Simple jQuery Accordion to be added to a Wordpress theme instead of being wasteful and using a bulky plugin. This is discussed in detail in the blog post here - http://blogs.valpo.edu/systems/2012/01/12/simple-jquery-accordian-menu-for-wordpress/
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div {
background-color: #b5aba1;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul,
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border: none;
list-style: none;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul a {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 10px center;
padding: 5px 10px 10px 0px;
margin-left: 32px;
text-decoration:none;
display: block;
color: #ffffff;
font-weight: bold;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul ul a {
font-weight: bold;
color:#554f4a;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul, div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul, div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border: none;
list-style: none;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul a {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 10px center;
padding: 5px 10px 10px 0px;
margin-left: 32px;
text-decoration:none;
display: block;
color: #ffffff;
font-weight: bold;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul ul a {
font-weight: bold;
color:#554f4a;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul a:hover {
color: #fff59b;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul .current_page_item > a {
color: #fff59b;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul ul .current_page_ancestor > a {
color: #fff59b;
}
div#sidebar-sub-nav li.widget_nav_menu div ul span.toggleNav {
float:left;
display:inline;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
}
span.plusNav {
background-image:url(images/plus_grey.png);
}
span.minusNav {
background-image:url(images/minus_grey.png);
}
var $jquery = jQuery.noConflict();
$jquery(document).ready(function() {
$jquery('div#sidebar-sub-nav > li div ul li').has('ul').prepend('<span class="toggleNav minusNav"></span>');
$jquery('div#sidebar-sub-nav > li div ul li:not(.current-menu-item):not(.current-menu-ancestor)').has('ul').children('ul').hide();
$jquery('div#sidebar-sub-nav > li div ul li:not(.current-menu-item):not(.current-menu-ancestor) span.toggleNav').removeClass("minusNav").addClass("plusNav");
$jquery('span.toggleNav').click(function () {
if ($jquery(this).hasClass("plusNav")) {
$jquery(this).removeClass("plusNav").addClass("minusNav");
$jquery(this).parent().children('ul').slideDown();
} else {
$jquery(this).removeClass("minusNav").addClass("plusNav");
$jquery(this).parent().children('ul').slideUp();
}
});
});
<?php wp_enqueue_script ('left_nav', get_template_directory_uri().'/js/leftNav.js',array('jquery')); ?>