55
Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg)
Smooth accordions hit by a sudden wall of intrusive blue banners.
Declining
55/100
Users enjoy the simplicity but hate the intrusive banner and the manual upgrade process.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.6★
676 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-53%
Declining fast
145 → 69 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 53% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 8 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
Declining fast · -53% in the last year
145/day a year ago→69/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAccordion FAQ is generally well-regarded for its ease of use and responsive support, but it carries a notable caveat: an intrusive promotional banner introduced in a recent update actively blocks content editing, and upgrading to the paid version requires a full manual re-setup with no import path from the free version.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use×6
- +Support is responsive and effective, resolving issues quickly×3
- +Accordion content can be exported/printed even when sections are collapsed, useful for PDF documentation
- +Screen reader accessible out of the box without extra optimization
- +Works well with the classic editor
Common complaints
- −A persistent promotional banner blocks content editing on taxonomy pages, making it impossible to update or save content (since 2.5.2)×2
- −Upgrading from the free to the paid version installs a separate plugin with no import tool, forcing users to manually re-enter all content from scratch
- −Text formatting entered by the user is not preserved or displayed as expected
- −Plugin silently deletes all accordion sections without warning if it encounters content it cannot handle (e.g. HTML or code samples)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 676 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-04★★★★★Great Toolmisterandersonwebworks
- 2026-03-24★★★★★giant ad disrupting our sitemerosler
- 2025-12-11★★★★★Annoying blue banner on taxonomy pagesalancasper
- 2025-09-20★★★★★Does All I Needroark55
- 2025-09-01★★★★★Happy So Fardmcannon99
- 2025-08-21★★★★★Simple and accessiblesrorke00
- 2025-05-13★★★★★Deletes it selfhelloanthony1-shot
- 2025-05-09★★★★★Good pluginVS4Net Sistemas
- 2025-04-23★★★★★Sehr zu empfehlenWolfgang Pfeil
- 2025-02-23★★★★★Very nice.charleyhankins
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Accordion FAQ
Top Builders plugins, ranked by score.For 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.
73
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
66
Prior 7-day baseline
48
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
71
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+10.6%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.85
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.63 → 4.64★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered