by Nico Danneberg 4.8 (18 reviews)

WP Wiki Tooltip

Name: WP Wiki Tooltip
Rating: 4.8 (18 reviews)
Author: Nico Danneberg

Adds explaining tooltips querying their content from a MediaWiki installation, e.g. Wikipedia.org.

WP Wiki Tooltip ranks #11,571 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #1,521 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 18 reviews, and was last updated Aug 10, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v2.1.1 Current Version v2.1.1

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 10 Aug, 2025

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,521 of 8,549 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#11,571

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Active Installs

200+

-29.6%

KW Avg Position

17.8

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Downloads

14.9K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (18 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

Total Progress 80%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Feb 18, 2025

WP Wiki Tooltip [wp-wiki-tooltip] < 2.1.0

CVE-2024-13462 · Fixed in v2.1.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.1
Last Updated: Aug 10, 2025
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Nico Danneberg

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 18
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

mediawiki tooltip tooltipster wiki wikipedia

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to link keywords in posts and pages to MediaWiki content such as Wikipedia. It solves the problem of manually creating and styling explanatory tooltips by fetching content from a MediaWiki installation and displaying it in themable popups.

Configure Wiki base and options
Gutenberg editor popup integration
Shortcodes for Posts and Pages
TinyMCE plugin for shortcodes
Uses Tooltipster for tooltips
Links keywords to public Wiki pages

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Wiki Tooltip

Sure, as long as the used installation provides an API structured like the API of MediaWiki it will work perfectly! You can use one of the public Wikipedias or setup your own Wiki URL.

Since version 1.4.0 the plugin provides the opportunity to manage multiple Wiki URLs! The wanted Wiki can be chosen via an attribute in the shortcode.

Yes, you can define extra CSS style properties that are used at all links to Wiki pages!

Since version 1.7.0 you can define a minimum screen width that is necessary to show the tooltips!

Since version 1.9.0 you can request a section by its title (anchor) using an extra attribute of the shortcode (section="anchor-of-section")!