WordPress Glossary Plugin (CMTG) - Getting Started - How The Plugin Works

How The WordPress Glossary Plugin Works

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The WordPress Glossary plugin allows you to create a directory of terms and then display its definitions in a fancy tooltip or footnotes. It checks all posts and pages looking for terms that are defined in your glossary.

Technically, parsing happens in “ the_content ” filter every time it is loaded before the information is sent to the browser.

This post explains in a simple way:

• What Are Terms
• What Are Term Pages
• What Is the Glossary
• What Are Tooltips
• What Are Footnotes
• Plugin Versions
• Plugin Add-ons

What Are Terms?

Terms are words or concepts that you would like to define. The plugin will neatly display them in your glossary.

For example, if your site is about cars, probable terms would be engine, tire, chassis, and exhaust.

With the WordPress Glossary plugin, you can add definition, synonyms, abbreviations, related content, alternate meanings, images and much more.

Read also:

• Terms - Adding Terms
• Terms - Using Categories
• Terms - Assigning an Icon To a Term
• Extras - Importing and Exporting Terms
• Extras - Social Share Buttons

What Are Term Pages?

For each term, a post with a unique ID and permalink is created. When you click a highlighted term, you will be directed to its term page.

An example:

Read also:

• Terms - Controlling the Term Page Appearance
• Related Articles - Adding Related Articles
• Terms - Adding Custom link to your Term Target
• Terms - Embedding and Sharing a Term

What Is the Glossary?

Glossary is a collection of definitions ordered alphabetically. You can think of it as a dictionary that covers a certain subject, instead of just languages.

WordPress Glossary plugin features different views for the glossary.

Read also:

• Getting Started - Glossary Index
• Index - Customizing the Index Page
• Shortcodes - Glossary Index Shortcode Explained
• Index - Add Thumbnails To Glossary Index

What Are Tooltips?

The plugin shows tooltips for terms added to the glossary. These are shown when hovered over (each of these can be controlled in the plugin/page/term settings). 

You can customize the tooltip content, shape, text length, and more. Once a user clicks on the term, they are directed to the Term Page.

Read also: 

• Terms - Controlling Where Tooltip Appears
• Style - Change the Tooltip Style
• Extras - Image Tooltips

What Are Footnotes?

Footnotes define some words/phrases in the post/page content by adding a small link near the given word/phrase and the description at the end of the document.

Footnotes are often found in books and papers which use rare/old/specialist terms. They are a useful way to further explain these concepts in a later moment or to cite sources.

Read also:

• Footnotes - Enabling Footnotes

Plugin Versions

All definitions are available in the plugin’s settings panel. Different features become available depending on the edition you’re using- Free, Pro, Pro+ or eCommerce. Compare these plugin editions to find the one that best suits your needs.

Read also:

• Free Version Tutorial
• Getting Started - Upgrading from Free to Pro and between Pro Editions
• Getting Started - Basic TroubleShooting

WordPress Glossary plugin Add-ons

The plugin can be powered up with these add-ons:

• Tooltip Glossary Skins (Discontinued)
• Tooltip Glossary Log & Statistics
• Tooltip Glossary Community Terms Submission
• Tooltip Glossary Remote Import
• Tooltip Glossary Visual Widgets
• Tooltip Glossary Search Console
• Tooltip Glossary Custom Taxonomies
• Tooltip Glossary PeepSo Integration
• Tooltip Glossary Editor Tooltip

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