# Add \<abbr\> tags to words in posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-abbr-tags-to-words-in-posts/88394>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-abbr-tags-to-words-in-posts/88394 "2018-05-24T18:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![southpaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/southpaw/32/79352_2.png) [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-abbr-tags-to-words-in-posts/88394/2 "2018-05-30T21:17:44Z")

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Hi @Freso,

Thanks for creating Auto-Abbrify! It’s so simple for users to be able to mouse over an abbreviation rather than having to click away from what they are reading to look it up online or in a lexicon!

One question for you, please:  
I was hoping to also use it to provide explanations for some Android Hidden Codes, for example: `*#*#8647#*#*`  
To make such a code display correctly in Discourse, we have to escape the sequence using the preformatted text button ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/7/a7c7ed783657fc593090e50838a287baf3f4f335.png). I’m having trouble getting Auto-Abbrify to work with this code. I’ve tried entering the code in the Auto-Abbrify theme both with and without the backticks. Do you have any suggestion to make Auto-abbrify work with this kind of sequence?

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