🏆 Trusted on 20,000+ WordPress sites. Long content is great for SEO and hard on readers, and Read More Without Refresh lets you keep both. Visitors see a short, clean version and open the rest with one tap. No page reload, no jump, no spinner. Search engines still get every single word, because the hidden text sits right there in the HTML the whole time.

One light plugin, no page builder required. Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi and plain shortcodes, and only loads its assets on the pages that actually use it.

👀 Try the live demo – open a real page and expand the content yourself. No signup, no install. Or watch the 60-second video:

🔥 What is new in this release

This is the biggest step the plugin has taken. On top of the Read More toolkit you already know, the latest version adds real SEO and growth tools:

🤖 Get found by AI search. The new AI Answer Optimizer publishes an llms.txt index and pings IndexNow the moment you hit update, so ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Bing pick your content up in minutes instead of weeks. Your collapsed FAQs already ship as valid FAQ schema.
🎯 Retarget the people who actually read. When a visitor expands your content, send that intent straight into GA4, Meta Pixel, Google Ads or Google Tag Manager. Stop paying to re-reach people who bounced.
🧹 Collapse your old posts in bulk. A new paragraph mode hides everything from, say, the second paragraph onward across your whole site. No shortcodes, no editing hundreds of articles by hand.
🧭 Keep readers moving. An optional reading-progress bar, plus a Continue Reading button that drops returning visitors back exactly where they stopped.
📈 See your impact. A dashboard widget shows how many times readers expanded your content, in the last 24 hours and all time.

🎁 Free version, everything you need to start

Instant Read More and Read Less – expand and collapse with no page refresh
100% SEO-friendly – hidden text stays in the initial HTML and is fully crawlable
Reading progress and resume – show a progress bar and send returning readers back to where they left off
Engagement widget – see how often people expand your content, right on your WordPress dashboard
Smooth scroll to the content you just opened
Print optimization – everything auto-expands when a page is printed
Styleable button – colors, borders, padding and font weight to match your brand
Works everywhere – a Gutenberg block plus a shortcode for any builder
Accessible by default – ARIA, keyboard support (Enter and Space), screen-reader friendly
Clean and safe – no inline JavaScript, full sanitization, and assets load only where they are used

Simple shortcode usage: `[read more] Your long text [/read]`. It works anywhere – pages, posts, products, widgets and templates.

🚀 Pro version, the full content and growth toolkit

Get Pro here, with a 3-day free trial.

AI Answer Optimizer (AEO) – publish an llms.txt index and ping IndexNow the second you hit update, so AI engines and Bing recrawl in minutes, not weeks. Accordions ship as valid FAQ schema for rich results.
Engagement to ad platforms – send an expand, unlock or conversion event to GA4, Meta Pixel, Google Ads or Google Tag Manager, and retarget the readers who actually engaged.
Paragraph auto-collapse – hide everything from the Nth paragraph onward across your whole site, retroactively, with zero shortcodes. Built for cleaning up hundreds of old posts.
🔒 Content Locker – readers unlock hidden content with an email or a social share. Built-in Mailchimp, Brevo, MailPoet and webhook integrations, with leads stored locally. Turn your best content into a list-building engine.
🤖 AI Summaries (TL;DR) – auto-generate a concise summary of any post using your own OpenAI, Claude or Gemini key. Generated once per post, never per visitor, so it never runs up your API bill.
💳 Teaser Paywall – fade out content for non-members with a “continue reading” prompt. Soft (SEO-safe) or hard mode.
📊 Real Analytics Dashboard – per-page and per-button clicks, unlocks, leads and CTA conversions, a daily trend, date ranges and CSV export. Cache-proof tracking that works with WP Rocket and Cloudflare.
🧪 A/B Testing – test up to 5 button texts and apply the winning one with a single click.
⚡ Auto-Apply – collapse long posts, pages, products and even WooCommerce category descriptions sitewide, with zero shortcodes.
📑 Auto-Collapse Sections + Table of Contents – turn every H2/H3 into an accordion with an automatic table of contents and deep links (Wikipedia mode).
♻️ Global Content Blocks – write shipping, size or returns info once and reuse it across hundreds of pages: `[read block=”shipping-info”]`.
🎯 Engaged-User CTA – show an offer the moment a reader expands content, with tracked conversions.
🧱 Gutenberg InnerBlocks Block – hide ANY blocks (images, galleries, embeds), not just text.
🧩 Native Elementor Widget – full live-preview controls, no shortcodes.
✂️ Truncate Mode – `[read limit=”80″]` shows the first 80 words and hides the rest, HTML-safe.
🔐 GDPR Mode – zero external font and CDN requests for privacy-first sites.
20 Button Templates – one-click professional styles (Modern Blue, Glassmorphism, Neon Glow and more), no CSS needed
9 Animation Types – fade, slide, flip, zoom, bounce, rotate, scale and elastic, with customizable duration (0-2000ms)
Accordion / FAQ Mode – with valid FAQPage schema for rich results in Google: `[read mode=”accordion” accordion_id=”faq1″]`
Conditional Display Rules – time-based, scroll-triggered, device-filter and role-based content
Font Awesome Icons (6,000+) and Google Fonts integration
Advanced Styling – gradients, typography controls (size, line height, letter spacing, transform) and border radius
Lazy Loading – load heavy hidden content only when it is expanded, for faster initial page loads
GA4, Meta, Google Ads and Custom Events – fire conversion events into your ad and analytics platforms when readers engage, plus `rmwr:expand` JavaScript events you can hook into GTM or your own scripts
Deep Linking, Remember State and an Expand/Collapse All button (`[read_all]`)
Settings Import/Export – perfect for agencies rolling out to many sites

📋 Free vs PRO:

Included in both versions:

Basic Show/Hide – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro
Custom Colors and Styling – ✅ Free (basic) | ✅ Pro (advanced)
Smooth Scroll – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro (configurable offset)
Print Optimization – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro
Fade Animation – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro (9 animation types)
Reading progress bar and resume – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro
Engagement dashboard widget – ✅ Free | ✅ Pro

PRO-only:

Content Locker (email / social unlock) – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Teaser Paywall – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
AI Summaries (OpenAI / Claude / Gemini) – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
AI Answer Optimizer (llms.txt, IndexNow, FAQ schema) – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Engagement events to GA4 / Meta / Google Ads – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Real Analytics Dashboard + CSV export – 👁️ Free (teaser) | ✅ Pro
A/B Testing – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Auto-Apply (sitewide + WooCommerce categories) – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Auto-Collapse Sections + Table of Contents – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Global reusable Content Blocks – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
20 Button Templates – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
9 Animation Types – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Accordion/FAQ Mode with Schema – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Conditional Display Rules – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Font Awesome + Google Fonts – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Gutenberg InnerBlocks Block + Elementor Widget – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Truncate Mode + GDPR Mode – 👁️ Free (preview) | ✅ Pro
Deep Linking, Remember State, Import/Export – ❌ Free | ✅ Pro

👁️ = shown in the free settings (disabled) so you can see exactly what PRO unlocks.

💰 Why go Pro

Turn readers into leads. The content locker builds your email list from the content people already want.
Get cited by AI, not skipped. AEO, llms.txt and FAQ schema put your answers in front of ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.
Spend ad budget on people who care. Send real engagement to GA4, Meta and Google Ads, then retarget them.
Clean up years of content in an afternoon. Paragraph and word auto-collapse run sitewide, WooCommerce category text included, with no shortcodes.
Know what works. A real analytics dashboard and A/B testing show what readers actually open and click.
Roll out to every site. Reusable blocks and settings import/export are built for agencies and stores.
Get answers fast. Priority support for Pro users.

If the free plugin already earns its place on your site, Pro pays for itself the first time it captures a lead, saves you an afternoon of manual edits, or gets one post picked up by an AI answer engine. You can try it free for 3 days.

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