Add a Read More / Show Less button to long posts, pages and text. Collapse content with a fade effect, auto-apply, shortcode or CSS class.
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Easily add a customizable Read More button to expand long posts. Reveal hidden content automatically and smoothly without a page refresh.
Hide and manage external download and redirect URLs behind customizable buttons and a clean titanium.download endpoint.
Collapse Magicv1.5.0
The easy way to create a collapsible text block with a 'read-more' label on any page. Also provides a fading text option.
Clickit Readmorev1.0
A lightweight and easy-to-use plugin that adds a customizable "Read More" toggle shortcode with a settings page to control button styles.
Read More WPv1.1.7
Create excerpts and hide text with an elegant toggle button to show more.
Expand hidden content without a page refresh. 100% SEO-friendly and crawlable, now with accordion/FAQ schema, content locker, teaser paywall, AI summa …
Create collapse/expand sections and accordions via shortcodes, with compatibility for Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand bg_collapse markup.
Editor-only collapse/expand toggle for every Gutenberg block. Tame long posts and templates without losing your place.
Unfold Text is a straightforward yet powerful add-on for Elementor that allows you to expand and collapse text with ease.