wpsnoop: fix Tooltips plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Tooltips conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.


Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Tooltips, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Tooltips.


Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Tooltips leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Tooltips version 7.6.9 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Tooltips to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 7.6.9 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 7.6.9 of Tooltips behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Tooltips by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Which new files does Tooltips add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/ 0.96MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/ 13.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/addons.php 567.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/addonspanel.php 8.29kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/tooltips_for_oceanwp.php 1.64kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/addons/tooltips_languages.php 3.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/admin/ 52.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/admin/glossaryglobalsettings.php 21.17kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/admin/howto.php 31.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/admin/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/ 9.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/ 9.45kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/css/ 8.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/css/admin.css 8.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/js/ 699.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/admin/js/admin.js 699.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/asset/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/css/ 23.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/css/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/css/ionrangeslider/ 23.81kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/css/ionrangeslider/ion.rangeSlider.css 12.98kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/css/ionrangeslider/ion.rangeSlider.min.css 10.82kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/images/ 5.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/images/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/images/new.png 5.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/ 661.97kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/ionrangeslider/ 122.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/ionrangeslider/ion.rangeSlider.js 82.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/ionrangeslider/ion.rangeSlider.min.js 40.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/ionrangeslider/tooltiprangeslider.js 1.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/ 18.88kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/directory.css 1.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/directory.min.css 1.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/jquery.directory.js 9.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/jquery.directory.min.js 6.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/ 278.64kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/INSTALL 757.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/jquery-1.3.2.min.js 55.93kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/jquery.js 92.64kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/jquery.qtip-1.0.0-rc3.js 85.29kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/jquery.qtip-1.0.0-rc3.min.js 37.52kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/jquery.qtip.debug-1.0.0-rc3.js 5.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/LICENSE 1.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip/REQUIREMENTS 290.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/ 241.60kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.css 12.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.js 100.33kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.min.css 8.77kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.min.js 43.26kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.min.map 64.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qtip.rtl.css 12.39kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/languages/ 2.84kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/languages/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/languages/wordpress-tooltips-en_US.po 2.82kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/license.txt 15.05kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/readme.txt 38.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/rules/ 6.52kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/rules/detectmobile.php 335.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/rules/disabletooltipsinglossarypage.php 440.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/rules/glossarysuperscripts.php 464.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/rules/ttsimport.php 5.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/sample.csv 428.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/tooltips.php 69.29kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/tooltipsfunctions.php 77.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Tooltips add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[glossary] The glossary shortcode has potential conflicts with at least 5 other plugins or themes.
[tooltip_by_id] The tooltip_by_id shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[tooltips] The tooltips shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[tooltips_wiki_reference] The tooltips_wiki_reference shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[tooltipslist] The tooltipslist shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[ttsref] The ttsref shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Tooltips?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Tooltips?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
enableTooltipsForImage The enableTooltipsForImage option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
ztooltipversion The ztooltipversion option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Tooltips may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

What new PHP functions does Tooltips declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
add_tooltips_post_type 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare add_tooltips_post_type()
content_tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content_tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box()
create_glossary_index_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare create_glossary_index_page()
disabletooltipforclassandidsfree 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare disabletooltipforclassandidsfree()
disabletooltipsfreeforglossarypage 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare disabletooltipsfreeforglossarypage()
edittooltips 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare edittooltips()
footerdisabletooltipinhtmltag 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare footerdisabletooltipinhtmltag()
footernav 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare footernav()
loadglossarystylefree 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loadglossarystylefree()
loadtooltipsstylefree 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loadtooltipsstylefree()
nextgentooltips 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare nextgentooltips()
rangesliderinit 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare rangesliderinit()
save_content_tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare save_content_tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box()
showadmintip 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showadmintip()
showtooltips 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showtooltips()
showtooltipsandloadfromfooter 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showtooltipsandloadfromfooter()
showtooltipsinshorcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showtooltipsinshorcode()
showtooltipsintag 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showtooltipsintag()
showtooltipsintitle 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare showtooltipsintitle()
tomas_one_tooltip_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tomas_one_tooltip_shortcode()
tomas_tooltip_by_id_shortcode_free 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tomas_tooltip_by_id_shortcode_free()
tooltipfreefaq 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipfreefaq()
tooltipfreeglossarysettings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipfreeglossarysettings()
tooltipglobalsettings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipglobalsettings()
tooltips_admin_css 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_admin_css()
tooltips_free_admin_css 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_free_admin_css()
tooltips_get_by_id_free 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_get_by_id_free()
tooltips_get_option 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_get_option()
tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_keyword_synonyms_control_meta_box()
tooltips_list_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_list_shortcode()
tooltips_load_textdomain 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_load_textdomain()
tooltips_loader_scripts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_loader_scripts()
tooltips_menu 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_menu()
tooltips_plugin_action_links 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_plugin_action_links()
tooltips_pro_disable_tooltip_in_mobile_free 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_pro_disable_tooltip_in_mobile_free()
tooltips_pro_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_pro_meta_box()
tooltips_pro_meta_box_control_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_pro_meta_box_control_meta_box()
tooltips_table_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_table_shortcode()
tooltips_unique_id 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_unique_id()
tooltips_unique_id_free 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_unique_id_free()
tooltips_wiki_reference 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltips_wiki_reference()
tooltipscontrol 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipscontrol()
tooltipsfreeaddonmanager 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipsfreeaddonmanager()
tooltipshead 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipshead()
tooltipsimportfree 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipsimportfree()
tooltipsincontent 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipsincontent()
tooltipsmenu 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipsmenu()
tooltipsmessage 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipsmessage()
tooltipssidebar 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipssidebar()
tooltipswidgetinit 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tooltipswidgetinit()
tt_free_user_first_run_guide_bar 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tt_free_user_first_run_guide_bar()
upgrade_check 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare upgrade_check()

Using Tooltips from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.


How to install Tooltips from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-tooltips


How to activate Tooltips from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Tooltips after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-tooltips --activate


How to reinstall Tooltips from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Tooltips which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-tooltips --force


How to update Tooltips to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update wordpress-tooltips


How to delete Tooltips from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete wordpress-tooltips

Where can you download earlier versions of Tooltips?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Tooltips from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Tooltips

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Tooltips. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.