WordPress.org Glossary
Provides pop-up tooltip definitions of acronyms and terms defined in a glossary. As used on make.wordpress.org.
Maintenance 52/100112d since update
Active installs
200
Downloads
9,151
Reviews
5
Age
6.6y
Tagsglossary
Plugin info
Total downloads: 9,151
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 4.2
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 12 language(s)
Contributors: 13
Last updated: 9/11/2025 (112 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 5/23/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.3.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.4.7
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Maintained • Last updated 112 days ago • 5 reviews
52/100
Is WordPress.org Glossary abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 112 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 5.3.1
Tested up to: 6.4.7
Requires PHP: f
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Description
This plugin registers a glossary 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.
Installation
To use the plugin, simply install and activate, then visit the Glossary section in your wp-admin dashboard to begin adding glossary terms.
Frequently Asked Questions
No FAQ available
Review feed
Rolf Allard van Hagen
Simple and effective
Delightfully easy, elegant and effective way to create tooltips :)
Gerard Blanco
You don't need more
If you are looking for a simple Glossary plugin, this is it. You don't need more or any other gimmicky features.
Screenshots
An example showing a tooltip with a definition for the term "meta".
Changelog
1.2
- Bump Tested up to.
- Don’t create glossary hovercards for phrases within
<option>tags. - Don’t create glossary hovercards wtihin oEmbed responses.
- PHP Notice fixes.
- Fixes to ensure that the matched text isn’t past the current element.
- PHP 8 fatal fix,
array_merge() does not accept unknown named parameters.
1.1
- Added hoverIntent to avoid accidental showing of the glossary items when scrolling the page.
1.0
- Switch to a different tooltip library to avoid some glitchy behaviour.
- Eliminate some unnecessary highlighting, and generally improve the accuracy of term matching.
- Fix some visual glitches.
- Cooperate better with O2 auto-linking and tagging.
0.1
- Initial public release.