Best tooltip plugins for WordPress
The most popular tooltip plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CM Tooltip Glossary leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Tooltips for WordPress (5K+) and Glossary (2K+). All 78 plugins tagged “tooltip” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 tooltip plugins
- 1.
CM Tooltip GlossaryThe most installed tooltip plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 157 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Tooltips for WordPress5K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 75 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Glossary2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 84 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
CSSIgniter Shortcodes2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
ACF Tooltip1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
Tooltipy (tooltips for WP)1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 68 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Tooltip for Gravity Forms800+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip600+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 17 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 9.
Image Hotspot With Tooltip For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer)300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 10.
Image Hotspot Block200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 78 plugins tagged “tooltip”
CM Tooltip Glossary
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,551by CreativeMindsSolutions26 days ago
Transform jargon into engaging content that boosts SEO, drives engagement, improves conversions, with automatic links and tooltips.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(157)
- Downloads
- 113/day
Tooltips for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,184by Tomas10 months ago
Add custom tooltip automatically for post's content/title/tag/excerpt/gallery/menu, easily add image / video / audio / social/link tooltips
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.8(75)
- Downloads
- 50/day
Glossary
Up in the last 7 days:21#4,489by Daniele Scasciafratte12 days ago
Boost your SEO & UX with Codeat's Glossary: powerful auto-link engine; customizable tooltips, mobile settings, ChatGPT and much more!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(84)
- Downloads
- 100/day
CSSIgniter Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,967by Anastis Sourgoutsidis11 months ago
This plugin defines and allows you to use a lot of useful shortcodes. Need a button? Sure. A message box? You know we have it.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 17/day
ACF Tooltip
Down in the last 7 days:24#5,405by dreihochzwo1 year ago
Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Tooltipy (tooltips for WP)
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,550by Jamel Zarga29 days ago
Automatically create tooltip boxes for your technical keywords to explain them to your site visitors.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(68)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Tooltip for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:48#7,413by Mehbub Rashid1 year ago
Add tooltips next to Gravity Forms field labels very easily. Supports placements, themes, animations.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip
Down in the last 7 days:33#8,307by ItayXD9 years ago
A WordPress plugin that helps you create responsive and mobile-friendly tooltip to present tiny amount of hidden content - the tip.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.4(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Hotspot With Tooltip For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer)
Down in the last 7 days:39#10,096by themebon5 years ago
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- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Image Hotspot Block
Down in the last 7 days:30#11,212by Thomas7 months ago
Create dynamic images with clickable hotspots to showcase products. Optimized for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day
WP Wiki Tooltip
Down in the last 7 days:17#11,738by Nico Danneberg1 year ago
Adds explaining tooltips querying their content from a MediaWiki installation, e.g. Wikipedia.org.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(18)
- Downloads
- 6/day
ToolTips For Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:113#12,730by howdytheme2 months ago
Add helpful, customizable tooltips to any Contact Form 7 field using a simple shortcode. Set colors, icons, width, arrow, and offset — all from a dedi …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Flipbox Addon for WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer)
Down in the last 7 days:72#12,732by themebon5 years ago
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- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Easy Gravity Tooltip
Up in the last 7 days:53#13,335by Amin Nazemi1 year ago
This plugin helps you easily add tooltips to gravity forms (gravity forms tooltips free).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Usetiful
Down in the last 7 days:3#14,614by usetiful1 year ago
Fight user churn with great user onboarding! Interactive product tours, smart tips and user onboarding checklists for digital products
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Glossary Tooltip
Down in the last 7 days:63#15,678by Jumedeen khan18 days ago
The best glossary tooltip plugin to automatically highlight glossary terms and display tooltips with definitions. Boost SEO & UI with automatic links.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Tipso
#15,818by Bojan Petkovski11 years ago
Tipso is a simple Wordpress tooltip plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ACF Simple Tooltip
#16,026by palmerijosh4 years ago
Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips using only CSS.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tooltipster
Down in the last 7 days:61#16,190by Md Rukon Shekh12 years ago
Tooltipster is a jquery tooltip plugin. you can use it very easy . you can add custom image , text , title.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inline Tooltips
Up in the last 7 days:326#18,051by Benedikt Ledl4 days ago
Adds a customizable inline tooltip format to the WordPress editor, enhancing content with interactive tooltips.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Rich Text Formats
Up in the last 7 days:322#20,510by lubus2 months ago
Rich text enhancements for the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inline Context
Down in the last 7 days:1,968#24,161by Joop Laan19 days ago
Footnotes, tooltips and glossary notes for the block editor. Click a term to reveal context inline — no page jumps.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Hotspots by Pleaseup
Up in the last 7 days:253#24,716by Pleaseup.com1 month ago
Interactive image hotspots with drag & drop editor. Compatible with Elementor, Gutenberg, and ACF. Add tooltips, annotations, and image maps.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Copy URL Button with Tooltip
Up in the last 7 days:27#24,808by Sujon Madbor1 year ago
A simple plugin that adds a shortcode to copy the current page URL with a tooltip message. Just use [copy_url_button].
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TooltipGlossary
Down in the last 7 days:361#24,920tooltipglossary16 years ago
Parses posts for defined glossary terms and adds links to the static glossary page containing the definition and a tooltip with the definition.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Skinnytip Tooltip Generator
#25,261by ebrueggeman18 years ago
The Skinnytip Tooltip Generator is a Wordpress plugin that allows easy creation of JavaScript pop-up tooltips while creating content.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advance Image Mapping
Down in the last 7 days:78#25,762by Ayush Guleria1 year ago
Create interactive image mappings with tooltips and custom icons. Add points visually and embed them anywhere using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Oxicat Onboarding Tours
#25,782by ofredon9 months ago
Create onboarding tours for WordPress (admin and front-end) with step-by-step tooltips.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tooltip & Label Icon Addon For WPForms
#29,554by Muzammil Motiwala1 year ago
Tooltip & Label Icon Addon For WPForms
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ITG Admin Hover Menus
Up in the last 7 days:942#29,745by itgoldman5 months ago
Adds direct edit links for your latest posts, pages, and custom post types right inside the admin sidebar flyout menus.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Warranty and Guarantee for WooCommerce
#30,103by MD.Muslim11 months ago
Add and manage product warranties and guarantees with expiry dates, badges, and tooltips for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Easy Tooltips
Up in the last 7 days:76#30,585by Thomas11 years ago
Simple plugin that allows you to easily add tooltips to your posts using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Easy WP Tooltips
Down in the last 7 days:531#31,292by Wouter Postma9 years ago
Add tooltips to your content easily using a simple shortcode!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
TP Product Tooltip for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:561#32,127by TPlugins4 years ago
Increase your sales by adding beautiful designed Tooltip to your woocommerce products.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
iThoughts Tooltip Glossary
Down in the last 7 days:947#32,206by Gerkin8 years ago
Create beautiful tooltips for descriptions or glossary terms, easily
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Whois Dashboard Widget
Up in the last 7 days:304#32,580by BenRacicot12 years ago
A simple dashboard widget to Whois lookup domain name registration information.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Clever Linked Terms
Up in the last 7 days:14,318#33,955by Jeff Brigman19 days ago
Build a smarter WordPress glossary with automatic linking, tooltips, semantic relationships, maps, and FluentCommunity support.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Slithy Web
Down in the last 7 days:586#34,703by wrey755 years ago
Even provided for clients of the integrated SlithyWeb hosting solution, this plugin also add some functions available for all.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Inventive gravity forms tooltip
Up in the last 7 days:11,197#35,236by inventive3d10 years ago
Inventive gravity forms tooltips, transforms gravity forms description into a tooltip.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(3)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Latest Tweets Tooltip
Up in the last 7 days:5,494#37,010by AdrianApan15 years ago
A wordpress plugin which will allow you to show the latest tweets about a certain word or phrase in a draggable and resizable jQuery tooltip window.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
WikiLink
#37,507by eduardosada17 years ago
An easier way to link to Wikipedia.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
gMapTip
Up in the last 7 days:4,439#38,023by Alexander Rauscha16 years ago
Add Google Maps Tooltips to your Posts & Pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MapTip
#38,231by aviket10 years ago
MapTip is a jquery tooltip plugin. It is used to display map of a city or place, when mouse is hovered over the city name. It very easy to use.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Whois XML API Whois
#38,601by whoisxmlapi7 years ago
This is Whois XML API integration for your WordPress website, which allows adding tooltips with whois information for each domain name in your post co …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Diablo 3 Tooltip
Down in the last 7 days:4,643#40,454by solariz14 years ago
A smart way to make use of Blizzards Diablo 3 Item Overlays. Smart JS include only when needed + Shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Tooltipfy
#41,764by diurno105 years ago
This plugin allows you to add more or extra information to a paragraph.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PrimeBible Verse Preview
Down in the last 7 days:8,259#43,238by primebible3 months ago
Automatically detects Bible references and displays beautiful verse previews on hover or tap. Mobile-optimized, fast, and fully customizable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-TagTip
Down in the last 7 days:7,664#43,631by eduardosada17 years ago
An sexy way to show a related post of one specific tag.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Whats This
Down in the last 7 days:4,457#44,695by nuvuscripts14 years ago
WhatsThis Tooltip Plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
UserGuiding
#45,361by UserGuiding7 years ago
UserGuiding is an onboarding software that helps you create quick, hassle-free, and interactive guides for an easier product journey.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day