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Glossary Tooltip

Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms Automatically and Show Tooltips

by Jumedeen khan · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.6.0 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Glossary Tooltip has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,970 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 6, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Glossary Tooltip at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
3,970
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Glossary Tooltip well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Automatic term highlighting — publish a glossary term once and it’s automatically detected and linked across the post types you choose, with no manual linking
  • Responsive tooltips — definitions on hover (desktop) or tap (mobile), with configurable position, colors, width, and excerpt length
  • Searchable A–Z glossary index — a dedicated [glossary_list] index page with alphabetical navigation, live search, categories, and flexible sorting and layout
  • Categories, synonyms & aliases — organize terms into categories, and add alternate spellings or abbreviations that highlight and link back to the same term
  • Per-post and per-term overrides — turn highlighting or tooltips on or off for individual posts, pages, or specific terms, independent of the global settings
  • Flexible parsing controls — limit highlighting to chosen post types, skip headings and existing links, exclude specific HTML tags, control repeat/skip…
  • Built for performance — optional content caching, footer script loading, inline asset delivery, and smart parsing that skips content with no matching terms
  • Settings backup & migration — export or import all plugin settings as JSON, reset to defaults, and move glossary terms between sites with WordPress’s built-in…

Glossary Tooltip reviews and ratings

1 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Very satisfied and easy to use plugin

    I am currently using CM Tooltip Glossary but it has a lot of extra features which make me confused. I was always looking for a plugin that has the required features for tooltip glossary and I found this. It's very simple and comes with only the essential features, also, it is very easy to setup. Thanks for offering this.

    jamshedkhan

Details

Turn glossary terms into automatic links, show instant tooltip with definition, build a searchable A–Z glossary index knowledge base page.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • dictionary
  • glossary
  • lexicon
  • tooltip
  • vocabulary

More from Jumedeen khan

Version
2.6.0
Last updated
Sep 6, 2026
First published
Jun 1, 2024
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Glossary Tooltip FAQ

What does Glossary Tooltip do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Glossary Tooltip offers Automatic term highlighting — publish a glossary term once and it’s automatically detected and linked across the post types you choose, with no manual linking, Responsive tooltips — definitions on hover (desktop) or tap (mobile), with configurable position, colors, width, and excerpt length, Searchable A–Z glossary index — a dedicated [glossary_list] index page with alphabetical navigation, live search, categories, and flexible sorting and layout, Categories, synonyms & aliases — organize terms into categories, and add alternate spellings or abbreviations that highlight and link back to the same term and Per-post and per-term overrides — turn highlighting or tooltips on or off for individual posts, pages, or specific terms, independent of the global settings.

How many active installs does Glossary Tooltip have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Glossary Tooltip as of September 7, 2026.

Is Glossary Tooltip still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 6, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Glossary Tooltip free?

Glossary Tooltip is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.