CM Tooltip Glossary vs Tooltips for WordPress (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Tooltips for WordPress
5.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, CM Tooltip Glossary has a higher user rating (4.3/5 from 156 reviews) and leads in active installations (8.0K+ vs 5.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. CM Tooltip Glossary has accumulated 637K+ total downloads while Tooltips for WordPress has 558K+. CM Tooltip Glossary has a higher support resolution rate (67% vs 0%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | CM Tooltip Glossary | Tooltips for WordPress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3/5 | ◄ | 3.8/5 |
| Total Reviews | 156 | ◄ | 75 |
| Active Installs | 8.0K+ | ◄ | 5.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 637K+ | ◄ | 558K+ |
| Support Resolution | 67% | ◄ | 0% |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ◄ | 2 months ago |
| First Released | 2012 | 2011 | |
| Age | 14 years | 15 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.4.0+ | 3.8+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.2.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 4.5.3 | 10.9.3 |
Rating Breakdown
CM Tooltip Glossary
Tooltips for WordPress
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, CM Tooltip Glossary averaged approximately 56 daily downloads while Tooltips for WordPress averaged 38.
Recent Reviews
CM Tooltip Glossary Reviews
Very happy client
This plugin works great. We uploaded a legal glossary to the CM Tooltip Glossary post type and, voila, tooltips customized for our client appear throughout almost 200 articles. Very happy client.
Excellent plugin and outstanding support.
Great experience with both the plugin and the support team. They quickly fixed a bug and even added a customization option I needed. Very responsive and professional — highly recommended.
Perfect and fast
The contact was brigand and fast. Thanks for helping!
Tooltips for WordPress Reviews
A fantastic plugin. I love it.
There were an incredible number of settings, which were revised in the latest update and are now much clearer. I was able to implement tooltips very quickly. It was only through using it that I realiz
Outstanding Support and Fast Fixes!
The support team is absolutely exceptional — fast, patient, and incredibly dedicated. They responded even at night, carefully tested everything, and released multiple updates until every issue was ful
very interesting pluging
Pluigin is very interesting and easy to use.It allows a lot of customization options to choose which pages you want the tooltips to work on and which pages you don’t. I had a question and they gave
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