How to Create Engaging Accordions in WordPress | Boost Your Website’s Design

Accordions are a great way to organize and present information in WordPress. Accordions can help break up large blocks of text, and media, provide FAQs, or simply add some visual interest to your pages.

In this tutorial, we’ll explore leveraging the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block Plugin to create captivating and interactive accordion elements that engage your visitors.

What is an Accordion?

Accordion is a type of drop-down / interactable content container that can show or hide content when you click it (similar to a spoiler or toggle). 

Usually used in a subsequent series of content like FAQs, spoiler reveal content, menus, etc. A common accordion structure must contain at least 2 or more accordions. 

Example of an accordion:

Accordion Structure

A collection of one or more content toggles that expand or contract when clicked is called an accordion.

1. A title that is interactable with a mouse click, hover, and the first accordion active by default options.
2. The hidden content body includes text, images, links, graphics, charts, etc.

What is an Accordion Gutenberg Block?

An Accordion Gutenberg Block is a compact content element in WordPress. That lets you organize and display information interactively.

Visitors can click a section’s header to reveal its content, making it ideal for presenting lots of information in a limited space. It’s a user-friendly way to create engaging content layouts without complex coding.

By using a WordPress plugin such as the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg plugin.

Benefits of using the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block 

The Accordion Gutenberg Block is a versatile content presentation plugin that can bring an easy accordion builder block to your WordPress Gutenberg Editor screen.

It allows you to organize & display information in a compact and interactive manner. When visitors click on a section’s header, the content inside that section expands, revealing additional details or text.

This collapsible design is particularly useful for presenting a lot of content within a limited space, enhancing the user experience, and keeping your web pages clean and organized.

Key Features of the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block

The plugin offers a lifetime of updates & fixes with a promised premium version on the way with a more versatile accordion feature set.

Types of Accordions for WordPress

At this time, WordPress doesn’t include accordions by default or default block. So, users need to add accordions using plugins or manual code.

3 ways to add accordion on WordPress:

• Gutenberg Block (Best Option): There are several fantastic accordion third-party Gutenberg blocks available, and the majority of them are entirely free. These custom blocks offer no code accordion builder solutions with extensive customization options.
• Shortcode: Using plugins that offer a preset library of shortcodes.
• Manually Coded: For those who are looking to add WordPress accordion without a plugin. A manually coded accordion can be an excellent option. This will keep your website light. 
• Page Builder (Bonus): Page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Divi all have accordion blocks, widgets, and pre-built FAQ templates.

How to Create an Accordion on WordPress

1. Install the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block Plugin
2. Create a New FAQ Page
3. Edit Each Accordion with Content & Media Files
4. Accordion Block Customization

How to Create an Accordion FAQ Section with Gutenberg

If you don’t want to follow along with the steps shown here, you can follow along with our video on ”How to Create an Accordion FAQ Section with Gutenberg”.

Install the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block Plugin

To get started, you’ll first need to install the accordion plugin from the WordPress repository. To do so, head over to WordPress Dashboard Plugins Add New and search for Advanced Accordion in the search box.

Click Install Now the plugin.

Please wait until the plugin finishes its installation process then click Activate.

Create a New FAQ Page

For this tutorial, we’ll be creating a simple FAQ page that features all the necessary details on a dummy brand. We can use this Advanced Accordion builder plugin on existing WordPress pages, new pages, or any post/blog article.

To place the accordion block, search for the Advanced Block from the Gutenberg Block block library and drop it into your page, or simply use the /accordion shortcode.

Since we’re creating a FAQ section, the Group Accordion widget is the best option for FAQs.

Step 1: Click on the Group Accordion widget to create an accordion block

Step 2: Click on the Add Single Accordion (+) icon to add as many single accordion units as required with a single group.

Step 3: Add header & accordion content body. The accordion header will act as the question & body as the answer.

And the final product should look like this.

You can now choose to publish your FAQ section as it is or customize it to make it more visually appealing.

Edit Each Accordion with Content & Media Files

Now that you have created the core structure of your FAQ accordion section, you should insert some necessary media & image files to make the section more appealing.

You use the image block to insert a media file into your accordion block. But you’re not limited to just images, With the Advanced Accordion Block Plugin you can insert every kind of Gutenberg blocks and create amazing blocks.

For example, you can insert images, videos, tables, lists, grids, galleries, embedded codes & forms and so much more.

Accordion Block Customization

Now that you have you’re complete accordion section it’s time to make it more visually appealing. With the Advanced Accordion Block plugin, you have the option to customize the entire group of accordions or individual accordions as shown below. With margin, padding, border radius, header color, body color, rounded edges, font size, and so much more.

You have the flexibility to make your accordions an extension of your website’s visual profile. This means that you can customize the look and feel of your accordions to match the overall design of your website.

And that’s about it, it is that simple to create an FAQ accordion section with this handy plugin.

In Conclusion,

Accordions are a powerful tool that can be used to improve your WordPress content. They can help you break up large blocks of text, provide FAQs, or simply add visual interest to your pages. The Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block plugin makes it easy to create beautiful and informative accordions that will engage your visitors.

If you’re looking for a way to improve your WordPress content, I encourage you to give this plugin a try. With the Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block plugin, you can create accordions that are:

I hope this tutorial was helpful! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Thank you for reading!