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Lightweight Accordion
A tiny 1kb tool that avoids the heavy JavaScript bloat.
Growing
67/100
Users love the tiny footprint but the perfect rating is likely inflated by thin reviews.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
60 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+28%
Growing fast
23 → 30 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
- MINORnot updated in 6 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +28% in the last year
23/day a year ago→30/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLightweight Accordion is praised for being a simple, fast, and truly lightweight accordion solution that works as advertised, though a few users note a past bug in version 1.5.18, lack of classic-editor guidance, and missing auto-close behavior.
What people like
- +Very lightweight / light plugin×7
- +Easy to use / simple setup×7
- +Does exactly what it says / works as advertised×3
- +Fast loading / small footprint
- +Proper syntax and clean code
- +Effective / useful for FAQs and similar content×2
- +Looks good visually
Common complaints
- −Version 1.5.18 introduced double-image and media rendering issues (since 1.5.18)
- −Unclear how to add the accordion to the Classic Editor
- −Accordion does not auto-close when another section is opened
Review trustReviews look organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 60 total
Latest reviews · 60 analyzed
- 2026-03-14★★★★★excellent, lightweight pluginMarisa
- 2026-01-15★★★★★Great job!Annejet Luik
- 2025-10-13★★★★★Nice little blocktastymouse
- 2025-02-14★★★★★nice and easy to start withsteffifn
- 2025-01-16★★★★★Superbe, exactly as describedWebtaurus
- 2024-11-24★★★★★It does exactly what it saysdanielepais
- 2024-11-11★★★★★非常棒zhongxiyi
- 2024-10-07★★★★★Like itGuido
- 2024-09-24★★★★★Great pluginws24
- 2024-09-01★★★★★Great plugin, lightweight, does the jobwaxaddict3
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
29
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
22
Prior 7-day baseline
21
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
21
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+31.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.24
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered