Automattic

Dion Hulse

Alex Sanford

Richard Archambault

Rua Haszard

Tellyworth

CK Lee

Daniel Richards

undemian

<p>This plugin registers a <code>glossary</code> custom post type for defining words, acronyms or terms. Those terms will be highlighted in public posts, with the definition displayed in a popup tooltip.</p>


WordPress.org Glossary

Delightfully easy, elegant and effective way to create tooltips :)

Simple and effective


If you are looking for a simple Glossary plugin, this is it. You don't need more or any other gimmicky features.


You don't need more

Provides pop-up tooltip definitions of acronyms and terms defined in a glossary. As used on make.wordpress.org.

TCBarrett

<p>Build a glossary on your site, and link terms in your posts to it.</p>
<p>Reasons for using wp-glossary plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>External glossary sites don’t have all the words and terms you need.</li>
<li>You want to keep your visitors on your site (not send them to an external glossary site).</li>
<li>You don’t want the adverts that the external site popups come with.</li>
</ul>
<p>Keep your visitors on your site, keep their experience consistent and pleasant using <em>your</em> theme.</p>
<p>Once activated you add glossary terms (custom post type) and link to those terms from inside your own content using the powerful WordPress shortcode functionality.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tcbarrett.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-glossary/" rel="nofollow ugc">For further details visit my dedicated plugin landing page</a></p>
<h3>Example Syntax</h3>
<p>The WordPress shortcode syntax is really simple!</p>
<h4>Display and link to glossary with slug ‘seo’</h4>
<p>[glossary slug=’seo’ /]</p>
<h4>Auto search word for matching glossary term (e.g. ‘seo’)</h4>
<p>[glossary]SEO[/glossary]</p>
<h4>Apply glossary term with slug ‘seo’ to post content ‘search engine optimisation’</h4>
<p>[glossary slug=’seo’]search engine optimisation[/glossary]</p>
<h4>Display a list of all your glossary terms (alphabetical)</h4>
<p>[glossary_term_list /]</p>
<h4>Display list of glossary terms beginning with a, b or c</h4>
<p>[glossary_term_list alpha=’a,b,c’ /]</p>
<h4>Display a jQuery-powered A to Z list of your glossary terms</h4>
<p>[glossary_atoz /]</p>
<h4>Further Examples</h4>
<p>See the <a href="http://www.tcbarrett.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-glossary/" rel="nofollow ugc">dedicated website section</a></p>


WP Glossary

Create your own glossary of hot-linked terms, inside your own site!

WordPress.org Glossary vs WP Glossary