I have a large list of terms in this plugin. It is no longer working for me and I would like to export the terms and definitions somehow. I don’t think that is a built-in function so I would just like to know where the data is stored. Is it in a file, or database? Where?
Thanks.

This was a great little plugin. It is a shame it has fallen so out of date – I believe that fact can introduce security vulnerabilities. What is the situation here? It appears that the authors have abandoned the product. Is it open source? Can someone else take over development?

This aspect of WordPress plugins being abandoned is very frustrating.

Hi,

Needed enhancement to run with 4.6 (not tested detailed features) :

I got this error when running debug (enhanced using debug_print_backtrace() to localize mode on an empty dictionnary (just installed and activated) :

The debug log says :

[06-Dec-2016 14:29:40 UTC] PHP Notice: add_shortcode was called incorrectly. Invalid shortcode name: explanatory dictionary. Do not use spaces or reserved characters: & / < > [ ] = Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.4.0.) in …/www/…/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3996

With my enhanced version of functions.php with new wp_config.php parameter, I display the debug_print_backtrace(), which tells :

#0 _doing_it_wrong(add_shortcode, Invalid shortcode name: explanatory dictionary. Do not use spaces or reserved characters: & / < > [ ] =, 4.4.0)
called at [../www/…/wp-includes/shortcodes.php:101] #1 add_shortcode(explanatory dictionary, Array ([0] => Explanatory_Dictionary Object ([] => ,[] => ,[] => Array (),[] => ,[] => Array ()),[1] => explanatory_dictionary_shortcode_deprecated))
called at [../www/…/wp-content/plugins/explanatory-dictionary/public/classes/default.php:96] #2 Explanatory_Dictionary->__construct()
called at [../www/…/wp-content/plugins/explanatory-dictionary/public/classes/default.php:110] #3 Explanatory_Dictionary::get_instance() #4 call_user_func_array(Array ([0] => Explanatory_Dictionary,[1] => get_instance), Array ([0] => ))
called at [../www/…/wp-includes/plugin.php:524] #5 do_action(plugins_loaded)
called at [../www/…/wp-settings.php:295] #6 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-settings.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-config.php:105] #7 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-config.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-load.php:39] #8 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-load.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-blog-header.php:13] #9 require(../www/wp3-01/wp-blog-header.php)
called at [../www/…/index.php:17] #0 _doing_it_wrong(add_shortcode, Invalid shortcode name: no explanation. Do not use spaces or reserved characters: & / < > [ ] =, 4.4.0)
called at [../www/…/wp-includes/shortcodes.php:101] #1 add_shortcode(no explanation, Array ([0] => Explanatory_Dictionary Object ([] => ,[] => ,[] => Array (),[] => ,[] => Array ()),[1] => no_explanation_shortcode_deprecated))
called at [../www/…/wp-content/plugins/explanatory-dictionary/public/classes/default.php:97] #2 Explanatory_Dictionary->__construct()
called at [../www/…/wp-content/plugins/explanatory-dictionary/public/classes/default.php:110] #3 Explanatory_Dictionary::get_instance() #4 call_user_func_array(Array ([0] => Explanatory_Dictionary,[1] => get_instance), Array ([0] => ))
called at [../www/…/wp-includes/plugin.php:524] #5 do_action(plugins_loaded)
called at [../www/…/wp-settings.php:295] #6 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-settings.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-config.php:105] #7 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-config.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-load.php:39] #8 require_once(../www/wp3-01/wp-load.php)
called at [../www/…/wp-blog-header.php:13] #9 require(../www/wp3-01/wp-blog-header.php)
called at [../www/…/index.php:17]

Hope for an updated version ?
Best regards.
Trebly

How can I only display the A-Z list of letters, with no definitions underneath them? Clicking the letters would open up the definitions for each letter, and it would act more like a toggle.

Thanks!

Hi,
i created an archive page, on our site, but not all the popups show, i note that it show just a 5 popups, i tried to change “posts_per_page” value on “default.php” file but it is not help.
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thanks

first thanks a lot for the plugin! It works very good!!!

On the page of listing all entries, I would love to have the tool tips working as well.
Because it is a lexicon it has cross references also in the entries themselves.

What is the Code for disabling the toot tip for a selected page? and maybe how to enable it on that overview page?

thanks a lot in advance
dan

Great plugin!
However when I have a “$” present on the text the layout gets messed up.
Sometimes text appears at the top of the page with no reason, sometimes text just cuts off.

Any idea how to solve this?

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Hi there,

I would like to customize styles for the terms.

When i checked ” Use custom styling for terms ” box, nothing happened so i cannot apply customs rules.

How can I fix that ?

Thank you for your help

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Explanatory Dictionary does not always work.

see the word praedestinatie on pag. 59 here he works not (https://www.dboverijssel.nl/archieven/5821).

but here on pag. 224 No. 121 the tooltip works (https://www.dboverijssel.nl/archieven/6043).

Is there a fix for it?

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I have two dictionaries and I want to list each one in different pages but the shortcode [explanatory-dictionary]has no other property so it lists all the words….
Is there a solution for this problem?

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Hi,

first I want to thank you for this wonderful free plugin!

And now I have one thing I really miss in the plugin.

Is it possible to make the words, words expressions or sentences linked directly from posts to the glossary entry?

Thanks you.

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On our site https://www.belmontanglican.org.au/ We have been using the dictionary for some time. Recently is has stopped delivering the tooltip when you mouseover or hover a term but generates an outline of a question mark. We have quite a few terms https://www.belmontanglican.org.au/education/glossary/ so it is a bit of a shame it has stopped working. It is working on another site, so I am not sure where the problem will be.

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Hi all,
is it possible to create pages with all words summary?

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Hi, is there anyone who tried to use a sound file inside the tooltip?
I tried but I see only the bar and trying to run it nothing happens….
Is there a solution?
Thank you

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It is probably bad luck, however I have had a number of times where I have found that a term I want to include in a dictionary ends up fouling other plugins where there are url’s involved

For example I I include the word ‘church’ in a dictionary and then have a mapping module pointing to something at 21 Church Street XYZsville this can foul it.

A second example was when I had a term bible defined and then I wanted to include a link the bible.oremus.org using an image and the siteorigin image widget it is fouled by explainitory dictionary.

I normally work around these issues, but every time it bites me unexpectedly I waste hours tile I remember. I am just wondering if there is something you could to to minimise this. I love the dictionary and feel it has a lot to offer.

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I’ve a problem with the definitions.
Ex: security against fire.

He are identifying security against fire and fire as two words.
How to solve this?

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Hi,

I have an issue with your plugin. Everything is working just fine. The only problem is appearing when I scroll down, the tooltip is staying on the same position.
I looked the css, it seems the css left and top values are saved from the page loading. When I scroll, those values are not updated (and because of the tooltip’s position in the DOM) and the tooltip is not updating its position.

Can you help me please ?
Best regards,
P.

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Dear all,
I tried to change dimensions in the “Tooltip max width” and in “Tooltip min width” but nothing changes.
What can I do to fix this problem?

Thanks for your cooperation

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When I have a dictionary word – in this case ‘bible’ and there is an iframe in a post to ‘http:\\bible.oremus.org\…’ the dictionary (I think since the last wordpress update) seeks to exercuteand so breaks the iframe.

Would it be possible for the plugin to ignore words embedded in iframes and hyperlinks, and other code.

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Dear all, I would like to know if it shows also pictures and if it works on portables showing also pictures…..
Thank you for your kind reply

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Hello,

Even with allocating 2Gb (you read it correctly) of memory to Php (memory_limit), the plugin causes a fatal error about memory.

Is there a way do deactivate the plugin on categories pages and when we click on a tag ?

Bye,
Hervé

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Hi – first of all – thanks for a great tool! Its a real add-value for many websites.

So, the URL for each term appears as:
http ://www.[mysite].com/explandict/[title-of-definition]

My question is this: Is it possible to customize the “/explandict/” in the URL? I would like to make it something more intuitive, like just “dictionary.”

I thought maybe if I created a dictionary category and named it “dictionary” that it might replace the “/explandict/”, but that did not work.

Please advise!

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Hi,
I am getting following line on top on all my posts :
~<span class=”explanatory-dictionary-highlight” data-definition=”explanatory-dictionary-definition-43″>3~
How to fix this ?
Please help…its urgent

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Hi, Thanks for the nice plugin. I just have one problem with it, its not working with my unicode data.Please help as all my data is unicode.Are there any changes or settings available ?

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Hello! Great plugin, thank you!! So some of my words that I have definitions for show a question mark that appears when the mouse hovers over the word. While others, nothing happens. Please advise. Thank you!

https://factsandfaith.com/category/personal-testimonies/scientists-who-believe/

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This plugin does not work with the Cherry framework. To test it I disabled all the plugins I had installed on my website test your plugin each time I reactivated a plugin. As soon as the Cherry framework plugin was activated, your plugin stopped working.

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Hello,

I have just updated my website to WordPress 4.1.1 and the plugin Explanatory Dictionary to the latest version (4.1.5)

I got this fatal error message:
Call to undefined method Explanatory_Dictionary_Helpers::get_all_entries() in /home/berrimil/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/explanatory-dictionary/admin/classes/helpers.php on line 174

and then this message on the wp plugin page:
The plugin explanatory-dictionary/explanatory-dictionary.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist.

How may I fix that? (or where could I download an older version of the plugin?)

Thank you in advance for any help, solution urgently needed!

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I noticed Explanatory Dictionary nicely indexes and converts WP page and post content to tooltips but ignores content created by page builders like Visual Composer.

Is this a Explanatory Dictionary bug, or do I reach out to the other plugin author?

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Hi, I almost have this working, but in my site the content is built with multiple custom fields (ACF repeaters).

I have each field applied with ‘the_content’ and although each tooltip pops up, only one custom fields content will populate. The others pop up blank….

Any suggestions?

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There is an error in the helper function “update_synonyms” used to migrate from version 3 to 4.

File:
/admin/classes/helpers.php

Line 174:
foreach( $this->get_all_entries() as $entry ) {

Error:
“$this->get_all_entries()” does not exist.

Solution:

$entries = $wpdb->get_results( 'SELECT * FROM ' . $table_name, 'OBJECT' );
foreach( $entries as $entry ) {

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