Title: Tooltip Menu
Author: Prashant Thakur
Published: <strong>September 16, 2024</strong>
Last modified: October 7, 2024

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Tooltip Menu

 By [Prashant Thakur](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthakur/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/menu-tooltip.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/#installation)
 * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/menu-tooltip/)

## Description

Menu Tooltip is a WordPress plugin that allows administrators to add text icons 
and Dashicons as tooltips to menu items. Icons can be aligned above or below the
submenu text, and they can be customized for color, blinking, and alignment.

Unique Features of this plugin are :

 1. Text Icon Selection: Choose from predefined icons (\”New\”, \”Fresh\”, \”Hurry!\”)
    for submenu items.
 2. 10 most popular Dashicons also can be chosen.
 3. Color Customization: Customize the color of the selected text icon.
 4. Blinking Effect: Enable a blinking effect for the icon.
 5. icon Alignment: Align the icon slightly above or below the end of the submenu text.

## Screenshots

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 * Inside Setting menu
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 * Various settings of plugins
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 * Front page menu look.

## Installation

– WordPress 6.0 or higher
 – PHP 7.0 or higher

Steps

 1. Download the Plugin: Obtain the `menu-tooltip.zip` file containing the plugin files.
 2. Upload the Plugin
     -Go to the WordPress admin dashboard. – Navigate to Plugins 
    > Add New – Click Upload Plugin and choose the `menu-tooltip.zip` file. – Click
    Install Now
 3. Activate the Plugin
     After installation, click Activate to enable the plugin. How
    to Use
 4. Navigate to **Settings > Menu Tooltip** in the WordPress admin dashboard.
 5. The settings page allows you to configure tooltips for your menus and submenus.

Configuring Menu Tooltips

 1. Select Menu:
     – Choose a WordPress menu from the dropdown list. – Once a menu is
    selected, a second dropdown will appear to choose a submenu.
 2. Select Sub-menu**:
     – Choose the submenu item where you want to add an icon.
 3. Select Text Icon:
     – Pick an icon (“New”, “Fresh”, “Hurry!” or any of the 10 most
    popular Dashicons) to display next to the submenu item. These are : (i) User/Profile;(
    ii) Settings/Gear; (iii) Search/Magnifying Glass; (iv) Menu/Hamburger (three horizontal
    lines); (v) Shopping Cart; (vii) Envelope/Mail; (viii) Bell/Notifications; (ix)
    Calendar; (x) Bookmark/Flag;
 4. Icon Color**:
     – Use the color picker to select a custom color for the icon.
 5. Enable Blinking**:
     – Check the box to enable a blinking effect for the icon.
 6. Icon Alignment**:
     – Choose between “Top” or “Bottom” to align the icon slightly
    above or below the submenu text.
 7. Add More**:
     – Click **Add More** to configure additional submenu items.
 8. Save Changes**:
     – Click **Save Changes** to apply the configurations.

## FAQ

Can I use the real icon and not just an icon ?
 No, in the current version, only
three text icons -New, Hurry, and Fresh—can be chosen to show over the menu. Apart
from that I have also put 10 most popular Dashicons.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Tooltip Menu” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Prashant Thakur ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthakur/)

[Translate “Tooltip Menu” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/menu-tooltip)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/menu-tooltip/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/menu-tooltip/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/menu-tooltip/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/menu-tooltip/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

=1.2=
 Bugs in Add More button removed. =1.1= _Added 10 Dashicons to select as menu
tooltip_

#### 1.0

_initial release_

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/)
 * Tags
 * [menu](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)[tooltips](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tooltips/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-tooltip/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Prashant Thakur ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthakur/)

## Support

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