As of April 2026, Acronyms 2 is a WordPress post plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
4.8/58 reviews
100active installs
8.3K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This WordPress plugin will allow users to maintain a list of acronyms and abbreviations which can be managed in the WordPress Dashbard. These acronyms will be automatically wrapped in the appropriate HTML markup when found in posts, pages and comments.
The plugin will auto-detect whether the currently active theme uses HTML5, and will output the appropriate HTML acronym or abbreviation element, e.g. <acronym title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</acronym> (or <abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr> for HTML5).
Based on Joel Pan’s excellent Acronyms, which is no longer being actively maintained. The onset of HTML5 and the deprecation of <acronym> in favour of <abbr> led me to fork Joel’s plugin and create Acronyms 2.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
- 2.0.10 – 11 March 2024
- Updated theme html5 check
- 2.0.8 – 04 July 2022
- More fixed permission issue on adding/editing
- 2.0.7 – 24 May 2022
- More PHP8 bugfixes (thanks to @felr for the catch)
- 2.0.6 – 04 Feb 2021
- More PHP8 bugfixes
- 2.0.5 – 04 Feb 2021
- Removed deprecated function call for PHP8 compatibility
- Tested against 5.6.1<…
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