7 Best Tooltipy Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Tooltipy has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 7 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 7 closest alternatives to Tooltipy
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CM Tooltip Glossary
Closest match4.3 (157) 7,000+ active installsTransform jargon into engaging content that boosts SEO, drives engagement, improves conversions, with automatic links and tooltips.
Shares the glossary, tooltip tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated 9 days ago.
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Glossary
Paid version available4.7 (84) 2,000+ active installsBoost your SEO & UX with Codeat's Glossary: powerful auto-link engine; customizable tooltips, mobile settings, ChatGPT and much more!
Shares the glossary, tooltip tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 15 days ago.
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4.9 (81) 2,000+ active installsName directory (glossary) with many options like multiple directories, integrated search, non-latin characters, recaptcha, HTML editor and many more.
Shares the glossary tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 21 days ago.
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5.0 (40) 6,000+ active installsVery lightweight (vanilla) Javascript that wraps search terms in an HTML5 mark tag within WordPress search results.
Shares the Highlight tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated September 3, 2026.
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4.5 (20) 10,000+ active installsAdd code block with syntax highlighting using prism.js. (Available for Gutenberg and Classic Editor)
Shares the Highlight tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 1, 2026.
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4.1 (39) 2,000+ active installsAutomatically display affiliate links in your website content so you can make more money. It is also working well for internal linking.
Shares the keywords tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.8 (77) 1,000+ active installsAdds relevant taxonomy terms to posts using a keyword list provided by the user.
Shares the keywords tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, no update since November 28, 2017.
Switching from Tooltipy: common questions
What is the best alternative to Tooltipy?
CM Tooltip Glossary is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Tooltipy alternative has the most users?
Highlighting Code Block, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Tooltipy alternative is rated highest?
Name Directory, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 81 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Tooltipy alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Tooltipy score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Tooltipy on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
CM Tooltip Glossary is the closest match to Tooltipy by the data we track, and Highlighting Code Block has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. CM Tooltip Glossary shipped the most recent release, on October 13, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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