Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements vs Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs

Iks Menu is a WordPress plugin that provides powerful customizable system and has loads of settings for creating WordPress accordion menus and FAQs. Showcase: Skins & Animations Showcase: FAQs Showcase: WooCommerce Categories Sidebar Menu Documentation: User-friendly with screenshots Iks Menu is the best choice for sidebar menu and not only. This plugin allows you to select custom WordPress menus, any taxonomy (categories, post tags, WooCommerce product category, etc.) and automatically created FAQs post type as a source for accordion menus. It also provides images support both for custom menus, taxonomies (also supports WooCommerce categories images) and FAQs. You can show your menu using WordPress widgets, shortcode or PHP code. And you do not need to learn coding to use Iks Menu! Just set all the settings using a specially designed super-fast live editor with instant changes and no pages reloading! It will speed up your developing process. Iks Menu has more than 15 starter skins (6 FREE) – so it’s super easy to use for beginners and very customizable for advanced users. Plans Iks Menu has 2 plans: FREE and PRO (Buy PRO plan here). FREE Version Features Supports Taxonomies (Categories, Tags, WooCommerce products, any other) Supports Custom WordPress Menus (created in “Appearance” > “Menus”) Supports FAQs with Groups (created in special custom FAQs post type) Supports images for all sources of menu Supports showing posts for a taxonomy source Fast and usable menu editor with instant preview! Customize appearance for any part of menu (colors, fonts, margins, paddings, heights and widths without any coding) Customize appearance for multiple states (like Hover, Current and Children) Supports exporting and importing settings to reuse it again (all settings or just for appearance) Provides various unique settings for your menus Provides 6 free awesome looking skins out of the box: start using skins with clean design right now with just one click. Supports keyboard accessibility: “Tab” & “Enter” navigation + “Focus” state for all elements in menu … Just take a look at screenshots to see all features! PRO Version Features All features from the FREE plan Settings “Initial Expansion” to expand some items, when page loads Expand and collapse animations for submenus Ability to display Posts count “Custom styles” setting Setting to use parent-elements as sub-menu toggles Toggle: 50+ icons and 5+ animations for expanding 20+ skins … Take a look at pricing Settings Using taxonomy menu you can configure the next settings: Hide empty terms – Whether to hide terms not assigned to any posts. Order by – Field to order terms by. Order – Whether to order terms in ascending or descending order. Hierarchical – Whether to include terms that have non-empty descendants (even if ‘hide_empty’ is set to true) Include terms – Comma/space-separated string of term ids to include. Exclude terms – Comma/space-separated string of term ids to exclude. Search – Search criteria to match terms. Will be SQL-formatted with wildcards before and after. Child of – Term ID to retrieve child terms of. Parent – Parent term ID to retrieve direct-child terms of. Childless – True to limit results to terms that have no children. This parameter has no effect on non-hierarchical taxonomies. Usage 3 variants of how to use Iks Menu (plugin includes user-friendly publishing guide inside the plugin) Widget – Use it directly in widget area Shortcode – Use it anywhere with shortcode PHP code injection – Use it anywhere in your theme with PHP code Help Get help anytime 24/7 – Ask your question and we will help you anyway See documentation for plugin – Super detailed docs for better understanding of how plugin works FAQ (Answers to popular questions) – See special chapter in documentation Does not suit for you? – Suggest a new features for plugin and we will provide it as soon as possible

Building new pages with Gutenberg? Explore VovaBlocks, a focused collection of native marketing and content blocks from the creator of Shortcodes Ultimate. View VovaBlocks → About Shortcodes Ultimate Shortcodes Ultimate is a WordPress shortcode plugin for adding tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders, carousels, lightboxes, columns, boxes and other reusable content elements without coding. It is ideal for site owners who want richer content layouts and practical UI elements without switching to a full page builder. Use Shortcodes Ultimate in the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. Generate shortcodes visually, preview the result before inserting it, and reuse the same elements across posts, pages and existing shortcode-based content. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites, Shortcodes Ultimate helps you replace multiple single-purpose UI plugins with one maintained toolkit. Explore live examples What you can build With Shortcodes Ultimate, you can quickly add common WordPress content elements such as: Accordions and FAQ sections Responsive tabs CTA buttons and download buttons Boxes, notes and callouts Columns and layout helpers Sliders and carousels Lightboxes for images and custom content Post lists and dynamic content blocks Spoilers, toggles and expandable content Media embeds and visual content blocks Instead of installing a separate plugin for every small content element, Shortcodes Ultimate gives you one maintained toolkit for everyday WordPress content tasks. Works with modern and classic WordPress workflows Shortcodes Ultimate works with the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. You can insert shortcodes manually, use WordPress shortcode blocks or use the built-in shortcode generator to configure elements visually. This makes the plugin useful for: Site owners who want to improve content without coding Bloggers and affiliate publishers who need reusable CTA and content blocks Agencies and freelancers maintaining multiple WordPress sites Developers who want shortcode-friendly output in templates Existing sites with older content that already uses shortcodes Why use Shortcodes Ultimate? 50+ ready-to-use WordPress shortcodes Visual shortcode generator Live preview Works with the Block Editor and Classic Editor Shortcodes can be used in posts, pages, widgets and template files Responsive elements that work with your theme Built-in Custom CSS editor Developer-friendly hooks and documentation Free version available on WordPress.org Pro version available for advanced shortcodes, extra styles and premium support Why shortcodes still matter in WordPress The WordPress Block Editor is great for visual content editing, but shortcodes are still useful when you need portable, reusable content elements that work across different parts of a WordPress site. Shortcodes are especially helpful when you want to: Reuse the same content element in many posts or pages Add dynamic content inside widgets or templates Maintain older WordPress sites that already use shortcodes Work across Classic Editor and Block Editor workflows Add content elements without switching to a full page builder Keep common UI elements available through a simple text-based syntax Shortcodes Ultimate is designed for these practical workflows. It gives you a large collection of ready-made shortcodes and a visual generator, so you do not need to write shortcode syntax manually unless you want to. Free and Pro The free version of Shortcodes Ultimate includes a large collection of useful shortcodes for everyday WordPress content tasks. Shortcodes Ultimate Pro adds advanced shortcodes, additional styles, Content Slider, Pricing Table, Testimonials, Shortcode Creator, Elementor support and premium support. Compare Free and Pro Useful links Documentation Live Examples Pro features Support