I’ve been using your Expander plugin on at least 10 websites for many years. It works perfectly for my needs. Saves me a lot of tedious js coding and fighting with WP’s editor. I recommend the plugin to others. The only problem is that it isn’t being updated. Today Wordfence flagged it as “abandoned”. What a shame.
I see that themeisle.com sells a number of other WP Themes and Plugins. I can see a number of projects you run on github. So I know you are still in business.
I’m sure I speak for many others when I say that we would really appreciate it if you could just tweak any deprecated code in Expander and push it through an update that validates the plugin to the latest version of WP (4.9.8). It sure would save us all a lot of work.
It would also cast a good light on the many ThemeIsle.com premium themes and plugins.
As with all free plugins, I really appreciate the effort.
]]>I found a way to nest two wpex shortcode that works as you would expect. My code looks like this:
[wpex more="Open Outer" less="Close Outer"]
<div>
Something Outer A
Something Outer B
[wpex more='' less=''][/wpex]
[wpex more="Open Inner" less="Close Inner"]
Something Inner A
Something Inner B
</div>
[/wpex]I can’t explain exactly why this works but it seems to overcome the issue raised in (refer to Limitations => Nested Shortcodes) in:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Shortcode_API
The 3 elements of my workaround are:
1- I surrounded the outer contents with
<div>...</div>
2- I added an empty extra use of the shortcode with
[wpex more='' less=''][/wpex]
just ahead of the inner contents wpex
3- I used only one
[/wpex]
at the end after the closing div at the end of my outer contents. Don’t use two /wpex or the second one will appear on your page.
I hope this helps anyone who uses this plugin. For single layers of expanding it works perfectly and I use it on most of my websites. Now I know how to make it work for nested expansions.
BTW I have only tested it for 2 levels but perhaps the solution works for 3 or more layers – worth a try and let us know if you find it works.
]]>Hi All,
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That’s why we prepared you a set of guidelines on how to use our forums for submitting your requests.
Thanks for helping us and for choosing ThemeIsle.
]]>Is there a way to have the text you want to expand default to already open instead of being closed? I am using two separate modules and on mobile I want the text to default closed like normal but on desktop I would like it to already be open since there is more screen space.
]]>Want to nest the expander. So you see one “read more”, click and it expands text with another “read more” a bottom. Currently, it is stacking the read mores where you see all of them right away. Please help! Thanks
]]>Hi,
I can’t find any topics in which anyone has stated a similar problem, but on my site the Expander plugin causes any content at the top of the screen to hide behind my header menu. For example, on pages where I have a section that is supposed to be ‘full-page’, the section shifts slightly upwards and a portion of the section will hide behind my header.
My theme is Divi and this affects all pages/projects on the site.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
]]>Is there any way to nest [wpex][/wpex], such that when closing the top nest element the sub-nest elements are hidden?
]]>Shortcode isn’t converted to actual functionality, just stays as text.
]]>I simply can’t figure out how to get this to work. Have tried adding both of the suggested class items to the styles.css file, and they don’t seem to get picked up.
Note: you mentioned Use “.wpex-link” class to style the links. in your plugin description and “.wpex_div” in a post below.
I understand how to edit the .css file. What I need to know is, what syntax do you use inline to get it to work (if any)?
]]>Many thanks for this useful plugin. I use it for several sites and it works great. I made a small change to your php code that let’s me include a new shortcode attribute of class=”myclass”.
The usage notes would change to:
* Usage: [wpex class="wpex-link" more="Read more" less="Read less"]hidden text[/wpex]
Here is the new code for the function called “wpex-main”:
function wpex_main($atts, $content = null) {
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
'more' => 'Read more',
'less' => 'Read less',
'class' => 'wpex-link'
), $atts));
mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);
$rnum = mt_rand();
$new_string = '<a onclick="wpex_toggle(' . $rnum . ', \'' . addslashes($more) . '\', \'' . addslashes($less) . '\'); return false;" class="' . addslashes($class) . '" id="wpexlink' . $rnum . '" href="#">' . addslashes($more) . '</a>' . "\n";
$new_string .= '<div class="wpex_div" id="wpex' . $rnum . '" style="display: none;">' . do_shortcode($content) . '</div>';
return $new_string;
}In fact there are only two small changes to your code: 1- Added the line to extract “class” attribute with a default to “wpex-link” and 2- Change the portion of the building of “new_string” that relates to class=”wpex-link” to use the new extracted tag.
I hope you find this a useful improvement for the next version.
]]>Can WPEX be moved to footer instead of header?
]]>Can you tell me how (if it’s possible) to change the link text style when it is expanded using CSS only? I am in a WP multi-site install and so have no access to the backend and can’t use scripts. I would like the active/open link title to be different than when it’s closed. Thanks!
]]>How easy would it be to add a smooth transition when doing Read More/Read Less. The display:none and display:block are very on/off transitions. Something smoother when it hides/shows would match up with the rest of our site we are using it on. I tried adding some transitions to the div’s containing the content but that didn’t seem to work.
]]>When I insert a <hr /> tag after the end [/wpex] shortcode, the horizontal rule is only visible when the expander is opened.
If I put a paragraph after the end [/wpex] shortcode, and then put a <hr /> in, the horizontal rule works fine, but the paragraph needs some text in it for this to work, and I just want the line, no text.
Why does this happen? Is there some way to fix it?
Thanks
Having trouble figuring this out, some kind of a script issue, I suppose, but not sure, I don’t see any errors on it in firebug. Also, I’ve turned off all plugins 1 x 1, and can’t change the behavior:
https://school4schools.com/a-plus-club-student-support/
Notice how the 1st expander links don’t work, but the others on the page do. Any suggestions?
Tks for your help!
]]>My expanded text starts as a new paragraph. Any way for it to stay in the same line?
]]>When the hidden text is revealed when you click “Read More” I’d like the “Read Less” text to show up underneath all of the text.
]]>Btw, I love this plugin. Simple and so useful for attractive placement of additional text that allows visitors to select only if they want.
I’m trying to build a “read more” inside another “read more” on this page: https://school4schools.com/about/testimonials/
What I get is “Read More” “Read even more” next to each other on the first expander line. Any suggestions?
]]>When I click on the text, instead of expanding, it scrolls the page to the top. Here’s my code:
[wpex more=”I was very skeptical and could not believe I had signed up for another weight lost “thingie”. I hid the webinar’s and my products from my wife for the 1st two weeks – When the visa bill came in, I was busted…. click here to read more” less=”I was very skeptical and could not believe I had signed up for another weight lost “thingie”. I hid the webinar’s and my products from my wife for the 1st two weeks – When the visa bill came in, I was busted.</p>As I changed my food and eating habits through the weekly Phase 1 slides, it was a rough 2 weeks. I constantly had headaches from no carbs as I was clearly hooked on double double coffees, soda, potato chips, microwave popcorn and everything that taste good.</p>Eagar to step on the scales every Thursday morning from seeing the weight and inches flying off like a dog shedding his winter’s coat, I became more and more excited to log on each Thursday to try and beat everyone’s points and weight lost. Team, each and every one of you were dynamite and encouraging from day 1. I learned patience and gained a new level of discipline from having to clear my busy schedule every Tuesday and Thursday. The education each week was frightening to the point I was terrified to listen to the webinars, however I knew I had to face my food addictions head on.</p>Chemicals in plastic linked to obesity & brain disorders & Removing Harmful Foods such as – No Gluten… bread products, pasta, muffins, pizza, beer, French fries, what was Tim trying to do to us?</p>As the weeks became shorter, I started to enjoy the positive comments as people noticed my transformation. My 17 year old son observed my new eating habits and noticed the weight loss and I found my omega, vitamins and minerals in his school bag one day, he wanted what I had.</p>Thanks for giving me the opportunity to feel great again, and since I removed chemicals from my food, I’ve developed new taste buds for foods I would never have eaten.</p>Team, don’t give up, let this be a life time change.</p>Al”]hidden text[/wpex]
]]>Hi,
I would like to use icons instead of “Read more”, “Read less”. Is there a chance?
Thx
]]>The site is adding a backslash ahead of an apostrophe in the Read More section. I believe it’s caused by Line 47. I found this article: https://us1.php.net/addslashes. Is there a workaround for not displaying the backslash before the apostrophe? It’s not displaying on the Read Less link, just the Read More link. Here’s the page: https://tv.twomaidsandamop.com/media-coverage/
Here’s the shortcode as it’s entered: [wpex more=”Franchising.com Profiles The Home Services Industry’s Newest Brand” less=”Franchising.com Profiles The Home Services Industry’s Newest Brand”]Two Maids & A Mop is set to begin franchising its operating model across all 48 states. An industry journal profiles the company’s transformation from a regional player into a national brand. More >[/wpex]
]]>Is there a way that if you open an ‘Expander’ that it would automatically close any other ‘Expanders’ that may be open?
I really appreciate this.
Previously you could double nest.
[wpex][wpex][/wpex][/wpex]
Not any more. Please advise.
]]>Unfortunately i have some problems using expander since the new update to 0.2.2:
1) It is not longer possible to insert special strings into the “more” and “less”-text, for example “> read more”. This destroys the complete site ;-(
2) It is not longer possible to flow the “more” directly to the end of an article, it appears now always in a new row.
It would be very nice to help me with that! THX,
Sascha
I’m getting an Intermittent issue with some uses of Expander strings.
In some uses the intros/questions are not appearing.
If you inspect the element the following code is being served – with element.sytle {display: none;} overriding the a appearance.
Here should be the intro paragraph
Line 65 from the php file – something to do with it?
$new_string = ‘‘ . $sdesc . ‘‘ . “\n”;
It’s fine on some page and also fine on most occasions if you refresh the page.
I’m wondering if it may be a plugin conflict, so I’ve tried deleting any old/superfluous ones. No result.
I’m a javascript novice, I’m afriad to say.
Thanks.
Thanks
]]>Is it possible for expander to work in the Text sidebar widget? My page is not picking up the code in the widget.
]]>Is there any way to change the word “More” to “less” when the text is expanded? Or to change the styling via css when clicked open vs. clicked shut?
]]>Hi, when I tried to use this plugin on one of my blog pages it caused the side bar (with all the widgets) to shift underneath the page content (I’m using the Mantra theme). Any idea as to how I can prevent this from happening?
Thanks
Thank you for sharing your work.
Your logo looks great.
Would you mind providing a simple screenshot?
This way it takes only a few seconds for me to decide if I want to try your plugin.
I am also always interested in how “heavy” a plugin is.
How many additional requests does it require, and how much additional code is being downloaded?
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