WordPress 7.1 compatibility review, bug fixes, and a documentation cleanup. No settings changes; safe to update.<\/p>","2.4.8":"
Fixed several code quality, glossary highlighting corrupting Elementor\/Avada\/Divi\/Beaver\/WPBakery\/Oxygen live-editor canvases, and fixes accented terms never being highlighted in case-insensitive mode.<\/p>","2.4.7":"
Maintenance release: fixes a minor CSS bug, corrects two color-picker defaults, and removes unused code. Safe to update.<\/p>","2.4.6":"
[glossary_exclude] now supports a paired, closing form to exclude only the wrapped content, instead of everything to the end of the post.<\/p>","2.4.5":"
[glossary_list order="DESC"] now also reverses the order of the A-Z letter groups themselves (Z to A), instead of only reversing the terms inside each group.<\/p>","2.4.4":"
Fixes the [glossary_list]'s [glossary_list] now accepts The glossary index shortcode is now Adds a Maintenance Tools panel (flush rewrite rules, clear glossary cache), a System Information panel on the Advanced tab, and a new Tooltip Position setting (top, bottom, left, right); performance and content-parsing options moved back to General 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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.<\/p><\/dd>\n Wrap the text with Yes. Each post or page has a Tooltip setting \u2014 Default, On, or Off \u2014 that overrides the site-wide tooltip setting for that content only.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Under Glossary \u2192 Settings \u2192 General<\/strong>, choose to highlight each term once, a set number of times, every Nth occurrence, or every occurrence.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Add synonyms or alternate spellings to any glossary term, and each one will be recognized, highlighted, and linked back to the same term.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. By default, the plugin skips headings (H1\u2013H6) and text already inside a link, so your existing structure stays intact. Both behaviors can be changed in the settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n You can optionally exclude glossary terms from your site's internal search results under Glossary \u2192 Settings \u2192 General<\/strong>. This has no effect on Google or other external search engines.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Under Glossary \u2192 Settings \u2192 Tooltip<\/strong>, set the tooltip position to top, bottom, left, or right. Top is recommended for most layouts.<\/p><\/dd>\n Go to Glossary \u2192 Settings \u2192 Advanced<\/strong> and click Flush Rewrite Rules, or visit Settings \u2192 Permalinks<\/strong> and click Save Changes.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n Glossary terms are a standard WordPress content type, so you can move them with the built-in Tools \u2192 Export<\/strong> and Tools \u2192 Import<\/strong> screens.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Add a custom prefix \u2014 such as \"What Is:\"<\/strong> or \"Definition of:\"<\/strong> \u2014 before glossary term titles from the Glossary Term settings, without changing the term names themselves.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p>\n\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n 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.<\/p><\/dd>\n Visit the support forum<\/a> or the documentation site<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n Turn glossary terms into automatic links, show instant tooltips with definitions, and create a searchable A\u2013Z glossary index page.<\/p>\n\n Glossary Tooltip<\/strong> automatically detects glossary terms in your WordPress website content, converts them into links, and displays clean, responsive tooltips with their definitions<\/strong> \u2014 helping visitors understand unfamiliar terms without leaving the page.<\/p>\n\n A built-in, searchable A\u2013Z glossary index<\/strong> with live search lets visitors browse every term at a glance, while consistent internal linking between your content and its definitions improves both readability and site structure.<\/p>\n\n It's well suited for blogs, documentation sites, knowledge bases, online courses, SaaS products, and any business, medical, financial, or legal website<\/strong> that relies on specialized terminology.<\/p>\n\n Learn more about Glossary Tooltip<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n Official Website<\/a> | Documentation<\/a> | Demo<\/a> | Video Tutorials<\/a> | FAQs<\/a><\/p>\n\n This plugin includes two shortcodes: Add this shortcode to any post or page to display your full glossary list there \u2014 an alphabetically organized (A-Z) list of all your glossary terms, with optional jump navigation and a live search box.<\/p>\n\n Basic example, showing every glossary term with the default settings:<\/p>\n\n Supported attributes<\/em><\/p>\n\n[glossary_list category="..."]<\/code> attribute, which previously always returned an empty result.<\/p>","2.4.3":"limit<\/code> attribute now applies per A-Z letter group instead of as one total across the whole index.<\/p>","2.4.2":"category<\/code>, orderby<\/code>, order<\/code>, letters<\/code>, limit<\/code>, and columns<\/code> attributes for filtering, sorting, and laying out the glossary index.<\/p>","2.4.1":"[glossary_list]<\/code> (underscore); the previous [glossary-list]<\/code> tag is deprecated. 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[glossary_list]<\/code> shortcode (or select a glossary index page in Glossary \u2192 Settings<\/strong>) to display a full glossary index.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Do I need to manually link glossary terms in my content?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I show a full list of glossary terms on a page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[glossary_list]<\/code> shortcode to any post or page, or select a glossary index page under Glossary \u2192 Settings \u2192 Glossary Index Page<\/strong>. The index lists terms alphabetically, with optional A\u2013Z navigation and live search.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I enable or disable highlighting for a single post or page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I prevent the glossary from parsing a paragraph?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[glossary_exclude]...[\/glossary_exclude]<\/code> to skip just that section, or place a single [glossary_exclude]<\/code> marker to skip everything after it. To exclude an entire post, set its \"Glossary Highlight\" option to Off instead.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I control tooltips for just one post or page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I stop one specific glossary term from being highlighted everywhere?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I control how many times a term is highlighted on the same page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can a term have alternate names or abbreviations?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will highlighting break my headings or existing links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this affect my site's internal search results?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I choose which side of the term the tooltip appears on?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
I changed the glossary permalink slug and now get 404 errors. How do I fix this?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
I updated a term but the site still shows the old content. What should I do?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I back up or transfer my plugin settings to another site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I move glossary terms to another WordPress site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How does Glossary Tooltip help improve my website's SEO?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I customize glossary term titles?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin work with all WordPress themes?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where can I get help?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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strtolower()<\/code> not folding non-ASCII characters. Now uses mb_strtolower()<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n2.4.7<\/h4>\n\n
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[glossary_list order=\"DESC\"]<\/code> only reversed terms inside each A-Z letter group, leaving the groups themselves (A, B, C...) in ascending order. order<\/code> now also reverses the letter-group sequence, running the whole index Z to A, with the jump-navigation links reordering to match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n2.4.4<\/h4>\n\n
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[glossary_list]<\/code> shortcode's category<\/code> attribute always returned an empty index, because the glossary category taxonomy wasn't registered yet when the terms cache was first built. Plugin startup is now correctly deferred until the init<\/code> hook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n2.4.3<\/h4>\n\n
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[glossary_list]<\/code> shortcode's limit<\/code> attribute now caps the number of terms shown per A-Z letter group<\/em>, instead of one total across the whole index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n2.4.2<\/h4>\n\n
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[glossary_list]<\/code> now accepts category<\/code>, orderby<\/code>, order<\/code>, letters<\/code>, limit<\/code>, and columns<\/code> attributes for filtering, sorting, hiding letters, capping terms shown, and laying out 1-6 columns.<\/li>\norderby<\/code>\/order<\/code> now sort terms inside<\/em> each A-Z letter group only \u2014 the groups themselves always stay in fixed alphabetical order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n2.4.1<\/h4>\n\n
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Automatically Highlight Glossary Terms and Show Tooltips<\/h3>\n\n
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[glossary_list]<\/code> index page with alphabetical navigation, live search, categories, and flexible sorting and layout.<\/li>\n[glossary_exclude]<\/code> shortcode.<\/li>\nShortcodes<\/h4>\n\n
[glossary_list]<\/code> to display your glossary index, and [glossary_exclude]<\/code> to turn off glossary highlighting on part or all of a specific post or page.<\/p>\n\n[glossary_list]<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n[glossary_list]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n
category=\"all\"<\/code> \u2014 Only show terms assigned to one or more Glossary Categories. Use a single category slug (e.g. category=\"seo\"<\/code>), or several separated by commas to show terms matching any<\/em> of them (e.g. category=\"seo,wordpress\"<\/code>). Defaults to all<\/code>, which shows every term regardless of category.<\/li>\norderby=\"name\"<\/code> \u2014 Chooses how terms are sorted within<\/em> each A-Z letter group. A term never moves out of its own letter group \u2014 only the order of terms inside each group, and the order the groups themselves appear in, follow orderby<\/code>\/order<\/code> together. Accepted values: