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Whistles

Tabs, toggles, accordions, and all that jazz. Bells and whistles done right.

By Justin Tadlock·Tabs·Free
4.8(19 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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As of April 2026, Whistles is a WordPress tabs plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce….

4.8/519 reviews
400active installs
19K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Whistles was not born as “just another tabs plugin”. It was born out of the idea that we need to get rid of all other plugins like this and start from scratch.

It seems to me that tabs plugins have been clunky and extremely hard to use over the years. Whistles seeks to rectify this by making it easy to manage tabs, toggles, accordions, and other things that need to be embedded into a page.

So, what is Whistles? Are whistles? Can you whistle?

Whistles is a plugin that creates a new content type called “whistle” and a new taxonomy called “whistle group”. The plugin allows you to create individual whistles and organize them into whistle groups however you see fit. Then, it allows you to embed whistle groups into posts using the [whistles] shortcode or…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.819 reviews
5 ★
17
4 ★
1
3 ★
0
2 ★
1
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 1.1.1

  • Set the post type and taxonomy to 'public' => false. This should keep them from showing up in things like automatically-generated sitemaps.

Version 0.1.0

  • Everything’s new!
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Justin TadlockJustin Tadlock
Plugin Info
Version
0.1.1
Last Updated
Nov 1, 2013
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
3.7.41
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
400
Downloads
19K+
Added
Sep 9, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

tabsjquerytogglewidgetshortcode

Developer

J
Justin Tadlock
35 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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