Lightweight Accordion — WordPress FAQ Plugin
by Andy Feliciotti · WordPress.org page · Website
Lightweight Accordion has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 139,566 downloads all time. It was downloaded 7,971 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Lightweight Accordion at a glance
Is Lightweight Accordion well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- title (Required Default: null) The title of your accordion will be displayed at the top for users to click. A good example would be to include a user’s…
- content (Required Default: null) Content that will go into your accordion element
- title_tag (Default: “span”) This sets the html tag that wraps the title in the accordion summary. Useful if you want to make it a heading tag for SEO purposes
- accordion_open (Default: false) Set this to true if you want your accordion to be open by default
- bordered (Default: false) Set this to true if you want a border around the accordion content
- title_text_color (Default: false) Set this to a hex value or CSS color to change the color of the accordion title text
- title_background_color (Default: false) Set this to a hex value or CSS color to change the color of the accordion title text
- schema (Default: false) Set this to faq if you’d like FAQ schema to be included
- class (Default: false) Used to add a custom class to the parent container of the accordion
- anchor (Default: null) Adds the value as an ID to the accordion div as an anchor
- autop (Default: true) By default the shortcode will wrap text in a ‘p’ tag. Set this to false if you’d like this disabled for the specific accordion
- group (Default: false) Set this to a group name to make accordions with the same group auto-close when another opens. Uses the native HTML details name…
Lightweight Accordion reviews and ratings
60 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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excellent, lightweight plugin
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.
Marisa -
Great job!
Simple, lightweight plugin that does exactly what it promises. Clean UI, no unnecessary options. Great job!
Annejet Luik -
Nice little block
And easy to work with. Thanks
tastymouse -
nice and easy to start with
will be interesting to see how this works with over 100 entries
steffifn -
Superbe, exactly as described
Great versatile block! Simple and efficient.Thanks Andy
Webtaurus -
It does exactly what it says
Absolutely spot on. Very useful and easy to use.
danielepais
Download and install history
14,900 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Where Lightweight Accordion ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Lightweight Accordion appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best FAQ Plugins | #13 by tag, #67 in search | #24 | – |
| Best Schema Plugins | #46 in search, not tagged | #76 | ▼5 |
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Details
Simple accordion for adding collapse elements to pages without affecting page load time. Includes Gutenberg block and shortcode for classic editor.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Lightweight Accordion competes in
Tags
- Accordion
- block
- blocks
- collapsible
- performance
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- Version
- 1.8.0
- Last updated
- Oct 12, 2026
- First published
- Apr 14, 2020
- Requires WordPress
- 6.6
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Lightweight Accordion FAQ
What does Lightweight Accordion do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Lightweight Accordion offers title (Required Default: null) The title of your accordion will be displayed at the top for users to click. A good example would be to include a user’s, content (Required Default: null) Content that will go into your accordion element, title_tag (Default: “span”) This sets the html tag that wraps the title in the accordion summary. Useful if you want to make it a heading tag for SEO purposes, accordion_open (Default: false) Set this to true if you want your accordion to be open by default and bordered (Default: false) Set this to true if you want a border around the accordion content.
How many active installs does Lightweight Accordion have?
WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Lightweight Accordion as of October 22, 2026.
Is Lightweight Accordion still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Lightweight Accordion have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Lightweight Accordion are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Lightweight Accordion free?
Lightweight Accordion is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Lightweight Accordion rank among FAQ Plugins?
Lightweight Accordion is #24 in the WordPress.org FAQ Plugins ranking.