Title: Abbreviations
Author: Danila Vershinin
Published: <strong>February 28, 2022</strong>
Last modified: March 17, 2026

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# Abbreviations

 By [Danila Vershinin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvershinin/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/abbreviations.1.6.1.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/abbreviations/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/abbreviations/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/abbreviations/)

## Description

Wrap abbreviations for search engine optimization and support other applications

Using abbreviations on your website is not a bad idea since people will get tired
of reading the same over and over again.
 Unfortunately, search engines and other
application which might render your website are not that great with abbreviations.
Reading software, spelling checkers, language translations or other applications
might fall over them.

By wrapping abbreviations in the therefor “abbr” HTML element, along with a title(
description), applications relying on the structure of your site, can do their job
just fine.

Search engines will read the abbreviation and the description which increases the
chance for more relevance by specific terms used on search engines like Google.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Abbreviations” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Danila Vershinin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvershinin/)
 *   [ MrXHellboy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrxhellboy/)

[Translate “Abbreviations” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/abbreviations)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abbreviations/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/abbreviations/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/abbreviations/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/abbreviations/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.6.1

 * Fixed: Removed development files from plugin distribution

#### 1.6

 * Performance: Single-pass regex now matches ALL abbreviations in one scan (O(1)
   instead of O(n))
 * Performance: Added WordPress object caching to reduce database queries
 * Performance: Longer abbreviations now match first to prevent partial matches
 * Code quality: Refactored to use named functions for better maintainability
 * Code quality: Full WordPress Coding Standards compliance

#### 1.5

 * Initial public release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.1**
 *  Last updated **3 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abbreviations/)
 * Tags
 * [abbr](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/abbr/)[abbreviation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/abbreviation/)
   [accessibility](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accessibility/)[html](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html/)
   [seo](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/abbreviations/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Danila Vershinin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvershinin/)
 *   [ MrXHellboy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrxhellboy/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/abbreviations/)

## Donate

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