Justin Tadlock

<p>Whistles was not born as “just another tabs plugin”.  It was born out of the idea that we need to get rid of all other plugins like this and start from scratch.</p>
<p>It seems to me that tabs plugins have been clunky and extremely hard to use over the years.  Whistles seeks to rectify this by making it easy to manage tabs, toggles, accordions, and other things that need to be embedded into a page.</p>
<h3>So, what is Whistles? Are whistles? Can you whistle?</h3>
<p>Whistles is a plugin that creates a new content type called “whistle” and a new taxonomy called “whistle group”.  The plugin allows you to create individual whistles and organize them into whistle groups however you see fit.  Then, it allows you to embed whistle groups into posts using the <code>[whistles]</code> shortcode or adding it via the Whistles widget.</p>
<p>You can also decide how you want to display your whistles.  In the current version of the plugin, they can be displayed as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tabs</li>
<li>Toggles</li>
<li>Accordions</li>
</ul>
<p>The great thing about this method is that you’re pretty much able to put whatever content you want into your whistles.  It’s no different than writing a post or page.  You can insert text, images, media, and even other shortcodes.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>“Whistles” screen in the admin under “Appearance” for creating whistles.</li>
<li>“Whistle Groups” screen in the admin under “Appearance” for organizing whistles.</li>
<li><code>[whistles]</code> shortcode for displaying whistles.</li>
<li>“Add Whistles” media button above the post content editor for inserting whistles.</li>
<li>“Whistles” widget under the “Appearance > Widgets” admin screen.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Professional Support</h3>
<p>If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access the support forums at <a href="http://themehybrid.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme Hybrid</a>, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 40,000+ users (and growing).</p>
<h3>Plugin Development</h3>
<p>If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s <a href="https://github.com/justintadlock/whistles" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>Yes, I do accept donations.  If you want to buy me a beer or whatever, you can do so from my <a href="http://themehybrid.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">donations page</a>.  I appreciate all donations, no matter the size.  Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.</p>


Whistles

Tabs, toggles, accordions, and all that jazz. Bells and whistles done right.

Gary Jones

Brady Vercher

Cedaro

<p>For those times when you’re too lazy to visit the Plugins screen to toggle a plugin on or off.</p>
<p>It’s also helpful when troubleshooting:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This simple plugin is awesome, especially when it comes to diagnosing problems. One of the tenants of troubleshooting WordPress is to disable every plugin and re-enable them one by one in a process of elimination.</p>
<p>Generally, this is accomplished by having the plugin management page in one browser tab with the front end of the website in another.  When a plugin is deactivated, switch browser tabs and refresh to see if the problem disappears. Depending on the speed of your site and the number of plugins installed, this can be a cumbersome experience.</p>
<p>— <a href="https://wptavern.com/plugin-toggle-turns-wordpress-admin-bar-into-shortcut-to-enabledisable-plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Chandler, <em>WP Tavern</em></a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Additional Resources</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/plugin-toggle#postform" rel="ugc">Write a review</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/cedaro/plugin-toggle" rel="nofollow ugc">Contribute on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/cedaroco" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow @cedaroco</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cedaro.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=link&utm_content=plugin-toggle-readme&utm_campaign=plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit Cedaro</a></li>
</ul>


Plugin Toggle

Simply yet effective. Very useful plugin. Thanks for developing this plugin is excellent.

One of the most needed plugin for the theme developers


I found this looking for a way to toggle Query Monitor to only use when debugging speed issues, since Query Monitor is a best of a plugin, an you don't want it running all the time, since it does cause significant Admin slowdown while using.



Same of many other Admin or infrequent use plugins. You want them installed, ready for occasional use, but not in day to day operations. 



Other's useful to know and toggle: Code Profiler, Black Bar, Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall, Wider Admin Menu (sometimes overlaps some plugins not recognising this tweak), User Switching, Index WP MySWL for Speed, and many other occasional use plugins.



Thank you for your service. Another great example of how Wordpress's vast community hive-mind experiences and solves. 👍



PS: Be even more amazing if you could make it work with the other very helpful "Plugin Groups".


Genius! Essential for rapid development & testing plugins

Quickly toggle plugin activation status from the toolbar.

Whistles vs Plugin Toggle