Glossário Simples

An extremely simple WordPress plugin that transforms specific words from your content into interactive popovers.

No indexing. No automatic glossary pages. No global scanning. No unnecessary overhead.

Just a simple text-based glossary.

Purpose

Most glossary plugins for WordPress try to do everything:

• term pages
• internal SEO
• automatic indexes
• archive pages
• global detection
• analytics
• complex shortcodes
• widgets
• builders

Simple Glossary takes the opposite approach.

It only:

1. searches for specific words in the content
2. transforms those words into links
3. displays a popover with the term description

Nothing more.

Features

• Custom Post Type for terms
• Categories for organization
• Bootstrap popovers
• Optional automatic content injection
• Configurable wrapper class
• No dependency on builders
• No automatic glossary pages
• No unnecessary URL generation
• Lightweight and simple

Installation

1. Upload the plugin to:

/wp-content/plugins/simple-glossary

2. Activate it from the WordPress admin panel.

3. Go to:

Settings → Simple Glossary

4. Configure:
   • Wrapper class
   • Auto injection

Usage

Automatic Mode

Enable:

Auto Injection

The plugin will automatically wrap the the_content output with:

<div class="glossary-wrapper">

or with your custom configured wrapper class.

Manual Mode

Disable auto injection and manually add:

<div class="glossary-wrapper">
    Your content here
</div>

or:

<div class="my-custom-class">
    Your content here
</div>

Then configure this class inside the plugin settings.

Creating Terms

After activating the plugin, a new menu will appear:

Glossary

Create a new term:

• Title → detected word
• Content → description shown inside the popover

Example:

Title

API

Content

Application Programming Interface

How It Works

When the plugin finds the word:

API

inside the monitored content, it automatically transforms it into:

API

Hovering the term will display a popover.

Structure

simple-glossary/
├── assets/
│ ├── main.js
│ └── style.css
├── libs/
│ ├── bootstrap/
│ └── he/
└── simple-glossary.php

Settings

Wrapper Class

CSS class used to identify where the plugin should search for terms.

Default:

glossary-wrapper

Auto Injection

When enabled, the plugin automatically wraps the rendered the_content output.

Plugin Philosophy

The goal is to keep the plugin:

• simple
• predictable
• lightweight
• easy to modify
• free from invasive automations

Requirements

• WordPress 5+
• PHP 7.4+

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