Summary box for Wikipedia links icon

Summary box for Wikipedia links

Summary box for Wikipedia links is a WordPress plugin with the following stats:

  • #3,275 Global Rank
  • 30+ active installs
  • 5/5 1 ratings
  • Since 2023 3 years active

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24.6
Popularity 40% 30+ active installs
61.9
Reputation 35% 5★ from 1 ratings
91.4
Freshness 25% Updated 3 months ago

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About Summary box for Wikipedia links

Enhance your site with Wikipedia summary boxes! Offer instant info previews on existing and new Wikipedia links without altering your website code.

The «Summary box for Wikipedia links» plugin brings the Page Previews from WikiMedia to your website. It displays simple and nice summary boxes on every Wikipedia link.

Immediately after activating the plugin, you get nicely animated summary boxes for all existing and new Wikipedia links on your site!
All without touching your source code in any way, so you can try it out without hesitation.

Authors and visitors love it! ❤️

  • Simplifies content creation by providing on-demand term explanations.
  • Connects your visitors to Wikipedia’s wealth of knowledge.
  • Enhances your site with a simple, valuable, useful and nice feature!

This plugin …

  • Works out of the box, just set a Wikipedia link as usual and the summary box appears.
  • Works smoothly with touch and mouse on mobile, desktop and tablet.
  • Supports all existing languages and text directions (ltr, rtl) on Wikipedia.
  • Does not affect your website in any way.
  • Is based on our library that can bring this feature to any website, not just WP, first release was 12/2021.
  • Is very lightweight, free and open source.

Settings. You have control over whether to …

  • Show summary boxes for all Wikipedia links, or none but only show selected ones.
  • Show images in all boxes, or none but also only in selected ones.
  • Display or hide each box and each image within it separately.
  • Change the width of the summary boxes, the number of characters displayed, the font size and more.

Best of all, using the settings it’s really simple, but in most cases you don’t need them at all, just activate the plugin and see if you like it.

Examples
Try it out on our project page (su-pa.net).
Use on our website dontwastemy.energy

Links related to the plugin
Project page (su-pa.net) contains:
– WordPress plugin
– version to implement the feature everywhere (pure HTML5),source code](https://github.com/su-pa/Summary-box-for-Wikipedia-links) (github.com)
– version to implement the feature with a one-liner everywhere
Plugin source code (github.com)
Plugin test page (cyon.site)

Give it a try!
Thank you very much.

Donate
The first version was created for our “The Horse” project, which supports cross-border student learning and collaboration projects. If you find the plugin helpful, please consider supporting the development by donating to THE ! association.

For suggestions or inquiries, feel free to contact us
Dominik, [email protected].

Screenshots

The Summary box with a preview of the "Wind" article on Wikipedia

The Summary box with a preview of the "Wind" article on Wikipedia

Demo on desktop

Demo on desktop

Settings of the «Summary box for Wikipedia links» that affect Summary boxes

Settings of the «Summary box for Wikipedia links» that affect Summary boxes

Parameters that affect a specific preview aka summary box

Parameters that affect a specific preview aka summary box

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is no image in a specific summary box?

Not all, but most, Wikipedia articles contain an image that can be displayed in the summary box. Also make sure that you didn’t use the “#dontshowimage” parameter in your Wikipedia link or you have selected “Disable Images” in the administration.

Why is a particular summary box showing fewer characters than set in the admin?

The value set in the admin is a maximum. The number of characters displayed in a summary box also depends on the text in the linked Wikipedia article.

How do I customize the settings for the summary boxes?

In your WordPress admin area, navigate to Settings > Summary for Wikipedia. There, you can adjust the width, number of characters, font size, disable showing images in all summary boxes, and more.

I did a change in the settings but it seems not to have an effect.

The pages of your website may be cached by your web server or browser – please clear these caches.

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Changelog

1.0.0 – 20.11.2023

  • Initial release.

1.0.0 – 24.11.2023

  • Update Details text.

1.0.1 – 25.11.2023

  • Added some allowed tags in the summary box.

1.0.1 – 27.11.2023

  • Update details text; settings, FAQ, screenshot added.

1.0.2 – 05.04.2024

  • Update for WP 6.5 compatibility, some minor text updates.

1.0.3 – 21.07.2024

  • Update for WP 6.6 compatibility.

1.0.4 – 22.11.2024

  • Update for WP 6.7 compatibility.

1.1.0 – 19.03.2025

  • fixed a critical error on PHP 8.3+, missing get_plugin_data().

1.1.1 – 17.07.2025

  • Update for WP 6.8 compatibility.

1.1.2 – 12.12.2025

  • Update for WP 6.9 compatibility.

1.1.3 – 21.05.2026

  • Update for WP 7.0 compatibility.

Version 1.1.3, 21 May 2026, df
Dominik Fehr, [email protected]

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