WP-ShowHide

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1. ★★★★★ Dave Smith

   1.2y ago

   Shows and hides text just like it says it does! Thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ vivatword

   1.4y ago

   Thanks for the free plugin and support. it doesn’t work woth the latest wp. the hided side can not be seen after click the show. it is only active when logged in to wp-admin. please update it.

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3. ★★★★★ delboy007

   4.6y ago

   I don’t understand why developers take the time to write a plugin and then don’t bother to provide detailed documentation. Looks like it might do what I want but I give up trying and notice a lot of support requests have not been replied to. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by delboy007. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by delboy007.

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4. ★★★★★ Rollaz

   5.6y ago

   Simple and working plugin. Tried several more, but they had issues with filter Im using on my page, this one worked like a charm. Additionally I would recommend to add an option to show hide button on the bottom of displayed text.

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5. ★★★★★ thetravelgal

   5.7y ago

   Love this plugin. Had a little panic that it wasn’t going to work with WordPress 5.6 and php 7.4, but it does. Please keep maintaining this plugin! (I just sent my donation.)

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6. ★★★★★ pentagramwookie

   5.9y ago

   It’s a great idea and could be very useful but it doesn’t work on the current WP version. The site I was trying to use this on uses WP 5.5.1, with plugins Akismet, Feed Them Social, Feedzy, and Lightbox. I figure this plugin may be incompatible with one of those plugins or this current version of WP. The link doesn’t do anything when clicked and the wrong text is showing up. Even though I changed the shortcode to say ‘MORE INFO’ it still said Press Release along with the additional number text and a number next to it. I didn’t see settings anywhere for this plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ Doeye Hof

   6.0y ago

   It is a nice plugin, but can I use it for css ass wel? To hide a row or a div? This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Doeye Hof.

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8. ★★★★★ José

   6.1y ago

   Really Nice Job. Thank you very much. Easy to use

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.06 FIXED: esc_html() for more text to prevent XSS 1.06
2. — Version 1.05 FIXED: esc_attr type attributes to prevent XSS 1.05
3. — Version 1.04 NEW: Added aria-hidden and aria-expanded to elements 1.04
4. — Version 1.03 NEW: Added .sh-link and .sh-content as a standard class name on top of the type specific class name. NEW: Added do_shortcode() to allow shortcode to be parsed within ShowHide 1.03
5. — Version 1.02 FIXED: Some theme uses .hide as display: none and hence I have changed .show to .sh-show and .hide to .sh-hide to advoid conflicts. 1.02
6. — Version 1.01 NEW: Added additional show or hide class to the link and content depending on the visiblity of the content to allow more precise CSS styling. 1.01

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 WP-ShowHide <= 1.05 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-15 CVE-2025-67541 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.05 Patched in 1.06
2. Medium · 6.4 WP-ShowHide <= 1.04 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-01-10 CVE-2022-4825 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.04 Patched in 1.05

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Translated into 19 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-19 10K+ → 9K+ down

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).

• Hide Posts 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Content Visibility for Divi Builder 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• If Menu – Visibility control for Menus 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• AH Display Widgets 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP Hide Show Featured Image 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C

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WP-ShowHide: 9K+ active installs, 4.2★ (43 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-showhide