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It displays simple and nice summary boxes on every Wikipedia link.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Immediately after activating the plugin, you get nicely animated summary boxes for all existing and new Wikipedia links on your site!<\/strong><br \/>\nAll without touching your source code in any way, so you can try it out without hesitation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Authors and visitors love it! \u2764\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Simplifies content creation by providing on-demand term explanations.  <\/li>\n<li>Connects your visitors to Wikipedia's wealth of knowledge.  <\/li>\n<li>Enhances your site with a simple, valuable, useful and nice feature!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>This plugin ...<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Works out of the box, just set a Wikipedia link as usual and the summary box appears.<\/li>\n<li>Works smoothly with touch and mouse on mobile, desktop and tablet.<\/li>\n<li>Supports all existing languages and text directions (ltr, rtl) on Wikipedia.<\/li>\n<li>Does not affect your website in any way.<\/li>\n<li>Is based on our library that can bring this feature to any website, not just WP, first release was 12\/2021.<\/li>\n<li>Is very lightweight, free and open source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Settings. You have control over whether to ...<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Show summary boxes for all Wikipedia links, or none but only show selected ones. <\/li>\n<li>Show images in all boxes, or none but also only in selected ones.<\/li>\n<li>Display or hide each box and each image within it separately.<\/li>\n<li>Change the width of the summary boxes, the number of characters displayed, the font size and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Examples<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/su-pa.net\/wikiPrevBox\/\">Try it out on our project page<\/a> (su-pa.net).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dontwastemy.energy\/2023\/05\/23\/video-games-and-the-environment-how-are-they-related\/\">Use on our website dontwastemy.energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Links related to the plugin<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/su-pa.net\/wikiPrevBox\/\">Project page<\/a> (su-pa.net)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/su-pa\/Summary-box-for-Wikipedia-links_WordPress-Plugin\/\">Plugin source code<\/a> (github.com)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/supa.cyon.site\/\">Plugin test page<\/a> (cyon.site)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/su-pa\/Summary-box-for-Wikipedia-links\">Source code of the library for any site<\/a> (github.com)<\/p>\n\n<p>Give it a try!<br \/>\nThank you very much.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Donate<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first version was created for our <strong>\"The Horse\" project<\/strong>, which supports cross-border student learning and collaboration projects. If you find the plugin helpful, please consider supporting the development by donating to <a href=\"https:\/\/the-horse.education\">THE ! association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>For suggestions or inquiries, feel free to contact us<br \/>\nDominik, wikinick@su-pa.net.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>From your WordPress dashboard go to <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Search for <strong>Summary box for Wikipedia links<\/strong> in the <strong>Search Plugins<\/strong> box.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Install Now<\/strong> to install the <strong>Summary box for Wikipedia links<\/strong> plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Activate<\/strong> to activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>After activating the plugin <strong>all existing and new<\/strong> Wikipedia links on your website will automatically show a nice preview box with a article summary of the Wikipedia article.<\/li>\n<li>After that you can change the appearance of the boxes in the <strong>settings page<\/strong> (go to \"Settings\", \"Summary for Wikipedia\") if you like to do so. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong>You can also download the plugin directly as a ZIP file<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/su-pa\/Summary-box-for-Wikipedia-links_WordPress-Plugin\/\"><strong>repository<\/strong><\/a> (github.com) and install it in WordPress via \"Plugins\", \"Add New\", \"Upload Plugin\".<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='why%20is%20no%20image%20in%20a%20specific%20summary%20box%3F'><h3>Why is no image in a specific summary box?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='why%20is%20a%20particular%20summary%20box%20showing%20fewer%20characters%20than%20set%20in%20the%20admin%3F'><h3>Why is a particular summary box showing fewer characters than set in the admin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20do%20i%20customize%20the%20settings%20for%20the%20summary%20boxes%3F'><h3>How do I customize the settings for the summary boxes?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>In your WordPress admin area, navigate to Settings &gt; <strong>Summary for Wikipedia<\/strong>. There, you can adjust the width, number of characters, font size, disable showing images in all summary boxes, and more.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='i%20did%20a%20change%20in%20the%20settings%20but%20it%20seems%20not%20to%20have%20an%20effect.'><h3>I did a change in the settings but it seems not to have an effect.<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The pages of your website may be cached by your web server or browser - please clear these caches.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0.0 - 20.11.2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.0 - 24.11.2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update Details text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.1 - 25.11.2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added some allowed tags in the summary box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.1 - 27.11.2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update details text; settings, FAQ, screenshot added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.2 - 05.04.2024<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update for WP 6.5 compatibility, some minor text updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.3 - 21.07.2024<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update for WP 6.6 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.4 - 22.11.2024<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update for WP 6.7 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1.0 - 19.03.2025<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>fixed a critical error on PHP 8.3+, missing get_plugin_data().<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1.1 - 17.07.2025<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update for WP 6.8 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1.2 - 12.12.2025<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update for WP 6.9 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Version 1.1.2, 12 December 2025, df\nDominik Fehr, wikinick@su-pa.net<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"Enhance your site with Wikipedia summary boxes! 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