WordPress Glossary Plugin (CMTG) - Related Articles - Settings and How to Disable


Glossary Related Articles Settings

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This feature is only available in the Pro+ and Ecommerce editions of the WordPress Glossary plugin.

In it, you can control the definitions and behavior of the Related articles that appear on each of your term pages.

Define these settings by heading to  Admin Dashboard → CM Tooltip Glossary → Settings â†’  Glossary Term.  

On this tab, scroll down to the Glossary Term - Related Articles & Terms section, as shown in the plugin screenshot below:


Disabling the Related Articles - Globally

The Related Articles functionality consists of several possibilities. To disable it completely you need to do all of these:

  • Change the Index rebuild interval to Never.
  • Uncheck the Show related articles.
  • Uncheck the Show custom related articles.
  • Uncheck everything in the Post types to index (hold CTRL to uncheck).

Below: All of the settings required to disable the feature completely have been marked.

Disabling related articles globally - Knowledge Base WordPress Plugin
Disabling related articles globally
Disabling custom related articles globally - Glossary Plugin WordPress
Disabling custom related articles globally

Disabling the Related Articles - On a Single Term

It is possible to disable the feature on specific terms. To do this, open the term page in the WordPress editor.

Check Disable related articles for this term in the CM Tooltip - Term Properties metabox.

Disabling related articles on a single term - Tooltip Plugin WordPress
Disabling related articles on a single term

Excluding a Specific Post/Page From Related Articles

Starting from version 3.8.4, it's possible to exclude a specific post or page from the related articles. That way, it will not appear in any related articles listing.

To do this, edit the post/page, go to the CM Tooltip - Disables metabox and check the option Don't include this post/page in Related Articles.

Excluding a specific post/page from related articles - Tooltip WordPress Plugin
Excluding a specific post/page from related articles

Limit the Number of Related Articles

You can choose the number of custom related articles that will be shown on Term page. To do this go to Admin Dashboard → Settings → Glossary Term tab → Glossary Term → Related Articles & Terms. By default, the number of related articles is five. These articles can be paginated and limited.

Limiting the number of related articles - Wiki Plugin for WordPress
Limiting the number of related articles

In the same section you can also limit the number of custom related articles shown.

Limithing the number of custom related articles to show - Wiki for WordPress
Limithing the number of custom related articles to show

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