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Best WordPress Plugins for Read More

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Read More

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for read more comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Read More Without Refresh Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Text Unfold For Elementor 82/100
  3. 3. Read More Excerpt Link 76/100
  4. 4. Read More WP 76/100
  5. 5. Simply Excerpts 73/100
  6. 6. Show/Hide Shortcode 61/100
  7. 7. Easy Custom Auto Excerpt 58/100
  8. 8. Ozh' Better Feed 58/100
  9. 9. PE Recent Posts 52/100
  10. 10. StripTease 48/100
  11. 11. Read More Right Here 47/100
  12. 12. Gosign 47/100
  13. 13. Read More Login 47/100
  14. 14. Remove More Jump 46/100
  15. 15. Relink 46/100
1 Read More Without Refresh
Best overall Free by George Gkouvousis

Read More Without Refresh

Expand hidden content without a page refresh. 100% SEO-friendly and crawlable, now with accordion/FAQ schema, content locker, teaser paywall, AI summa …

4.2★
from 55 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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2 Text Unfold For Elementor
Free by FullStackWP

Text Unfold For Elementor

Unfold Text is a straightforward yet powerful add-on for Elementor that allows you to expand and collapse text with ease.

4.6★
from 7 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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4 Read More WP
Free by Bolton Studios LLC

Read More WP

Create excerpts and hide text with an elegant toggle button to show more.

5★
from 1 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
76

WPScore

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5 Simply Excerpts
Free by A. Jones

Simply Excerpts

A simple plugin for exceprts that allows you to change the word count and to replace the elipsis (...) with text. Not compatible with all themes.

5★
from 2 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
73

WPScore

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6 Show/Hide Shortcode
Free by Lars Wallenborn

Show/Hide Shortcode

Small and efficient plugin implementing dynamic "Show more..." links. Just use the [showhide] shortcode, there is no addition to the backend.

5★
from 3 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
61

WPScore

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7 Easy Custom Auto Excerpt
Free by todiadiyatmo

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

Auto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …

4.5★
from 151 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2024
Tested to
WP 6.5.10
58

WPScore

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8 Ozh' Better Feed
Free by Ozh

Ozh' Better Feed

Your feed, on steroids : add a custom footer to RSS items with, for example, a copyright notice, a "Read More (400 words)" links, an "A …

5★
from 2 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2010
Tested to
WP 9.9
58

WPScore

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9 PE Recent Posts
Free by DJ-Extensions.com

PE Recent Posts

The simple plugin that allows you to display image slides with title, description and read more linked to posts from selected category.

4.9★
from 11 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2021
Tested to
WP 5.8.15
52

WPScore

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10 StripTease
Free by Guy

StripTease

Strips the #more fragments from the end of Read More teaser links so they link to full posts.

5★
from 5 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2022
Tested to
WP 5.9.16
48

WPScore

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11 Read More Right Here
Free by Wooliet

Read More Right Here

Automatically transform your 'more' links into "view right here" links that immediately display the rest of your entry.

5★
from 3 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2012
Tested to
WP 3.3.2
47

WPScore

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12 Gosign
Free by Gosign

Gosign

Create Read More Toggle Text Block block with Latest Wordpress Gutenberg options and configurations.

5★
from 1 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
May 2022
Tested to
WP 6.0.14
47

WPScore

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13 Read More Login
Free by arildur

Read More Login

Put a combined read more/login/registration form in your posts and pages. The visitors must log in or sign up to read more.

4.4★
from 7 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2021
Tested to
WP 5.8.15
47

WPScore

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14 Remove More Jump
Free by Bjørn Johansen

Remove More Jump

Removes the anchor from the permalinks ("read more"-links), so you don't jump halfway down the page.

5★
from 4 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2016
Tested to
WP 4.6.30
46

WPScore

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15 Relink
Free by nechehin

Relink

Insert links to other posts in content as shortcode and render it with custom template. Default template located at wp-content/plugins/relink/template …

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2020
Tested to
WP 5.5.20
46

WPScore

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