Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce and Responsive Tabs Builder – Smart Tabs (formerly WP Tabs)

Responsive WooCommerce Product Tabs & WordPress Tabs Builder Plugin Smart Tabs (formerly WP Tabs) is a tab plugin designed for both WooCommerce and WordPress. It provides responsive tab layouts and customization options to create WooCommerce product tabs and WordPress tabs with no coding required. 🖥 Live Demo | 📖 Documentation | 🛟 Support Key Benefits:

• Organize rich content and keep shoppers engaged
• Save space and reduce scrolling with clean tabbed layouts
• Let visitors see everything at a glance
• Improve navigation with contextual tabs
• Boost engagement and drive more sales

Key Features List:

• WooCommerce Custom Product Tabs – Add custom product tabs to product pages
• WooCommerce Suggested Product Tabs – Showcase related & complementary items for cross-sells
• Pre-made Tab Layouts – Create tabs in one click
• Responsive Mobile Tabs – Tabs convert to full-width or accordion style on smaller screens
• Nested / Multi-level Tabs – Structure content with tabs inside tabs
• Flexible Tab Navigation – Switch tabs by clicking or mouseover
• Drag & Drop Ordering – Reorder tabs easily by drag-and-drop, ID, title, or date
• Tab Animations & Hover Effects – Add animations for interactions
• Tabs Alignment Options – Left, right, top, bottom, center, or justified

Key Compatibility:

• Works with major themes, WooCommerce plugins, and page builders
• Multisite Supported – Activate network-wide or per site
• Multilingual & RTL Ready – Compatible with WPML, Polylang, WeGlot, Loco Translate, TranslatePress, GTranslate, qTranslate-x, and more

Upgrade to Smart Tabs Pro Smart Tabs Pro is a premium version that extends the functionality of the free plugin with additional features for WooCommerce product tabs and WordPress tabs. 🏆 What You Can Do with Smart Tabs Pro⚡ ✅ WooCommerce Product Tabs: Add custom tabs and accordions globally or individually, positioned below or beside the product gallery. ✅ Override Tabs Per Products: Create different content for specific products by overriding tabs while adding or editing products. ✅ Custom Content Tabs: Create tabs with any type of content: texts, images, videos, shortcodes, and more. ✅ Post Tabs: Build tabs displaying posts filtered by various taxonomies. ✅ Horizontal and Vertical Tabs: Shape Horizontal & Vertical tabs with left and right placement options. ✅ Nested/Multilevel Tabs: Add tabs within other tabs. ✅ Tabs Carousels (Scrollable Tabs): Create scrollable tab carousels to display multiple tabs in a single row. 🏆 WooCommerce Product Tabs: 👉 Tabs Templates and Layouts: Access pre-designed tab layouts for your product pages. 👉 Product Tabs with Product Image Galleries: Include image galleries in tabs with grid or masonry layouts and adjustable column settings. 👉 Video Tab: Add video content to showcase reviews, tutorials, and promotions. Supported video platforms:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Wistia
• TikTok
• Self-hosted videos

👉 FAQ Tab: Include an FAQ section to address common customer questions. 👉 Contact Form Tab: Add a contact form to capture leads and inquiries. 👉 Download Tab: Provide access to all essential documents like technical specs, guides, warranties, charts, and more in one dedicated tab. 👉 Product-Specific Tabs: Add tabs to specific products, categories, or brands. 👉 Product Tabs as Accordion Layout: Display tabs in an accordion format for better space utilization. 👉 Hide or Override (Edit) Tabs Per Product: Hide or modify tabs for specific products as needed. 👉 Custom Related Products Tabs: Add related products tabs without relying on category or tag matching. 🏆 WordPress Tabs Features: 👉 Display Posts in Tabs: Organize blog posts, news, and pages into tabs with filtering options. 👉 Image & Video Gallery Tabs: Create image and video galleries within tabs. 👉 Tab Icons: Choose from FontAwesome icons or upload custom icons. 👉 Tab Connecting Arrow or Indicator: Add visual indicators connecting tabs to their content. 👉 Animations and Effects: Apply animations and hover effects to tabs. 👉 Responsive Design: Tabs automatically convert to accordions on mobile devices. 👉 Deep Links: Add deep links within tabs to direct users to specific content. 👉 Customization Options: Access extensive styling options including Google Fonts and design settings.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• PHP 7.2 or later
• MySQL 5.6 or later
• WordPress 5.0 or later

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION (EASIEST WAY) To do an automatic install of Smart Tabs, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu, and click. Add New. In the search field, type "Smart Tabs" by ShapedPlugin. Once you have found it, you can install it by simply clicking "Install Now" and then "Activate". MANUAL INSTALLATION Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

• Download wp-expand-tabs-free.zip
• Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
• Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
• Select wp-expand-tabs-free.zip from your computer
• Click ‘Install Now’
• Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

• Download wp-expand-tabs-free.zip
• Extract the wp-expand-tabs-free directory to your computer
• Upload the wp-expand-tabs-free directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to install a WordPress plugin.

3.0.1 - Aug 22, 2025

• Fix: The Woo Product Tab (deprecated) option did not show for specific products.

3.0.0 - Aug 16, 2025

• New: Dedicated Product Tabs for WooCommerce feature.
• New: 2 Stunning Tab Types (Content, Products) added for the Product Tabs.
• New: The Tabs Layout: Horizontal Top option has been added for the product tab.
• New: A lot of customization options for Woo product tabs.
• New: The Exclude Tabs from specific products option.
• New: The Product Tabs option to enable/disable in the plugin settings page.
• New: Tabs Layout: Horizontal Bottom
• New: Tabs Alignment: Center, Justified.
• New: Tab Name BG Color Type: Gradient.
• Improved: The WP Tabs Pro is renamed to Smart Tabs.
• Dev: The plugin requires a minimum PHP version of 7.2.
• Tested: WordPress 6.8.2 compatibility.
• Tested: Smart Tabs is compatible with popular themes (Blocksy, GeneratePress, Hello Elementor, Kadence, Neve, OceanWP, PopularFX, Storefront, Divi).

2.2.14 - Jul 24, 2025

• Improved: The plugin's accessibility has been improved
• Fix: Some WPCS-related warnings.

2.2.13 - Jun 05, 2025

• Improved: The plugin security has been improved.

2.2.12 - May 23, 2025

• Improved: The plugin security for the import export feature.
• Tested: WordPress 6.8.1 compatibility.

2.2.11 - Apr 16, 2025

• Fix: The mismatched text domain issue.
• Fix: The extra gap issue below the WP Tabs block select option.
• Update: The language (.pot) file.
• Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.

2.2.10 - Mar 27, 2025

• Improved: The Woo Product Tabs feature will show translated versions of tabs on the translated product page.
• Fix: The Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly.
• Fix: The recommended plugins logo issue.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Tested: WordPress 6.7.2 compatibility.

2.2.9 - Dec 02, 2024

• Fix: The text domain-related deprecated warning was found with WP 6.7.1.
• Tested: WP 6.7.1 compatibility.

2.2.8 - Nov 21, 2024

• Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.

2.2.7 - Nov 12, 2024

• Improved: The plugin security has been improved.
• Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

2.2.6 - Oct 14, 2024

• Fix: A few strings were not translatable.
• Fix: The PHP 7.2 compatibility issue.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Tested: WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.

2.2.5 - Aug 27, 2024

• Fix: The warning when the tab title border width is set to 0 or empty.

2.2.4 - Aug 23, 2024

• New: The WooCommerce Additional Tabs feature.
• New: Hooks 'sp_wp_tabs_title_allowed_tags' and 'sp_wp_tabs_desc_allowed_tags' were added to the modified allowed tags as needed.
• Improved: The plugin security.
• Improved: The plugin options and backend UI were enhanced.
• Improved: The "How to Use Shortcode" section moved to the right sidebar.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Fix: Some string translation issues.
• Fix: The label tag warning is on the tab.
• Tested: WordPress 6.6.1 compatibility.

2.2.3 - Apr 01, 2024

• Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-CLI command.
• Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

2.2.2 - Jan 23, 2024

• Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
• Fix: Few RTL Style issues on the plugin page.
• Tested: WordPress 6.4.2 compatibility.

2.2.1 - Nov 02, 2023

• Improved: The plugin security.
• Fix: Few PHPCS warnings found with PHP8.2.
• Removed: The deprecated [ir_item], [tr_tabs], and [tabs] shortcodes from the plugin.
• Tested: WordPress 6.4 compatibility.

2.2.0 - Oct 06, 2023

• New: The Tab Animation feature.
• New: The Expand and Collapse Icon Show/Hide option for the accordion mode of the tab in mobile view.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Improved: Plugin UI and UX improved.
• Improved: The tooltip/help text of plugin options to make them more user-friendly.
• Improved: The import feature with animation.
• Improved: The margin-bottom option for the Tabs Section Title moved to the Typography tab.
• Fix: The accessibility issue of the plugin.
• Tested: WordPress 6.3.1 compatibility.

2.1.21 - Aug 28, 2023

• Fix: The responsive CSS of the video iframe in tab content should not work on the map iframe.
• Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.

2.1.20 - Jul 06, 2023

• New: A hook 'sp_tab_content_markdown_to_html' to enable markdown support.
• Fix: The Gutenberg Block preview shows the preloader on the second reload.
• Fix: The compatibility issue with WordPress v4.7
• Fix: Some RTL style issues.
• Tested: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

2.1.19 - May 01, 2023

• Fix: Translation with WPML's Translation Editor does not work perfectly.
• Tested: WordPress 6.2 compatibility.

2.1.18 - Mar 15, 2023

• New: The Allow Iframe/Script Tags option in the import panel of the plugin.
• New: Multiple br tags in tab content support.
• Fix: The alignment of the Iframe in tab content does not work.
• Fix: Iframe does not show in tab content with the Twenty Twenty theme.
• Fix: The Import option does not work when the tab has iframe or script tags.
• Removed: The hook 'sp_wp_tabs_allow_import_tags' was removed as an option added.

2.1.17 - Jan 05, 2023

• New: Allow to skip responsive CSS from the iframe by adding the 'skip' class to the iframe.
• Improved: Plugin security improved.
• Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.

2.1.16 - Dec 09, 2022

• Improved: Load Stylesheets in the header based on shortcodes on the page.
• Fix: Minor styling issue of nested tab inside a tab.

2.1.15 - Nov 09, 2022

• Fix: Extra padding in tab navigation. Tag in preview.
• Improved: Plugin security improved.
• Tested: WordPress 6.1 compatibility.

2.1.14 - Aug 30, 2022

• Fix: Few Deprecated JS warnings on the plugin admin page.

2.1.13 - Aug 01, 2022

• Updated: Live Demo page & Landing page link.

2.1.12 - Jul 20, 2022

• Fix: Elementor addon icon does not show along with the Easy Accordion Pro plugin.

2.1.11 - Jun 15, 2022

• New: Elementor Addon to show WP Tabs on the Elementor edit page
• Improved: The responsive video in WP Tab content
• Fix: The premium page warnings.
• Fix: Conflict with Bootstrap 5.
• Fix: Scroll issue if the mouse on hover is enabled.

2.1.10 - May 17, 2022

• Tested: WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
• Fix: Extra p tag added in ul tag after saving accordion shortcode multiple times.
• Fix: Multiple tabs break down into two lines, then these tabs take up space.
• Fix: CSS warning for the margin-bottom of the section title when it has no value in the backend field.

2.1.9 - May 06, 2022

• Fix: URL in tab content does not work.

2.1.8 - Apr 30, 2022

• Improved: SVG preloading icon has been added as a preloader image.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Fix: Some assets of the backend are not loaded properly when the hosting directory is different.
• Fix: RTL Slider direction issue.

2.1.7 - Apr 19, 2022

• Fix: Tab accordion mode does not work in the Twenty-Twenty theme.
• Fix: Media formatting/alignment issues.

2.1.6 - Mar 28, 2022

• New: Gutenberg Block for WP Tabs.
• Fix: An undefined variable warning ($review) when Review Notice has been dismissed.
• Fix: Problem with iframe embed.
• Removed: The TinyMCE button from the classic editor.

2.1.5 - Jan 26, 2022

• Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

2.1.4 - Jan 15, 2022

• New: A hook 'sp_wp_tabs_ui_permission' added for UI permission.
• Improved: Plugin security.
• Fix: Export/Import Issue.

2.1.3 - Dec 21, 2021

• Fix: Assets loading issue.
• Fix: Appearance panel CSS conflict issue.
• Remove: The filter hook the_content for tab content.
• Fix: Some minor issues.

2.1.2 - Dec 11, 2021

• Improved: Settings page “Save Changes” and “Reset Tab” button.
• Removed: “Reset All” button.

2.1.1 - Nov 28, 2021

• New: Tab anchoring feature is added.
• Improved: Security filter improved.
• Improved: Custom CSS option improved.
• Fix: Self-hosted video issue fixed.
• Fix: Padding in the ul issue fixed.
• Fix: Contact Form 7 compatibility issue resolved.
• Fix: Underline from the ul of tab content removed.
• Fix: Several minor tweaks.

2.1.0 - Oct 28, 2021

• New: Shortcode live preview option.
• Fix: Several minor issues.

2.0.15 - Sep 22, 2021

• Fix: Conflict with Bootstrap v4.

2.0.14 - Sep 06, 2021

• Improved: Plugin security.
• Fix: Iframe issue.
• Fix: Text domain issue.

2.0.13 - Jul 13, 2021

• Fix: Tab content excludes the style tag issue.
• Tested: WordPress 5.8 compatibility.

2.0.12 - Jul 12, 2021

• New: Auto p tag remove hook(sp_wp_tabs_autop_remove) added.
• Fix: Iframe doesn't render in the frontend, and the embedded code is deleted once I update the shortcode.

2.0.11 - Jun 09, 2021

• New: Export and Import option.

2.0.10 - Apr 19, 2021

• Improved: Dynamic version added for admin scripts & styles.
• Fix: Premium page responsive issue.

2.0.9 - Mar 25, 2021

• Improved: Pro version compatibility

2.0.8 - Mar 18, 2021

• New: Shortcode onClick copy option.
• Improved: Dashboard Generator Settings panel.
• Improved: Settings page.
• Improved: Help page.
• Tested: WordPress 5.7 compatibility.

2.0.7 - Jan 02, 2021

• Tested: WordPress 5.6 compatibility.

2.0.6 - Aug 19, 2020

• Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatibility issue.

2.0.5 - Jul 07, 2020

• New: Tabs duplicate option.
• Fix: Tab title width issue.
• Fix: Small screen full-width tabs issue.

2.0.4 - Jan 08, 2020

• Improved: Tab description border option.

2.0.3 - Dec 05, 2019

• Fix: HTTP and HTTPS mixed content issue.

2.0.2 - Oct 08, 2019

• Fix: Conflict with Bootstrap.

2.0.1 - Oct 02, 2019

• New: Widget added.
• Improved: Admin panel.

2.0.0 - Sep 21, 2019

• New: Shortcode Generator.
• New: 2 Tab positions (left and right).
• New: 30+ Styling customization options.
• New: Drag & drop tab items.
• New: Tab items – sorting, clone, and delete options.
• New: Event or Action–supports click/mouseover.
• New: HTML title tag (H1-H6 tags) option.
• New: Tab title background, active, and hover color.
• New: Tab title color, active, and hover color.
• New: Tab title padding, border, and border radius.
• New: Tabs description padding, border, and background color.
• New: Option Strip all HTML tags of tab content.
• New: Tabs set section title and its margin option.
• New: The custom margin between tabs option.
• New: Mobile versions–tabs screen size and tabs mode.
• New: Preloader option.
• New: Clean up data option (when the plugin is deleted).
• New: Custom CSS field to override styles.
• Improved: Admin dashboard UI.

1.0

• First Release