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Actively maintained Tested up to 7.0.6 #41 in description

Term Description Popup

This plugin displays a keyword description in a popup whenever a term or post-tag in the text of a post or page matches that keyword or its synonyms.

Active installs<10New
Downloads · 30d54▲ +20% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/52 reviews
Health score62/100Good
All-time downloads1.5KSince Apr 2025
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 6.6PHP 7.4+
Downloads · 7d17▲ +54.5% week over week
Our verdict

Solid choice

Term Description Popup is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 62/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (<10 active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

51015Jul 4Aug 17Oct 1
Yesterday3
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day63Jun 12, 2026
Last 12 months834

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Term Description Popup stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
description >100 10,000 Best description plugins →
glossary #66 214 Best glossary plugins →
post tag >100 10,000 Best post tag plugins →
synonym #42 158 Best synonym plugins →
term >100 10,000 Best term plugins →

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
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  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Term Description Popup

From the official readme · v3.2.2

Description

This plugin displays a keyword description in a popup whenever a term or post-tag in the text of a post or page matches that keyword or its synonyms.

ENGLISH

  • Frontend
    • The Term Description Popup plugin displays a keyword description in a popup if a term in the text of a post or page matches that keyword or its synonyms. The term is marked with an icon. Clicking the icon opens a popup with the keyword description.
    • If a keyword has no description, the keyword is discreetly highlighted in the text.
    • The keywords are taken from the standard WordPress “terms” table, and the keyword descriptions from the “term_taxonomy” table.
  • Backend
    • The following settings can be configured in the plugin administration:
    • Which taxonomies (pages or posts) the plugin should be active on
    • The icon that leads to the description can be selected
    • You can choose whether to highlight terms without a description
    • You can choose how these terms should be highlighted
    • You can choose whether to improve the plugin’s performance through a cache
    • The cache can be deleted manually
    • Pages and posts can be specifically excluded from the plugin’s effects
    • The number of pages or posts for “scrolling” can be specified using the exclusion selection function
    • Numbers of main-languages are supported for the backend
    • Handle synonyms of terms or post-tags

Finally, keywords and their descriptions make sense again, after quickly losing their relevance to search engines. It is now also possible to create a glossary including synomyns using board resources and use it directly in the content without maintaining additional tags. What’s interesting is that the content is automatically supplemented with keyword descriptions, which has a huge SEO effect on the website’s visibility. Google and other search engines, as well as various AI models, will appreciate the additional content. All you have to do is activate the plugin and enter keywords and their descriptions.

DEUTSCH

  • Frontend
    • Das Plugin Term Description Popup zeigt die Beschreibung eines Schlagwortes als Popup an, wenn ein Begriff im Text eines Posts oder einer Page diesem Schlagwort oder dessen Synonymen entspricht. Der gefundene Begriff wird mit einem Symbol versehen. Ein Klick auf das Symbol öffnet ein Popup mit der Beschreibung zum Schlagwort.
    • Sollte ein Schlagwort keine Beschreibung aufweisen, wird das Schlagwort im Text dezent markiert.
    • Die Schlagworte werden der Standard WordPress-Tabelle “terms” entnommen und die Beschreibungen der Schlagworte aus der Tabelle “term_taxonomy”.
  • Backend
    • In der Administration des Plugin können folgende Einstellungen vorgenommen werden:
    • Für welche Taxonomien (Seiten oder Beiträge) soll das Plugin wirken
    • Das Symbol, welches zur Beschreibung führt, kann ausgewählt werden
    • Es kann gewählt werden, ob Begriffe ohne Beschreibung markiert werden sollen
    • Es kann gewählt werden, wie diese Begriffe hervorgehoben werden sollen
    • Es kann gewählt werden, ob die Leistung des Plugins durch einen Cache verbessert werden soll
    • Der Cache kann manuell gelöscht werden
    • Seiten und Beiträge können gezielt von der Wirkung des Plugin ausgeschlossen werden
    • Die Anzahl der Seiten oder Beiträge für das “Blättern” durch die Ausschlussauswahl-Funktion kann festgelegt werden
    • Einige Haupt-Sprachen werden für das Backend unterstützt
    • Synonyme für Schlagworte verwalten

Endlich bekommen die Schlagworte und deren Beschreibung wieder Sinn, nachdem sie für Suchmaschinen fast keine Rolle mehr spielen. Es ist also nun mit Boardmitteln möglich, ein Glossar inkl. Synonyme aufzubauen und direkt im Content zu verwenden, ohne zusätzliche Tags zu pflegen. Interessant ist dabei, dass der Content durch die Beschreibungen zu den Schlagworten automatisch ergänzt wird und dies einen gewaltigen SEO Effekt auf die Sichtbarkeit der Website hat. Goggle und Co. sowie diverse KI-Modelle werden sich über den zusätzlichen Content freuen. Sie müssen nichts weiter tun, als das Plugin zu aktivieren und Schlagworte und deren Beschreibung zu erfassen.

Features & Options

  • Frontend
    • The Term Description Popup (TDP) displays a popup when a term (keyword) or its synonyms matches a text string in the content of a post or page and that term has a description.
    • The text itself, which is found as a keyword (term) in the post or page, is marked with a clickable icon.
    • Clicking this icon opens a popup with the corresponding description of the keyword (term).
    • If the term does not contain a description, the text itself, which appears as a keyword (term) in the post or page, is marked with choosed styles.
    • Caching Terms & Descriptions for better Performance
  • Backend
    The following settings can be configured in the plugin administration:

    • Which taxonomies (pages or posts) the plugin should be effective for
    • The icon that leads to the description can be selected
    • You can choose whether terms without a description should be highlighted
    • You can handle synonyms for keywords, terms or post-tags
    • Pages and posts can be specifically excluded from the plugin’s effects
    • The number of pages or posts for “browsing” using the exclusion selection function can be specified
    • Administration selection to choose caching or not
    • Numbers of main-languages are supported for the backend
  • Coding
    • Use Ajax to handle some Administration features
    • Use JavaScript to handle the Popup
    • Use CSS3 to style the Popup
    • Use Theme Design to style the Popup

Online Documentation

To know how to use the plugin, please click the link to check online documentation

How to contact us

If you have any questions or encounter a problem while using TDP, please create a topic in the support forum

To speed along the support request, please follow the steps below

Deinstallation

All plugin settings will be erased.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server (in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory).
  2. Activate the TDP plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Default Settings are stored
  4. Settings can be changed by clicking the ‘TDP Settings’ button in the settings menu.
  5. All you need to do is activate the plugin and enter keywords and their descriptions.
  6. After an update, the plugin may need to be reactivated.
  7. Collecting synonyms for relevant post-tags, keywords or terms

Frequently asked questions

Installation

nothing happens

Activation

Default plugin settings will be stored.

Update

After an update, the plugin may need to be reactivated.

Deactivation

nothing happens

Deinstallation

All plugin settings will be erased.

Nothing to see

If you have installed any caching plugins then clear the cache. If plugin cache is crazy, deinstallation and new installation will help.

Versions

All versions are stable. All versions after 1.0.0 are better, but not more stable. Version 1.0.0 has only the lowest functionality.

Changelog

Name and some Improvements

3.2.2

  • Patch
    • Name and some Improvements

3.2.1

  • Patch
    • Improvements

3.2.0

  • Minor Release
    • Functionality extended to include synonyms for keywords or post-tags
    • Handling synonyms for terms, keywords or post-tags

3.1.5

  • Patch
    • Performance Boost
    • Terms with a hyphen

3.1.4

  • Patch
    • WordPress 7 Compatibility

3.1.3

  • Patch
    • Deletion load_plugin_textdomain() for more compatibility
    • Renaming Main-File

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

TDP shows Description Popup inside textcontent
TDP shows Description Popup inside textcontent
TDP marks terms without description or shows linked symbol to open popup with its description
TDP marks terms without description or shows linked symbol to open popup with its…
How to find Terms Management inside Wordpress
How to find Terms Management inside Wordpress
How to work with terms and tescription
How to work with terms and tescription
Administration panel general tab
Administration panel general tab
Administration panel exclusions tab
Administration panel exclusions tab
Administration panel to handle synonyms for post-tags, terms or keywords
Administration panel to handle synonyms for post-tags, terms or keywords

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FAQ

Term Description Popup: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026

Is Term Description Popup free?

Yes. Term Description Popup is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Term Description Popup safe to use in 2026?

Term Description Popup is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 62/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Term Description Popup?

Term Description Popup is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,475 times since it launched in April 2025. It was downloaded 54 times in the last 30 days.

Does Term Description Popup work with WordPress 7.1?

Term Description Popup is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does Term Description Popup need?

Term Description Popup requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Term Description Popup last updated?

The latest version, 3.2.2, was released on July 27, 2026 (2 months ago).

Who makes Term Description Popup?

Term Description Popup is developed and maintained by meinService.

What are the best alternatives to Term Description Popup?

The most popular alternatives to Term Description Popup are Custom Post Type Editor (2K+ installs), Shipping Method Description… (1K+ installs) and Page Meta (700+ installs).

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