Clever Linked Terms
Clever Linked Terms is an advanced glossary plugin that automatically links glossary terms throughout your WordPress site with hover tooltips. It supports both standard WordPress content and FluentCommunity portal integration.
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External Services
This plugin optionally connects to third-party/external services only when the Term Discovery add-on is enabled and an administrator uses the discovery or API-test tools. The plugin works without these services, but automatic definition, synonym, and encyclopedia lookup features will not be available unless the relevant service is enabled.
When a lookup is performed, the searched glossary term is sent to the selected provider. When an API-key-protected service is used or tested, the configured API key is sent to that provider as required for authentication. API responses may be cached temporarily in WordPress transients to avoid repeated requests for the same term.
Wikimedia / Wikipedia REST API * Purpose: Retrieve encyclopedia summaries from Wikipedia as an optional fallback source. * Endpoint/domain used: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/ * Data sent: The glossary term being searched is included in the request URL when an administrator asks Term Discovery to fetch encyclopedia content. * Privacy Policy: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy * Terms of Use: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use * API documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API
Merriam-Webster Dictionary API * Purpose: Retrieve dictionary definitions. * Endpoint/domain used: https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json/ * Data sent: The searched glossary term and the configured Merriam-Webster Dictionary API key are sent when an administrator requests a definition lookup or tests the API key. * Privacy Policy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/privacy-policy * Terms of Use: https://www.dictionaryapi.com/info/terms-of-service.htm * Requires API key.
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus API * Purpose: Retrieve synonyms, antonyms, and related terms. * Endpoint/domain used: https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/thesaurus/json/ * Data sent: The searched glossary term and the configured Merriam-Webster Thesaurus API key are sent when an administrator requests a synonym lookup or tests the API key. * Privacy Policy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/privacy-policy * Terms of Use: https://www.dictionaryapi.com/info/terms-of-service.htm * Requires API key.
Encyclopaedia Britannica API * Purpose: Retrieve encyclopedic articles and summaries. * Endpoint/domain used: https://syndication.api.eb.com/production/articles and https://syndication.api.eb.com/production/article/ * Data sent: The selected article type/category, the searched glossary term used to match returned article titles, article IDs from Britannica search results, and the configured Britannica API key are sent when an administrator requests encyclopedia content or tests the API key. * Privacy Policy: https://corporate.britannica.com/privacy.html * Terms of Use: https://corporate.britannica.com/termsofuse.html * Requires API key.
Free Dictionary API * Purpose: Retrieve dictionary definitions and pronunciation data as an optional fallback source. * Endpoint/domain used: https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/ * Data sent: The searched glossary term is included in the request URL when an administrator requests a definition lookup. * Privacy Policy: https://dictionaryapi.dev/ * Terms of Use: https://dictionaryapi.dev/ * No registration required.
API Ninjas Thesaurus API * Purpose: Retrieve synonyms and antonyms. * Endpoint/domain used: https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/thesaurus * Data sent: The searched glossary term and the configured API Ninjas API key are sent when an administrator requests a synonym lookup or tests the API key. * Privacy Policy: https://api-ninjas.com/privacy * Terms of Use: https://api-ninjas.com/terms * Requires API key.
WordsAPI through RapidAPI * Purpose: Retrieve word data such as definitions, synonyms, and pronunciation. * Endpoint/domain used: https://wordsapiv1.p.rapidapi.com/words/ * Data sent: The searched glossary term and the configured RapidAPI key are sent when an administrator requests WordsAPI data or tests the API key. * RapidAPI Privacy Policy: https://rapidapi.com/privacy * RapidAPI Terms of Use: https://rapidapi.com/terms * Requires RapidAPI key.
Plugin support and documentation site * Purpose: The readme and admin help screens link to the plugin documentation/support community. The plugin does not automatically send site or user data to this site. * Site: https://linkedterms.com and https://jeffbrigman.com/community * Privacy Policy: https://linkedterms.com/privacy-policy/ and https://jeffbrigman.com/privacy-policy/ * Terms of Use: https://linkedterms.com/terms/ and https://jeffbrigman.com/terms/
Features:
- Automatic term linking in WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types
- Hover tooltips displaying term definitions
- Optional FluentCommunity integration with SPA compatibility
- Configurable link behavior (link all or limit per term)
- Light and dark mode tooltip styling
- Glossary index page with A-Z navigation
- Relationship-aware analytics tracking (add-on)
- Import/Export (add-on)
- Term Discovery with API support (add-on)