WordPress Glossary Plugin (CMTG) - Tooltips - Adding Links Inside Tooltip Content

Adding Links Inside Tooltip Content

With the WordPress Glossary plugin you can add any number of links inside tooltips.

Additionally, you can add a link to the term page with its definition. It will work the same as clicking the highlighted term.

Frontend Example

Example of the link in the tooltip - WordPress Knowledge Base Plugin — Example of the link in the tooltip

Settings

These features require some settings found under Settings → Tooltip tab in order to work properly.

Showing Links on Tooltips

First, make sure the term has the link(s).

Example of the link in the term - Glossary Plugin WordPress — Example of the link in the term

These settings are required:

1) Tooltip - Content Section

Show tooltip? - Enable this option to display a tooltip when hovering on a term.
Is clickable? - Enable this option, so the user could interact with the tooltip.
Clicking on tooltip redirects to term? - (Optionally) Clicking anywhere inside the tooltip will redirect the user to the term page. This option demands the option Is clickable? to be turned on. Note: this option was introduced in version 4.0.3.
Leave the <a> tags - Enable this option to preserve the html anchor tags in tooltip text.

Configuring tooltip settings - Tooltip Plugin WordPress — Configuring tooltip settings

If the option Leave the <a> tags is disabled, there will be no link.

Tooltip example when the option is disabled - Tooltip WordPress Plugin — Tooltip example when the option is disabled

2) Tooltip - Mobile Support & Activation

Close tooltips on mouse moveout - enabled

Closing tooltips on mouse moveout - Wiki Plugin for WordPress — Closing tooltips on mouse moveout

Leaving options Is clickable? and Close tooltips on mouse moveout disabled will cause the Tooltip content to be unclickable and at the same time the tooltip will not disappear.

Example of the issue - Wiki for WordPress — Example of the issue

TIP: Excerpt Doesn't Support Links

Be sure to disable Use term excerpt for hover?, as excerpts don't support links.

Disabling using excerpts in tooltips - Wiki WordPress Plugin — Disabling using excerpts in tooltips

So, this excerpt:

Example of the link in the excerpt - WordPress as a Wiki — Example of the link in the excerpt

Would result in this tooltip:

Example of the excerpt with no link shown - WordPress Internal Linking Plugin — Example of the excerpt with no link shown

Showing Link to Term Page

Clicking on the link will direct the user to the term page.

A single setting is required.

Tooltip - Content

Add term page link to the end of the tooltip content? - enabled

Adding link to the term page - WordPress Glossary Plugin — Adding link to the term page

TIP: You Can Change The Label

You can change the "Term Details" label from the Labels tab.

Labels settings - WordPress Knowledge Base Plugin — Labels settings

Term details link label - Knowledge Base WordPress Plugin — Term details link label

Result

Example of changed label - Glossary Plugin WordPress — Example of changed label

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