Read More Button — Expand Content Without Refresh
The Read More Button plugin is the ultimate solution for managing long content on your WordPress site. Whether you have lengthy blog posts, detailed product descriptions, or extensive service pages, this content expander tool allows you to keep your layout clean and user-friendly.
By adding a customizable read more button, you can truncate text after a specific number of lines, encouraging users to click to expand content. This improves the user experience by preventing large blocks of text from overwhelming your visitors. The best part? The content expands instantly without refresh, ensuring a seamless reading experience.
Why Use a Read More Plugin? Improving readability is key to retaining visitors. A read more tag or button ensures that your users see the most important information first. This expand text functionality is perfect for mobile users who prefer scrolling through concise summaries before diving into deep content.
Key Features:
- Customizable Read More Button: Style your show more button to match your theme.
- Automatic Content Truncation: Automatically limit posts and pages by line count.
- Instant Expansion: Smoothly reveal text and show hidden content without page reload.
- SEO Friendly: Hidden content remains accessible to search engines.
- Exclusion Options: Exclude specific pages/posts by ID
- Post Type Selection: Choose which post types to apply the functionality to
- Flexible Content Control: Set after how many lines the button should appear
- Custom Button Text: Change the button text to match your site’s tone
- Public CPT Support: Works with all public custom post types
- Performance Optimized: Lightweight code that only loads where needed
Perfect for:
- Blog posts with long content
- Product descriptions
- Service pages
- News articles
- Any content where you want to improve readability and user engagement
Easy Setup:
- Install and activate the plugin
- Go to Settings > Read More Button
- Configure your preferences (colors, text, line count, post types)
- The button will automatically appear on your selected content types
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Developer Information
Technical Details: * Uses WordPress coding standards and security practices * All data properly sanitized and escaped * Follows WordPress plugin guidelines * Uses proper enqueue methods for scripts and styles * Implements WordPress hooks and filters correctly * Translation ready with proper text domain
Hooks and Filters:
* click_to_read_more_button_content_filter — Filter the content before applying read more functionality
* click_to_read_more_button_button_text — Filter the button text
* click_to_read_more_button_should_show — Filter to control where the button should appear
Support: For support and feature requests, please contact the plugin author or submit issues through the WordPress.org support forums.
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