HoverLex Glossary Tooltip
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Create glossary terms with hover tooltips. Add glossary terms as custom post type and display definitions on hover.
HoverLex Glossary Tooltip is a powerful plugin that allows you to create and manage glossary terms with hover tooltips. Perfect for educational sites, documentation, technical blogs, and any website that needs to explain terminology.
Key Features
- Custom Post Type: Dedicated glossary terms management interface
- Hover Tooltips: Beautiful popups with definitions that appear on hover
- Gutenberg Block: Native block editor support with dedicated Glossary Term block
- Gutenberg Format: Inline text formatting toolbar option for quick term insertion
- Classic Editor: TinyMCE button for classic editor users
- Shortcode Support: Manual term insertion via the
[smartgls_glossary term="name"]shortcode - Shortcode Generator: Visual shortcode builder in admin panel
- Auto-linking: Automatically link terms in content (can be disabled)
- Flexible Settings: Control automatic term-linking behavior
- AJAX Loading: Fast, dynamic tooltip loading
- Responsive: Mobile-friendly tooltips
- SEO Friendly: Proper HTML structure and links
Multiple Insertion Methods
- Gutenberg Block: Add a Glossary Term block from the block inserter
- Gutenberg Format Toolbar: Select text and apply Glossary Term format
- Classic Editor Button: Use the book icon in TinyMCE toolbar
- Shortcode: Manually insert
[smartgls_glossary term="Term Name"] - Auto-linking: Automatically link matching terms (optional)
How It Works
- Create glossary terms in the WordPress admin (Glossary → Add New Term)
- Add a short definition that appears in the tooltip
- Insert terms into your content using any of the available methods
- Visitors hover over linked terms to see definitions instantly