Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms Automatically and Show Tooltips
| 开发者 |
jumedeenkhan
mozedia |
|---|---|
| 更新时间 | 2026年9月7日 04:38 |
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| PHP版本: | 7.4 及以上 |
| WordPress版本: | 7.1 |
| 版权: | GPLv2 or later |
| 版权网址: | 版权信息 |
详情介绍:
- 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 behavior, and exclude content with the
[glossary_exclude]shortcode. - 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 Tools → Export/Import.
[glossary_list] to display your glossary index, and [glossary_exclude] to turn off glossary highlighting on part or all of a specific post or page.
[glossary_list]
Add this shortcode to any post or page to display your full glossary list there — an alphabetically organized (A-Z) list of all your glossary terms, with optional jump navigation and a live search box.
Basic example, showing every glossary term with the default settings:
[glossary_list]
Supported attributes
category="all"— Only show terms assigned to one or more Glossary Categories. Use a single category slug (e.g.category="seo"), or several separated by commas to show terms matching any of them (e.g.category="seo,wordpress"). Defaults toall, which shows every term regardless of category.orderby="name"— Chooses how terms are sorted within each A-Z letter group. A term never moves out of its own letter group — only the order of terms inside each group, and the order the groups themselves appear in, followorderby/ordertogether. Accepted values:name(alphabetical),date(publish date),menu_order(the custom order set on the Glossary Terms screen), orrand(random order, reshuffled on every page load — group order is unaffected byorderin this case). Defaults toname.order="ASC"— Sets the sort direction used byorderby, and also the direction the A-Z letter groups themselves run in. Accepted values:ASC(ascending — groups run A to Z, terms sort oldest to newest fororderby="date") orDESC(descending — groups run Z to A, terms sort newest to oldest fororderby="date"). Defaults toASC. Has no effect on term order whenorderby="rand", and no effect on group order at all whenorderby="rand".letters="show"— Shows or hides the big A-Z letter heading above each group of terms. Accepted values:showorhide. Defaults toshow.limit="-1"— The maximum number of terms to display per A-Z letter group — not a total for the whole index. For example,limit="2"shows at most 2 terms under A, at most 2 under B, at most 2 under C, and so on. Use-1for no limit, showing every matching term. Defaults to-1.columns="2"— How many columns to arrange the terms into within each letter group. Accepts a whole number from1to6. Defaults to2.
[glossary_list category="seo"]
Combine multiple attributes — "Web Development" terms only, newest first, up to 5 per letter, in 3 columns:
[glossary_list category="web-development" orderby="date" order="DESC" limit="5" columns="3"]
Add [glossary_exclude] marker to a specific post or page to turn off automatic glossary term highlighting for part or all of that content — the rest of your site keeps highlighting as normal.
It doesn't display anything itself; the marker(s) are simply removed from the page when it renders and it supports two forms:
Paired form — wraps a specific section and excludes only that section, leaving the rest of the post highlighted normally:
[glossary_exclude]This paragraph will not have any glossary terms highlighted.[/glossary_exclude]
You can use the paired form as many times as you like in the same post — each pair excludes only the content between it.
Single-marker form — placed on its own, excludes everything from that point to the end of the content:
[glossary_exclude]
This is useful for pages where you don't want glossary tooltips to appear in part or all of the content, such as a legal page, a code tutorial, or a post that already discusses a term in detail.
Excluding the entire post has the same effect as setting the "Glossary Highlight" option to Off on that post/page's edit screen.
Need more shortcode examples?
See the complete shortcode documentation: Glossary Tooltip >> Documentation >> Glossary Page
Multilingual sites
Glossary Tooltip stores UTF-8 content and is compatible with multilingual plugins such as WPML and Polylang.
Documentation and support
Full documentation and setup guides are available at official website glossarytooltip.com.
For questions or issues, please use the support forum.
安装:
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
- Search for Glossary Tooltip.
- Click Install Now, then click Activate.
- Go to Glossary → Settings to configure the plugin.
- Download the plugin ZIP file.
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.
- Choose the downloaded ZIP file and click Install Now.
- Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen.
- Go to Glossary → Add New Glossary Term.
- Enter the term as the title and its definition in the content editor.
- Publish the term.
- Visit any post or page containing that word to see it automatically highlighted with a tooltip.
- Optionally, create a page with the
[glossary_list]shortcode (or select a glossary index page in Glossary → Settings) to display a full glossary index.
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常见问题:
Do I need to manually link glossary terms in my content?
No. Once a glossary term is published, the plugin automatically detects and highlights matching words across the post types you've selected in the settings.
How do I show a full list of glossary terms on a page?
Add the [glossary_list] shortcode to any post or page, or select a glossary index page under Glossary → Settings → Glossary Index Page. The index lists terms alphabetically, with optional A–Z navigation and live search.
Can I enable or disable highlighting for a single post or page?
Yes. Every post, page, and supported post type has its own Glossary Highlight and Tooltip settings, each set to Default, On, or Off, independent of the site-wide settings.
How do I prevent the glossary from parsing a paragraph?
Wrap the text with [glossary_exclude]...[/glossary_exclude] to skip just that section, or place a single [glossary_exclude] marker to skip everything after it. To exclude an entire post, set its "Glossary Highlight" option to Off instead.
Can I control tooltips for just one post or page?
Yes. Each post or page has a Tooltip setting — Default, On, or Off — that overrides the site-wide tooltip setting for that content only.
Can I stop one specific glossary term from being highlighted everywhere?
Yes. Every glossary term has its own visibility controls to exclude it from auto-highlighting and/or the glossary index, without affecting any other terms.
Can I control how many times a term is highlighted on the same page?
Yes. Under Glossary → Settings → General, choose to highlight each term once, a set number of times, every Nth occurrence, or every occurrence.
Can a term have alternate names or abbreviations?
Yes. Add synonyms or alternate spellings to any glossary term, and each one will be recognized, highlighted, and linked back to the same term.
Will highlighting break my headings or existing links?
No. By default, the plugin skips headings (H1–H6) and text already inside a link, so your existing structure stays intact. Both behaviors can be changed in the settings.
Does this affect my site's internal search results?
You can optionally exclude glossary terms from your site's internal search results under Glossary → Settings → General. This has no effect on Google or other external search engines.
Can I choose which side of the term the tooltip appears on?
Yes. Under Glossary → Settings → Tooltip, set the tooltip position to top, bottom, left, or right. Top is recommended for most layouts.
I changed the glossary permalink slug and now get 404 errors. How do I fix this?
Go to Glossary → Settings → Advanced and click Flush Rewrite Rules, or visit Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes.
I updated a term but the site still shows the old content. What should I do?
If content caching is enabled, click Clear Glossary Cache on the Advanced settings tab, then clear any third-party caching or CDN cache your site uses.
Can I back up or transfer my plugin settings to another site?
Yes. The Advanced settings tab lets you export all plugin settings as a JSON file, import that file on another site, or reset everything back to defaults.
How do I move glossary terms to another WordPress site?
Glossary terms are a standard WordPress content type, so you can move them with the built-in Tools → Export and Tools → Import screens.
How does Glossary Tooltip help improve my website's SEO?
By creating internal links between related content and generating a dedicated page for each glossary term, it helps search engines understand your site structure while making it easier for visitors to find relevant information.
Can I customize glossary term titles?
Yes. Add a custom prefix — such as "What Is:" or "Definition of:" — before glossary term titles from the Glossary Term settings, without changing the term names themselves.
Does the plugin work with all WordPress themes?
Yes. It's built to work with any standards-compliant WordPress theme, and has been tested with popular themes including Twenty Twenty-Five, GeneratePress, Astra, Kadence, and Blocksy. If a theme or another plugin ever prevents glossary links or tooltips from displaying correctly, the settings include compatibility options to help resolve most conflicts.
Does the plugin slow down my site?
No. Built-in performance options let you skip parsing when no glossary terms exist, cache parsed content, load scripts in the footer, load assets inline, and limit parsing to the main query only.
Where can I get help?
Visit the support forum or the documentation site.
更新日志:
- Fixed glossary highlighting issues with images, nested code, existing links, HTML atts, accented terms, and text containing character.
- Fixed a rare case where a very long post using [glossary_exclude] could be published blank.
- Fixed deleting a glossary term not refreshing the glossary right away.
- Fixed tooltips not working on blog and archive pages.
- Fixed caching and glossary link issues, including problems after changing content, settings, or the glossary slug.
- Fixed several glossary index and settings issues, including A-Z navigation, accented headings, post type selection, and custom text settings.
- Improved tooltip accessibility with keyboard support, Escape to close, and reduced-motion support.
- Improved performance and front-end loading.
- Updated asset loading and settings tab behavior.
- Now requires WordPress 6.0 or newer.
- Improved WordPress 7.1 compatibility and resolved several issues.
- Improved code quality and documentation.
- Improved compatibility with Elementor, Avada, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, and Oxygen.
- Fixed accented and non-ASCII terms not being highlighted correctly.
- Improved code quality and internationalization.
- Fixed settings and color-picker issues.
- Removed unused code.
- Added paired [glossary_exclude]...[/glossary_exclude] blocks for excluding specific content.
- Fixed DESC sorting so the complete glossary index is ordered from Z to A.
- Fixed the glossary_list category filter.
- Changed the glossary_list limit to apply per A-Z letter group.
- Added filtering, sorting, letter, limit, and column options to [glossary_list].
- Improved sorting within A-Z groups.
- Changed the glossary index shortcode to [glossary_list].
- Added separate per-post Glossary Highlight and Tooltip controls.
- Added tooltip position settings, maintenance tools, and system information.
- Improved the settings layout and organization.
- Added Import/Export tools and a migration wizard.
- Added secure AJAX handling for these operations.
- Improved the settings layout and navigation.
- Reorganized content-parsing settings.
- Redesigned the settings screen.
- Added advanced parsing, performance, and asset-loading options.
- Added space-separated term highlighting and footer script loading.
- Added synonyms and aliases and per-term visibility controls.
- Improved tooltip accessibility and highlighting behavior.
- Improved security, compatibility, and performance.
- Improved tooltip behavior and performance.
- Added advanced glossary settings, tooltip customization, live search, and glossary index improvements.
- Improved parsing performance.