Heroic Glossary
Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more
by HeroThemes · WordPress.org page · Website
Heroic Glossary has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 53,609 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on January 5, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.0.
Heroic Glossary at a glance
Is Heroic Glossary well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Technical Documentation – Create clear, searchable documentation with defined terminology
- Educational Websites – Build comprehensive learning resources with explained concepts
- Industry Glossaries – Develop specialized term collections for your field
- Multi-language Support – Create bilingual or multilingual term translations
- Knowledge Bases – Enhance your KB with integrated terminology explanations
- Corporate Communications – Standardize company terminology and definitions
- Academic Resources – Build scholarly reference materials and lexicons
Heroic Glossary reviews and ratings
10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Solid Glossary Builder with Room to Grow
This is a neat solution for creating professional glossaries right in Gutenberg! The drag-and-drop interface makes building dictionaries and encyclopedias surprisingly easy. Love the A-Z navigation and lightning-fast search - very user-friendly. The SEO benefits are a nice bonus too. However, with only 4k installs and mixed 3.5-star reviews, it feels like it's still finding its footing. The "not tested with current WordPress" warning is concerning. Great concept and solid features, but maybe wait for more updates before committing to major projects.
TraceMyIP -
Nice and straight forward – but no tooltips
This plugin provides one single Gutenberg block that renders a complete glossary including alphabetical index and fulltext search. Glossary terms are managed directly within this block. Very straight forward, very nice result, but limited to creating a glossary page. Terms from your glossary don't show up in tooltips elsewhere on your website as you know it from other glossary plugins.
Martin Sauter -
Great plugin
Easy to use, providing several functions other glossary plugins don't: searchable, styling capabilities (Gutenberg), all the information is displayed on a single page, visually attractive. Ideal for a medical dictionary.
PB -
Couldn't Use It
I was excited to try this plug-in but I couldn't use it, literally. I looked for the post-type on the admin bar but did not see it. Upon seeing reviews, you have to use Gutenberg blocks. I don't like blocks. I am sticking with the classic editor. I thought I'd save some time from making a custom post type, but I might have to make one in the end to fulfil my dictionary-ish needs.
ellice909 -
Useless ..
.. without Gutenberg :/ Plz change 'Heroic' to 'Gutenberg'
-MJ- -
Works well but not optimized for Elementor
It works very well, and it's quite easy to populate but only if you are using the classic editor to create pages or posts. My main issue is with Elementor. You have to copy the HTLM from a classic editor page into a short-code block within Elementor for it to work, meaning you can have to edit it first into a page or an article in the classic WP editor, and each time you want to add a definition, you have to edit the classic editor version, then copy past again the code in Elementor. Not a huge deal but it's fairly inneficient.
saccageparis
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Details
The best WordPress glossary builder plugin to create and manage your own glossary of terms.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- block
- definition
- dictionary
- glossary
- terms
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- Version
- 2.0.1
- Last updated
- Jan 5, 2026
- First published
- Jan 24, 2020
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 6.9.0
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Heroic Glossary FAQ
What does Heroic Glossary do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Heroic Glossary offers Technical Documentation – Create clear, searchable documentation with defined terminology, Educational Websites – Build comprehensive learning resources with explained concepts, Industry Glossaries – Develop specialized term collections for your field, Multi-language Support – Create bilingual or multilingual term translations and Knowledge Bases – Enhance your KB with integrated terminology explanations.
How many active installs does Heroic Glossary have?
WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Heroic Glossary as of September 7, 2026.
Is Heroic Glossary still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on January 5, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.0.
Is Heroic Glossary free?
Heroic Glossary is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.