Title: WP-ShowHide Author: Lester Chan Published: April 28, 2011 Last modified: August 9, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-showhide/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1206767) ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-showhide/assets/icon.svg?rev=978037) # WP-ShowHide By [Lester Chan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gamerz/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-showhide.3.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/#description) * [Reviews](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/#installation) * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/) ## Description WP-ShowHide hides part of a post behind a button, so something long — a press release, a changelog, a spoiler — does not fill the page until a reader asks for it. The button says how many words it is hiding, which is what Engadget does with their press releases. Example usage: `[showhide type="pressrelease"]Press Release goes in here.[/showhide]` There is nothing to configure and no settings screen. Every choice the plugin offers is an attribute of the shortcode that makes it, so two toggles in the same post can behave differently. ### Features * One shortcode, `[showhide]`, usable any number of times in a post or page * A Show/Hide block for the block editor, holding the content it hides as ordinary blocks and rendering exactly what the shortcode renders * A button rather than a link, with `aria-expanded` and `aria-controls`, so the toggle works from the keyboard and reads correctly to a screen reader * Labels that count the words they are hiding * No jQuery, and no script at all on a page that uses neither the shortcode nor the block * Custom DOM events on every toggle, for themes that want to react to one ### Donations I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations. ### Usage 1. By default, content within the showhide shortcode will be hidden. 2. Example: `[showhide]Press release content goes in here.[/showhide]` 3. Default Values: `[showhide type="pressrelease" more_text="Show Press Release (% s More Words)" less_text="Hide Press Release (%s Less Words)" hidden="yes"]` 4. You can have multiple showhide content within a post or a page, just by having a new type. 5. Example: `[showhide type="links" more_text="Show Links (%s More Words)" less_text ="Hide Links (%s Less Words)"]Links will go in here.[/showhide]` 6. If you want to set the default visibility to display. 7. Example: `[showhide hidden="no"]Press release content goes in here.[/showhide]` ### Block editor There is a Show/Hide block too, filed under Text in the inserter. It holds the content it hides as ordinary blocks — paragraphs, images, anything — so that content is written and edited in place instead of being typed into a field as markup, and it stays visible while you are editing. The Show/Hide panel in the sidebar carries the same four choices the shortcode attributes carry: the type, the two button labels, and whether it starts hidden. The shortcode is unchanged and still supported. It is not deprecated, posts that use it need no editing, the block and the shortcode render the same markup, and one post can hold both. 1. You can style the content via CSS that is generated by the plugin. Here is a sample of the generated HTML. Note that pressrelease is the default type. ``` ``` 1. With the example above, here are the following styles you can use in your CSS: ``` .sh-link { } .sh-toggle { } .sh-content { } .pressrelease-link { } .pressrelease-link.sh-hide .sh-toggle { } .pressrelease-link.sh-show .sh-toggle { } .pressrelease-content { } .pressrelease-content.sh-hide { } .pressrelease-content.sh-show { } ``` 1. Every toggle fires three events on the `.sh-link` element, and all three bubble, so one listener on the document covers every toggle on the page: `sh-link:more` when a toggle opens, `sh-link:less` when it closes, and `sh-link:toggle` on both. ## Screenshots [⌊Four toggles on one page, three of them closed: the default, one that starts open, and two more whose ids do not collide⌉⌊Four toggles on one page, three of them closed: the default, one that starts open, and two more whose ids do not collide⌉[ Four toggles on one page, three of them closed: the default, one that starts open, and two more whose ids do not collide [⌊The same page with a toggle opened⌉⌊The same page with a toggle opened⌉[ The same page with a toggle opened [⌊The Show/Hide block in the editor, holding the content it hides as ordinary blocks so it stays editable, with the sidebar carrying the same choices the shortcode attributes carry⌉⌊The Show/Hide block in the editor, holding the content it hides as ordinary blocks so it stays editable, with the sidebar carrying the same choices the shortcode attributes carry⌉[ The Show/Hide block in the editor, holding the content it hides as ordinary blocks so it stays editable, with the sidebar carrying the same choices the shortcode attributes carry ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Show/Hide Hides its content behind a button that counts the words it is hiding. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Wrap the content you want hidden in `[showhide]` and `[/showhide]`, or add the ** Show/Hide** block in the editor and put the content inside it. There is nothing to configure and no settings screen. Every choice the plugin offers is an attribute of the shortcode or a control in the block’s sidebar, so two toggles in the same post can behave differently. ## FAQ ### How do I change the button text? Pass `more_text` and `less_text` on the shortcode. `%s` in either one is replaced with the number of words being hidden, and a label with no `%s` in it is used exactly as written. ### Can I drop the plugin’s stylesheet? Yes. It is two rules and it is enqueued under the handle `wp-showhide`, so dequeue it from your theme: ``` add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () { wp_dequeue_style( 'wp-showhide' ); }, 20 ); ``` The toggle keeps working; the button will simply look like your theme’s buttons instead of like a text link. ### Why did the same type give me duplicate IDs? It no longer does. Since 2.0.0 the first toggle of a given type in a post keeps the ID it has always had and later ones are suffixed `-2`, `-3` and so on. Style by class rather than by ID if you use the same type more than once. ### Does the plugin store anything in my database? One row, and it is tiny. `wp_showhide_version` records the version last run so that an upgrade knows what it is upgrading from. There is no settings row, because there are no settings. Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen removes the row, on a single site and on every site of a network. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3060dfb3ebc69b2721b61c6c9b257b572740c78d796374d7b750fbb49411dffe? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great with WP 6.8.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-with-wp-6-8-1/)󠁿 [Dave Smith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sophoservices/) July 3, 2025 Shows and hides text just like it says it does! Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5112f2f6b6ebee0e8f4e64a6a8d7c9c0d9c36e41a96b96b2c8d0a4a8113d3b52? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Needs Update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needs-update-29/)󠁿 [vivatword](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vivatword/) April 13, 2025 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da4bab7747b735b8fb94a85a4711fa143a38a46f12bd45f431f2ce6102ec16d9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Needs documentation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needs-documentation-5/)󠁿 [delboy007](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delboy007/) February 9, 2022 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f506eb13b5c750220d42b3746eb21ab8dbb832ec4e625b2c581f03e7f85643e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-29543/)󠁿 [Rollaz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rollaz/) January 30, 2021 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b9e6852002036e802ef36d83dae57bf39ce624a523869e293f723b5ba3d78c07? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[WP ShowHide is a great plugin,](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-showhide-is-a-great-plugin/)󠁿 [thetravelgal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thetravelgal/) December 23, 2020 1 reply 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.) ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3956b3259e2b02d5d5dffd9286cb4c19b90899c1b3d149c223c12ddcc73888ea? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great idea but doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-idea-but-doesnt-work-6/)󠁿 [pentagramwookie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pentagramwookie/) September 20, 2020 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. [ Read all 42 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP-ShowHide” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Lester Chan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gamerz/) “WP-ShowHide” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-showhide/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP-ShowHide” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-showhide) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-showhide/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-showhide/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-showhide/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-showhide/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog ### 3.0.0 * BREAKING: Requires WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.2, up from 6.0 and 7.4. * BREAKING: Removed the `showhide_scripts()`, `showhide_js()` and `showhide_shortcode()` global functions. They were internals; the plugin registers its own shortcode and assets. * BREAKING: The `ShowHide` and `ShowHide_Template` classes are now `WP_ShowHide` and `WP_ShowHide_Template`. * NEW: Added a Show/Hide block for the block editor, which holds the content it hides as ordinary blocks. The `[showhide]` shortcode is unchanged and still supported— it is not deprecated, posts using it need no editing, and the two render the same markup. * NEW: Restructured into `includes/`, behind the `WP_ShowHide`, `WP_ShowHide_Template` and `WP_ShowHide_Options` classes. * NEW: Added the `wp_showhide_version` row, and an `uninstall.php` that deletes it on a single site and across a network. * NEW: The toggle script and the stylesheet are now files, `js/wp-showhide.js` and `css/wp-showhide.css`, so a browser caches them once instead of reading them inline on every page. * NEW: Added a PHPUnit and vitest test suite, and GitHub Actions CI. * CHANGED: Both elements the shortcode renders now carry a `wp-showhide` class alongside the classes they have always had. Nothing was renamed or removed, so existing theme CSS is unaffected. * FIXED: `hidden="No"` left the content collapsed instead of expanding it. The attribute is matched case insensitively now, so any spelling of `no` works. * FIXED: Requesting `wp-showhide.php` directly ran it outside WordPress instead of exiting. ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **1 hour ago** * Active installations **9,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.3** * PHP version ** 8.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-showhide) * Tags * [hide](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hide/)[press release](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/press-release/) [show](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/show/)[toggle](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/toggle/) [visibility](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visibility/) * [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 30 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 4 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 4 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 5 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-showhide/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Lester Chan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gamerz/) ## Support Got something to say? 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