Lightweight Accordion
Simple accordion for adding collapse elements to pages without affecting page load time. Includes Gutenberg block and shortcode for classic editor.
5(60 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Lightweight Accordion is a WordPress block plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 60 reviews. It has been downloaded 112K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/560 reviews
10K+active installs
112K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Lightweight Accordion plugin for WordPress allows you to add collapse elements to posts using a Gutenberg block or a shortcode (via classic editor). By using the details HTML tag and a few lines of CSS this allows for a javascript-free accordion for minimum page load.
Extremely Lightweight (<1kb): Without using Javascript the plugin uses the native details HTML tag and a few lines of code for almost no impact on front-end.
Customizable: Options include customizing the HTML tag used for the accordion title, open by default, borders, colors, and accordion grouping (auto-close others when one opens).
Shortcode Usage examples
Here are a few examples of using the accordion plugin with shortcodes.
[lightweight-accordion title="My Accordion"]My Content[/lightweight-accordion]
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
excellent, lightweight plugin
by Marisa·2 weeks ago
I greatly appreciate this plugin. It has helped me increase the screen real-estate on my web pages by collapsing the help/information parts.
Lightweight plug-ins which don’t slow down WordPress are to be commended.
I tried the built-in WordPress accordion element, but on my iPhone it could not be expanded.
Great job!
by Annejet Luik·2 months ago·1 reply
Simple, lightweight plugin that does exactly what it promises. Clean UI, no unnecessary options. Great job!
Nice little block
by tastymouse·5 months ago
And easy to work with. Thanks
nice and easy to start with
by steffifn·1 year ago
will be interesting to see how this works with over 100 entries
Superbe, exactly as described
by Webtaurus·1 year ago
Great versatile block! Simple and efficient.
Thanks Andy
Download Trends
Today: 30Yesterday: 43This week: 219Period total: 18K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.6
64.1%
v1.5
35.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.6.0
- New feature: Accordion grouping – only one accordion can be open at a time within a group.
- Added “Add Item” button in block toolbar to easily create grouped accordions.
- Added
groupattribute for shortcodes to enable exclusive accordion behavior. - Added H5 and H6 title tag options.
- Fixed deprecated
wp-editorscript dependency.
…and 2 more changes
Contributors
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