WordPress.org Glossary

February 20, 2024

WordPress.org Glossary Plugin

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

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.

Screenshots

  1. An example showing a tooltip with a definition for the term "meta".

    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.

Details

  • Version: 1.2
  • Active installations: 300
  • WordPress Version: 5.3.1
  • Tested up to: 6.4.5

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