Expand + Collapse Funk
by Evan Herman · Uncategorized
Also makes 15 other plugins · 113.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily add expand and collapse functionality to any WordPress theme. No coding skills required! Beautifully simple UI. Save space with this plugin for …
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
800+
≈850 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “collapsable content”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 38.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4400 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4400 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| xpand your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| collapsable content your tag | #14 | #8 | 0 |
| collapsable | #16 | #7 | up 1 |
| accordion your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| collapse your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| collapsible your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “collapsable content”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “accordion”, “collapse” and “collapsible” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.1y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 14 Oct 2014
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hallcp10.6y ago
So this thing inserts some HTML code in your post to make it work. The problem is every time you touch the post with the Visual mode editor you mess it up. We dropped this thing immediately once the first user reported back about how it behaved. We have switched to “Collaps-o-matic”, which is implemented with visible shortcodes. That way you can see what’s going on.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ skysimonephoto11.0y ago
I’m using the latest wordpress, and this works great. I was worried I was going to have to learn some kind of jquery Javascript, but this nailed it.. thank you <h4> Click here to read more </h4>
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vlad Zoric11.1y ago
Works great thanks for great plugin 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pianoservice11.5y ago
Despite a misleading video by someone on Youtube, I decided to take a change on this plugin, and as a total WP noob I was able to do what I wanted to do, which was multiple Collapse/Expand paragraphs on the same page. I don’t know if it is functional enough for advanced users, but hey, for a newbie like me, this free app is great. Good work, and thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danieldavidwebb11.6y ago
works well
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Clarus Dignus11.7y ago
I was hopeful for this plugin but the mark-up produced via the editor button becomes messy if you’re adding one collapsible content after another. I added two test inputs and ended up with with nesting resulting in the functionality for each breaking: <div class="exp-col-content-holder"> <a class="expand-cnt-link" href="#">test</a> <div class="hidden-content"> <p class="hiddenContentp">test</p> <div class="exp-col-content-holder"> <a class="expand-cnt-link" href="#">test 2</a> <div class="hidden-content"> <p class="hiddenContentp">test 2</p> </div> </div> <p class="hiddenContentp"></p> </div> </div> The editor button needs to produce a short-code, NOT mark-up, to avoid messy mark-up. The expected shortcode syntax would eliminate this issue and save the user from manually having to correct the mark-up. I’ve opted for this plugin instead: https://wordpress.org/plugins/azurecurve-toggle-showhide/
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fadhil_ks11.7y ago
someone please give this man a nobel prize 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ texteditor11.8y ago
I am using this for a college textbook site which uses many conditional statements, custom content types, and custom fields. Works great and is mobile-friendly.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily add expand and collapse functionality to any WordPress theme. No coding skills required! Beautifully..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube, Vimeo.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,590 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Accordion", "collapsable content", "collapsible" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-09 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 800+ → 900+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 900+ → 800+ down after 169 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-21 1K+ → 900+ down after 1113 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg) 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lightweight Accordion 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - C Collapsible Archive Widget 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Adjustly Collapse 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Easy Expand 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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