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  fannysloa · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 10:38 am

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  I know that paying will open a whole new world of plugins etc. But I am new to blogging, and I really want an expandable box in my blog posts.

  I have tried the <details>-code, but that seems a bit wonky, and it makes the youtube/vimeo content I originally wanted to hide under the expansion not show up at all.

  Is there any hope of doing this, or should I just go to blogger or other services?

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  avydun · Staff · Nov 16, 2017 at 1:56 pm

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  What do you mean when you say “expandable box”? Can you rephrase your question, please? It’s not very clear in its current format.

  I can do my best to help further from there.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 16, 2017 at 2:14 pm

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  Hi –

  What is your blog’s address? Can you tell me more about the “expandable box” idea? Or do you have an example on another site that I could take a peek at? Thanks!

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  fannysloa · Member · Nov 17, 2017 at 6:24 am

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  I haven’t published anything on my blog yet, as I didn’t get it to work in the preview the way I want it to.

  By expandable box, I mean something like this:
  https://wet-boew.github.io/wet-boew-legacy/v3.1/demos/details/expandcollapseall-en.html
  As you can see, the codes are hidden until the button is clicked, then a box appears, with a different colour, as to indicate separation from the rest of the site (can be fixed with blockquote).

  From what I can read online/via google, this feature is possible for the paid version of wordpress, where people can install plugins to fix it for them, but in the free-version you have to go for the <details>-code, which seems to remove the functionality of adding videos from youtube/vimeo.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 17, 2017 at 2:25 pm

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  Good morning –

  Thanks for the details. You could likely do this with a plugin on the business plan. Otherwise, take a look at what code is and is not permitted on WordPress.com:

  Add Code to Your Site

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  timethief · Member · Nov 17, 2017 at 10:17 pm

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  Unless you have a wordpress.COM hosted site with a Business plan https://wordpress.com/pricing/ you cannot install any plugins in addition to those that are built in to all of our sites, and you cannot install third party or custom themes.

  There is no FTP access to wordpress.COM hosted sites.

  Please read:
  FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  Blogger installed plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  Uploading Custom Themes or Third Party Themes
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  Business Plan
  http://wordpress.com/pricing
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/business-plan/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/seo-tools/

  Also note that if you upgrade to a Business plan and install plugins, and then downgrade to a lower plan, the plugins and all features unique to the Business plan will no longer be available for your use.