Literal Word BibleTagger
BibleTagger scans your posts and pages for Bible references (“John 3:16”, “Rom 5:8-10”, “1 Cor 13”) and turns each one into a link to the passage on Literal Word, a clean, fast, distraction-free Bible website. Hovering (or tapping) a tagged reference shows the verse text in a small popup, so readers can see the passage without leaving your page.
Features:
- Recognizes standard reference formats, including abbreviations (“Rom”, “1 Cor”) and verse ranges
- Hover popup with the verse text; links open the full passage in context
- Choose the translation: NASB (1995), LSB, ESV, NKJV, or KJV
- Light, dark, or system popup theme
- Skips references inside headings, links, and code, and any areas you exclude
- No account, no API key, nothing to configure on the Literal Word side
Try it before installing: live demo, a sample church page with every reference tagged. The snippet generator for non-WordPress sites is at literalword.com/bibletagger.
External services
This plugin is a client of the BibleTagger service provided by Literal Word. On every page of your site it loads the tagging script from https://literalword.com/bible-tagger.js. When a visitor hovers a tagged reference, the verse text is fetched from https://literalword.com/api/verse. Once per page load the script sends an anonymous usage signal to https://literalword.com/api/tagger-ping containing only your site’s hostname (so Literal Word can see which sites use the widget); no visitor-identifying data is collected or stored. Tagged links point to passages on literalword.com.
The service is operated by Literal Word: about and contact, terms of service, privacy policy.