Title: openfirst not working Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # openfirst not working * Resolved [crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/) * (@crispy24) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/) * Hello, When I use the openfirst=”true” attribute, it opens all the items, not just the first one. What do I have to do to make it work? I disabled the openall attribute, but it’s still not working. * Thank you! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Thread Starter [crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/) * (@crispy24) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077727) * Ok, I have this: * > [accordion openfirst=”true” clicktoclose=”true” openall=”false”] * When I go to the page where the accordion is, all the items are open. I press on a heading to close the contents of that accordion item and when I press it again to open it, the rest of the items close. Then, whenever I press on a heading to open that item, the rest of the items are closed. That is ok, but the problem is when I go to that page for the first time and all the items are open. * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077737) * Hmmm. There seems to be a bug with the `openfirst` attribute. Let me look into it further and I’ll let you know what I find out/push an update. * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077747) * Are you able to check the version of the `accordion.js` JavaScript file as well as the version of jQuery that is loading? If you view source on the page, near the bottom you should see something like: `accordion.min.js?ver=1.3.1`. That is the accordion JavaScript, and you should see something like `jquery.js?ver =1.11.0` for jQuery. Can you also please make sure that only one copy of jQuery is loading. * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077799) * One last thing to double check: can you please ensure that you have the closing`[/ accordion]` shortcode at the end of your shortcodes block. Something like: * ``` [accordion openfirst="true" clicktoclose="true" openall="false"] [accordion-item title="Title"]Content[/accordion-item] [/accordion] ``` * Thread Starter [crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/) * (@crispy24) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077804) * I checked the versions of the files and they are like you wrote them. I also deactivated some plugins to see if there were conflicts between them, but I didn’t solve anything. In the source file I have 3 jQuery files: * > wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.11.0 > wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate. > min.js?ver=1.2.1 wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/jquery.form. > min.js?ver=3.50.0-2014.02.05 * Could these cause the problem? I checked if I closed the shortcode tags and they are closed. * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077827) * Those three jQuery related files shouldn’t be causing an issue. Is it possible for you to provide a link to the page? * Thread Starter [crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/) * (@crispy24) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077829) * Unfortunately, I can’t. The website is still under construction, so it’s only visible to the admin. * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077834) * It’s tough to diagnose without looking at the code. Can you check the HTML output for the accordions and make sure it looks something like what I have below. I need to make sure it’s generating the right nesting of the various `div` tags. * ```

First Accordion

Accordion 1 content.

Second Accordion

``` * Also, could you check near the bottom for a script tag containing something take looks like what I have below. It should be in a script tag just above the `accordion. js` file. Just want to make sure it’s passing the right settings along to the JavaScript file. * ``` var accordionSettings = { "autoClose":"1", "openFirst":"1", "openAll":"", "clickToClose":"1", "scroll":"" }; ``` * [Jess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcophoto/) * (@jcophoto) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077852) * I am having an issue with my site and “OpenFirst”. It is not opening the first accordion at all. Example; portland.jcophoto.com/weddings * My accordions are also closing right after I open them! * Thread Starter [crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/) * (@crispy24) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077853) * I finally found out what the problem was. I checked the HTML code like you asked me to. The first accordion item was alright, but the next ones were inside a div with a clear:both style. I commented out those divs and it worked. I’m not sure why it didn’t “like” those divs, as the accordion item tags were opened after them, but it’s good that it works now. I guess nesting the accordion divs is not a good thing to do. Thank you very much for your help and patience! * Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * (@philbuchanan) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077856) * [@crispy24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crispy24/): Glad to hear it’s working now. * [@jcophoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcophoto/): I looked at the code on your page and from what I can tell, it looks like you haven’t set the `openfirst` attribute on your opening `[accordion]` shortcode. My guess is that you either haven’t added the attribute properly (it should look like this: `[accordion openfirst =true]...[/accordion]`) or you have a conflicting plugin installed that is using the same `accordion` name for shortcodes, so my plugins settings are getting whipped out. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘openfirst not working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/accordion-shortcodes.svg) * [Accordion Shortcodes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accordion-shortcodes/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accordion-shortcodes/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accordion-shortcodes/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accordion-shortcodes/reviews/) ## Tags * [attribute](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/attribute/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/) * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openfirst-not-working/#post-5077856) * Status: resolved