A collapsible or expandable text area is an excellent way to save space on your posts or pages while keeping your visitors engaged. This feature allows users to decide whether they want to view specific content, making it ideal for FAQs, tutorials, or any content-heavy sections.
By using a collapsible text area, you can present a lot of information without making your post appear overly lengthy or cluttered.
Adding collapsible text in WordPress can be done in two ways: writing custom code or using a plugin. For most users, using a plugin is the easier and more efficient option.
In this guide, I’ll show you how to add a collapsible text area in WordPress using the Ultimate Blocks plugin. This versatile plugin includes two blocks – Content Toggle (Accordion) and Expand, that allows you to create collapsible content in different styles effortlessly.
Method 1: Using the Content Toggle Block
Follow these simple steps to add an accordion-style collapsible/expandable content area in WordPress.
Step 1: Install the Ultimate Blocks Plugins
First, go to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Add New Plugin. Then search for ‘Ultimate Blocks’ and install & activate the plugin.
Step 2: Insert the Content Toggle Block
Now go to your WordPress post editor and click on the plus (+) sign to add a new block. Then search for ‘Content Toggle’ and click on it to insert the block.
Step 3: Add the Content
Then add the title of your collapsible/expandable text in the ‘Panel Title’ and add the main content under it.
You can add more collapsible text area by clicking on ‘+’ sign under the box.
Once you’ve added all the collapsible text area, you can configure things like initial state, FAQ schema, icon, and more.
That’s it. This is how you can add accordions in WordPress. And it will look like this –
Method 2: Using the Expand Block
It’s more appropriate for hiding a text area behind a show more or read more text. Considering you’ve already installed the Ultimate Blocks plugin, let’s see the further steps.
Step 1: Insert the Expand Block
Go to the post editor, click on the + icon and search for ‘Expand’. Then click on the block to insert it.
Step 2: Add the Content
Upon inserting the ‘Expand’ block, you need to add the content that you want to show before the ‘show more’ text and add the hidden content between ‘show more’ and ‘show less’ text.
Step 3: Customize the Block
Then you can customize the block from the right-hand side options panel.
So this is how you can add collapsible/expandable content in your WordPress posts/pages. And the area will look like this –
Conclusion
I hope both processes are clear to you. You can use any of the plugins to add a collapsible/expandable text area in your WordPress post/page.
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