Accordion Plugin – Category Posts & AJAX Load More

Uploading in WordPress admin dashboard

• Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard.
• Navigate to the 'Upload' area.
• Select plugin zip file from your computer.
• Click 'Install Now'.
• Activate uploaded plugin from the Plugin dashboard.

Important before activating Pro version

• If the free version of this plugin is already installed, deactivate the free version before activating the Pro plugin.
• Keeping both versions active may cause duplicate shortcode, widget, block, or PHP class conflicts.

Software requirements

• Requires WordPress 6.0 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher.
• Tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Add Purchase Code/License Key

• Activate the plugin in the Plugins dashboard.
• Add your purchase code/license key in your site at Settings > APCP.
• Now click on activate button to use full functionality of the plugin.
• When a new version is available, WordPress shows the update notice from the license server.

Shortcode settings reference

Use [postaccordionpanel] with the settings below. The free version includes the basic category post accordion. Pro adds the fields marked with an orange Buy Now button.

Title	Short Description	Key for shortcode	Possible values	Is Free
Widget title	Heading displayed above the accordion.	widget_title	Any text.	✓
Categories	Limits posts to selected categories.	category_id	0 for all or comma-separated category IDs.	✓
Posts per page	Number of posts loaded in each request.	number_of_post_display	Positive integer, for example 8.	✓
Template	Selects the accordion layout.	template	pane_style_1 to pane_style_4 free; pane_style_1 to pane_style_13 Pro.	✓
Widget width	Sets the outer widget width.	tp_widget_width	CSS width such as 100% or 600px.	✓
Post and category colors	Controls post title, category-tab, and header colors.	title_text_color, category_tab_text_color, category_tab_background_color, header_text_color, header_background_color	CSS colors or hex values.	✓
Display title over image	Places the post title over the featured image.	display_title_over_image	yes or no.	✓
Hide widget or post title	Shows or hides the widget heading and post titles.	hide_widget_title, hide_post_title	Each setting accepts yes or no.	✓
Post type	Filters posts by post type.	post_type	post, page, or a registered custom post type slug.	Buy Now
Category type	Selects the taxonomy used for filtering.	category_type	category, post_tag, or a registered taxonomy slug.	Buy Now
Default open category	Chooses the category opened initially.	apcp_default_category_open	0, all, or a category ID.	Buy Now
Pagination type	Chooses the AJAX pagination control.	apcp_select_paging_type	load_more_option, next_and_previous_links, or simple_numeric_pagination.	Buy Now
Accordion behavior	Controls All panel, latest post, subcategory tree, counts, empty categories, RTL, and autoclose behavior.	apcp_show_all_pane, apcp_show_last_updated_post, apcp_enable_sub_category_tree, apcp_enable_post_count, apcp_hide_empty_category, apcp_enable_rtl, apcp_allow_autoclose_accordion	Each setting accepts yes or no.	Buy Now
Search and paging visibility	Shows or hides search and pagination controls.	hide_searchbox, apcp_hide_paging	Each setting accepts yes or no.	Buy Now
Post display	Controls image, read more, excerpt, date, and comment visibility.	apcp_hide_post_image, apcp_read_more_link, apcp_hide_post_short_content, apcp_hide_posted_date, apcp_hide_comment_count, apcp_hide_animation_over_image	Each setting accepts yes or no.	Buy Now
Excerpt length	Sets the post short-content length.	apcp_hide_post_short_content_length	Integer from 10 to 200.	Buy Now
Image sizing	Controls automatic/static image width and height.	apcp_image_content_width_type, apcp_image_content_width, apcp_image_height	autowidth or static; width 80-480; pixel height.	Buy Now
Category order	Controls category ordering or manual ordering.	apcp_short_category_name_by, apcp_order_category_ids	asc, desc, id, and comma-separated category IDs.	Buy Now
Post order	Sorts posts in the selected category.	apcp_shorting_posts_by, apcp_post_ordering_type	Order by title, id, or date; ascending or descending.	Buy Now
Animation background	Sets the post image hover animation color.	apcp_animation_background_color	CSS color or hex value.	Buy Now

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• Navigate to the 'APCP' page from dashboard left menu and click on 'Add New Shortcode'
• Configure required settings and click on publish button.
• Now you can see shortcode in right area or in 'Shortcode' list screen.
• Copy shortcode to any page or post content/body area to view plugin at fronted content bar.

• Go to Appearance > Widgets screen.
• Drag the 'Category and Post Accordion Panel Pro' widget to your selected sidebar.
• Configure required settings from selected widget and click on save button.
• Now you can view the accordion view on fronted sidebar.

• Edit any page or post with the WordPress block editor.
• Click the add block button and search for 'Category & Post Accordion Panel Pro'.
• Select the block, configure the block settings, and update the page.

• Edit any page with Elementor.
• Search for the 'Category Post Accordion Panel Pro' widget and drag it into the page layout.
• Configure the widget settings and update the page.

If you'll find any issues, make sure you have tried before:

1. Read this manual more carefully.
2. Use this email to contact us - info@aksharaddons.com. We answer on email messages much faster, because we get mail invitations!

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this plugin. Anyway, don't leave a negative feedback if you have any issues, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to help you! :)