WordPress.org Glossary

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

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1. ★★★★★ Gerard Blanco

   2.1y ago

   If you are looking for a simple Glossary plugin, this is it. You don’t need more or any other gimmicky features.

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2. ★★★★★ Frank Spade

   4.3y 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!

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3. ★★★★★ Bianca

   5.5y 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

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4. ★★★★★ dwloughran

   5.8y 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!

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5. ★★★★★ Rolf Allard van Hagen

   6.0y ago

   Delightfully easy, elegant and effective way to create tooltips 🙂

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3

Translated into 11 languages, 11 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-16 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-08-13 200+ → 300+ up after 63 days in tier
3. 2026-06-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-10 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-06-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-06-07 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2026-06-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-06-04 200+ → 300+ up after 5 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).

• CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• T Tooltips for WordPress 5K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• 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 D

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WordPress.org Glossary: 200+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wporg-glossary