WordPress.org Glossary
by Tellyworth · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 380+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides pop-up tooltip definitions of acronyms and terms defined in a glossary. As used on make.wordpress.org.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈310 estimated
Momentum
-4%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “acronyms” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 12.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: WP compatibility
Updated 418 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “acronyms” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “glossary”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 415 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.5y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 16 May 2022
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 49 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 300.
Install history since 10 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Gerard Blanco2.3y ago
If you are looking for a simple Glossary plugin, this is it. You don’t need more or any other gimmicky features.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Frank Spade4.4y ago
After wasting hours trying to get other plugins to work, I resigned and finally found this one. It is very simple and intuitive to use and looks convincing, even without changing anything about the looks. I love it. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bianca5.7y ago
I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I used a similar plugin like this some time ago, but wasn’t completely happy it. This one is as simple and straight forward as it gets. Kudos. EDIT 22-02-2022: Bringing this back to 2 stars for now as it is not so excellent as I thought. It crashes with PHP8. And PHP 7.4 is end of life at the end of this year. There is no follow up on the support section either so I guess I should look for a different solution. Too bad. Expected a little more from Automattic to be honest. This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Bianca. Reason: Plugin crashes on php8. Dev and support seems dead
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dwloughran5.9y ago
Does what it says it will do. You create your glossary entries and it does the rest. I like that it defines a custom post type so that you can create a full page of glossary entries by filtering on the type. Only thing keeping it from being 5-stars is the absolute lack of customization options, but it’s open source, and free, so that’s definitely not a functional flaw. Nice plugin, folks. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rolf Allard van Hagen6.1y ago
Delightfully easy, elegant and effective way to create tooltips 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 11 languages, 11 at 90% or more · development strings
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides pop-up tooltip definitions of acronyms and terms defined in a glossary. As used on make.wordpress...."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 187 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 200+ → 300+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 300+ → 200+ down after 152 days in tier
- 2026-01-10 200+ → 300+ up after 118 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 300+ → 200+ down after 579 days in tier
- 2024-02-13 200+ → 300+ up after 134 days in tier
- 2023-10-02 300+ → 200+ down after 167 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 200+ → 300+ up after 199 days in tier
- 2022-10-01 100+ → 200+ up after 387 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Name Directory 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Glossary 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Encyclopedia / Glossary / Wiki 1K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms & Show Tooltips 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for WordPress.org Glossary into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wporg-glossary" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WordPress.org Glossary — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WordPress.org Glossary: 300+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wporg-glossary
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