Descripción

Enhance your website with free knowledge straight from Wikipedia!

Install Wikipedia Preview, the free add-on designed to better engage your visitors and improve the user experience on your website.

The Wikipedia Preview plugin provides context to your site’s visitors with content directly from Wikipedia. It allows you to add links to your content so that when your visitors click or hover on them, they see a pop-up box with information and images straight from Wikipedia. With Wikipedia Preview your visitors gain context on a topic, without ever leaving your website.

Wikipedia Preview is an official plug-in designed and developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects.

The plug-in is entirely free to download and use, in line with the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission to provide free knowledge for everyone.

Ventajas

Rich-media content straight from Wikipedia, to give your site’s visitors the context they need, without ever having to leave your website.
Always free.
Available in 300 languages.
Easy to set up. Adding Wikipedia Preview links is even easier than adding other hyperlinks.
Leveraging the content and brand name of one of the most popular websites in the world.

Características

Can be set up using the same process you use to add hyperlinks to your articles or using the Gutenberg editor custom tool.
Gestiona cualquier enlace a un artículo de Wikipedia independientemente del idioma, la presencia de la imagen principal o la longitud.
Funciona con idiomas de derecha a izquierda (RTL) y de izquierda a derecha (LTR).
Offers access to a built-in gallery to dive into article images.
Can be disabled for any page using the post metadata sidebar.
Usa la herramienta personalizada del editor Gutenberg para buscar artículos de Wikipedia y visualizar Wikipedia Preview para lectores.

How to add preview links to your site

Option 1 – How to add Wikipedia Preview links using the Classic Editor:

Add a Wikipedia article link to your site’s content using the same process you use to add hyperlinks to your articles.

Option 2 – How to add Wikipedia Preview links using the Gutenberg/ Block Editor:

Highlight the text you want to link to a Wikipedia article.
Select ‘Wikipedia Preview’ from the menu.
You will see a list of suggested articles. Select the one you want to link to.
Wikipedia Preview will automatically turn the link into a preview of the relevant Wikipedia article. You can easily edit or remove this.

Capturas

Highlight a word in Gutenberg editor and access Wikipedia Preview option from dropdown menu
Select a preview from the search results
Preview is displayed for highlighted word
Hover over cursor to view the preview
Highlight a word in Classic editor for preview
Insert Wikipedia article link to enable preview
Preview can be discovered on mobile web by readers
Tap on preview to show preview card
Tap on an image within the preview card to open it in a gallery view

Instalación

Setting up the Wikipedia Preview plugin requires two simple steps:

Install and activate the plugin on your site for free.
Add preview links to your site content to improve the experience for your site visitors.

INSTALLATION:

Option 1 – Install using the automatic plug-in installer:

To add a plugin using the built-in plugin installer:
Navigate to Plug-ins > select Add New.
Use the search form in the top-right and search Wikipedia Preview.
Click the Install Now button to install the plug-in.
Once the plug-in installation is complete, click Activate to activate the plugin.

Option 2 – Upload via WordPress Admin:

If you have a copy of the plug-in downloaded as a zip file, you can manually upload it and install it through the Plug-ins admin screen.
Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
Click the Upload Plugin button at the top of the screen.
Select the zip file from your local filesystem.
Click the Install Now button.
When the installation is complete, you’ll see “Plug-in installed successfully.” Click the Activate Plug-in button.

AFTER ACTIVATION:

It’s easy to add Wikipedia Preview links to your site. It takes only a few seconds to add a preview link and create a richer experience for your site visitors.

Option 1 – How to add Wikipedia Preview links using the Classic Editor:

Add a Wikipedia article link to your site’s content using the same process you use to add hyperlinks to your articles.

Option 2 – How to add Wikipedia Preview links using the Gutenberg/ Block Editor:

Highlight the text you want to link to a Wikipedia article.
Select ‘Wikipedia Preview’ from the menu.
You will see a list of suggested articles. Select the one you want to link to.
Wikipedia Preview will automatically turn the link into a preview of the relevant Wikipedia article. You can easily edit or remove this.

GETTING STARTED:

Wikipedia Preview gives your site visitors context without leaving your site. We recommend adding links to words, pronouns, or phrases that you think your site visitors might be confused about or want more information about. Some sections of your site may be enhanced by adding a lot of links; other sections of your site might not need any.
Take a few minutes to add links retroactively to your existing content, and take just a few seconds to add links to new content as you create it in the future. Your visitors will thank you!
Let us know what you think about the product as you’re using it – we love to hear from you.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Wikipedia Preview es gratis?

Sí, Wikipedia Preview es gratis. Lo pone a tu disposición Wikimedia Foundation, la organización sin ánimo de lucro que impulsa Wikipedia con una misión de equidad del conocimiento libre.

¿Wikipedia Preview funciona con cualquier palabra?

Wikipedia Preview funciona con cualquier palabra o frase que tenga un artículo en Wikipedia, en cualquiera de los idiomas disponibles.

¿Cuál es el flujo para implementar en una entrada los enlaces de Wikipedia Preview?

Cuando escribas artículos, decide qué palabras muestran una ventana emergente de Wikipedia en una entrada concreta. El proceso de activación de la ventana emergente de Wikipedia en una palabra específica es idéntico a añadir un enlace.

Después de la implementación de Wikipedia Preview, ¿habrá algún impacto en el tamaño de la página? ¿Se volverá más lenta?

Las palabras que tendrán una ventana emergente de Wikipedia en tu sitio tienen que ser anotadas. Esas anotaciones se añaden al tamaño de la página, pero no más que los enlaces normales que ya usas.

How does one customise the preview style?

In the admin site, go to “Appearance / customize”, then select the “Additional CSS” option from the left side menu. In the text box, the following CSS should reset the existing term style so you can adjust it to your liking.

.wmf-wp-with-preview {
    border: 0;
    background-color: unset;
    padding: unset;
}
.wmf-wp-with-preview::after {
    content: '';
}

¿Es compatible con todos los navegadores?

Wikipedia Preview es compatible con los siguientes navegadores: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge (versión actual y anterior), Safari 5.1o superior, iOS 6.1o superior y Android 4.1o superior.

¿Cómo podemos compartir contigo nuestra experiencia con Wikipedia Preview?

Por favor, deja tus reseñas en nuestra página del plugin Wikipedia Preview

¿Cómo puedo trabajar con Wikimedia Fundation?

Si te gustaría explorar una oportunidad de colaboración más allá de Wikipedia Preview, por favor, contacta con partnerships@wikimedia.org

Reseñas

bcweb01@gmail.com 27 de octubre de 2023 1 respuesta

The Wikipedia preview plugin is invaluable for anyone wanting to add a genuine, independent extra source to their information posts. I look forward to future enhancements.