Bellows Pro – WP Accordion Menu from the makers of UberMenu (Seven Spark)

Navigating complex, multi-level website content often frustrates mobile users, leading to high bounce rates and lost conversions. This responsive accordion menu system provides an elegant, space-saving solution to organize extensive site structures. Developed by the team behind UberMenu, this tool helps visitors find specific information quickly through a clean, collapsible vertical layout.

Key Advantages for Website Navigation

Providing a smooth user journey is essential for modern websites. This plugin simplifies complex architectures while giving you complete creative control over the visual presentation.

Highly Customizable Layouts

• Pre-Built Visual Themes: Access over 20 unique skins to match your website design instantly, or build a custom look using the native WordPress Customizer.
• Hierarchical Content Display: Present deep page structures, categories, and custom taxonomies in a clean, collapsible format.
• Rich Media Integration: Enhance standard text links by adding custom icons, descriptive images, widget areas, and custom HTML content directly inside the accordion folds.

Developer-Friendly Setup & Deployment

• Flexible Integration Methods: Implement the menu anywhere on your site using shortcodes, dedicated widgets, or direct PHP template snippets.
• Intuitive Menu Generator: Configure, adjust, and preview your accordion menus in real-time from the WordPress admin dashboard before publishing.
• Automated Menu Generation: Build lists manually through the standard WordPress menu interface, or set up automatic generation based on post types or taxonomy hierarchies.

Resources & Reference Links

• Official Website: wpaccordionmenu.com
• Documentation Guide: sevenspark.com/docs/bellows
• WordPress Repository Page: wordpress.org/plugins/bellows-accordion-menu

Release Notes & Version History

v1.2.1

• Added bellows_auto_terms_query_args filter for advanced query customization.
• Added bellows_auto_posts_query_args filter to control post queries.
• Added bellows_auto_post_title filter for flexible title overrides.
• Added bellows_auto_term_title filter to modify term titles programmatically.
• Improved support for Right-to-Left (RTL) languages.
• Fixed active state assignment for menu items without submenus when the default state is set to open.

v1.2

• Introduced Force Override Filters setting to prevent theme and plugin conflicts with menu output.
• Added Depth/Level limit setting for the Terms Autopopulator.
• Added a global configuration option to set the default submenu state to open or closed.
• Added item-level settings to override default open or closed states for individual submenus.
• Added bellows_menu_item_data filter for custom data manipulation.
• Enhanced rendering to force divider borders when visual skins are disabled but submenu dividers are active.
• Added bellows_link_attributes filter for deep link customization.

v1.1

• Exposed open and close submenu functions to the external API for custom development.
• Forced parent submenus of active items to remain open even if specific active classes are missing.
• Added submenu item padding controls inside the Customizer.
• Added submenu font size controls inside the Customizer.
• Configured disabled links to function as interactive toggles for opening and closing submenus.
• Resolved an issue with applying menu item classes to terms in automated taxonomy structures.

v1.0

• Initial Release.