Hide Tooltips on Hover – Clean Up Title Attributes Without Losing Accessibility

79 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

At roughly 4,000 active installs the plugin has a modest but established user base, which is respectable for such a narrow utility.

Update Freshness

25/25

A recent update on May 21, 2026 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0 indicate the developer is actively maintaining the codebase.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 10 reviews is encouraging, though the small sample size means the score should be taken with a grain of salt.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened, there is no track record either way, and the 50 score reflects an unproven rather than problematic support channel.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Supporting WordPress 4.6 through 7.0 plus PHP 5.6 gives this plugin one of the broadest compatibility ranges we have seen.

Scores higher than 69% of indexed plugins

About

Hide browser tooltips on hover while preserving accessibility for screen readers.

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-05-21 9:14am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 5.6+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Hide Tooltips on Hover strips the visible browser tooltip that appears when a user hovers over a link or element with a title attribute, replacing it with a visually hidden copy that screen readers can still announce. The result is a cleaner interface without the clunky yellow tooltips, while keeping the underlying title text intact for assistive technology and SEO.

Who It's For

This plugin suits site owners who prioritize a polished, minimalist look, such as corporate intranets, government portals, healthcare sites, and educational platforms where WCAG compliance matters. It is also a good fit for designers who find native browser tooltips visually jarring but do not want to remove useful metadata from links and images.

Who Should Skip It

If you actively use the default title tooltips as a UX feature, or you run a small personal blog where 4,000 other installs has not convinced you of the value, you can solve this with five lines of CSS or jQuery and skip adding another plugin to your site.

The Bottom Line

Hide Tooltips on Hover does one thing and does it well, with a tiny footprint, excellent compatibility, and an accessibility-first approach that avoids the SEO penalty of removing title attributes. The only real reservation is the limited rating pool and untested support channel, so larger sites should still smoke-test it on a staging environment first.

Pick Daisy Titles if you want more granular control over how page and post titles are hidden or restyled, since it focuses on title elements rather than tooltip attributes.