You have the option to use either XML or HTML . The powerful API will allow to further enhance the functionality of this jQuery plugin and make it possible to easily integrate it into your own application. Features: supports XML and HTML easy to customize multiple Grid Accordions on the same page supports captions with simple text or HTML text you can add a link to each panel auto slideshow mode shuffled panels public methods which allow you to control the accordion using outside input (e.g. openPanel(3), nextPanel(), previousPanel(), getPanelAt(2) etc.) callback functions