntinen·4 years ago

This should be WP Core. Lightweight, works, rocks.

Thank you.

Download Trends

Today: 25Yesterday: 65This week: 271Period total: 11K

Compatibility

WordPress5.9+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13
PHP7.3+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
94.3%
Other
5.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.0

  • Plugin now requires WordPress 5.9.
  • Use useInnerBlocksProps and useInnerBlocksProps.save() for inner blocks handling.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

philbuchananphilbuchanan
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.0
Last Updated
Feb 7, 2022
WP Requires
5.9+
Tested Up To
5.9.13
PHP Requires
7.3+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
189K+
Added
Mar 12, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

blockaccordiongutenbergaccordionsresponsive

Developer

P
philbuchanan
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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