Adds a button to CKEditor for inserting and editing abbreviations. If an existing abbr tag is selected, the context menu in Drupal 7 also contains a link to edit the abbreviation.
Requirements
Drupal 7
Drupal 8/9
CKEditor Module - Core
Drupal 10
CKEditor5 Core Module or CKEditor 4 Module
Drupal 10.3+
CKEditor5 Core Module
Installation
- Download the module into /modules/contrib
- Enable the ckeditor_abbreviation module
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Configure your WYSIWYG toolbar to include the abbreviation button.
The button is available in the CKEditor toolbar configuration of text formats if you set CKEditor/CKEditor5 as text editor.
Move the icon into the active toolbar. Enable the filter
'Limit allowed HTML tags and correct faulty HTML'. For CKEditor4 add the title attribute to the allowed HTML abbr tag, if you want to allow an explanation of the abbreviation.
Project information
Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed.Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers.- Project categories: Content editing experience
2,275 sites report using this module
- Created by boromino on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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Releases
Compatibility with Drupal Core 10.5 / CKEditor 45
Development version: 5.0.x-dev updated 17 Jul 2025 at 14:22 UTC
Development version: 4.0.x-dev updated 15 Oct 2024 at 14:43 UTC




