Trigger your own WP pointers anytime!

for-the-console.js

// Open up your dev tools console and simply paste this in
// You can change the different variables to suit your needs
// You have to enqueue the script and style, though (see below)

jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
	var 	pointerTitle = 'My Pointer Title',
		pointerContent = 'This is the content of the pointer<br />You can also add Line breaks.',
		htmlPointerContent = '<h3>' + pointerTitle + '</h3><p>' + pointerContent + '</p>';
  
  // Simply find the selector you want to target
  $('#sample-permalink').pointer({
    content: htmlPointerContent,
    position: 'top' // Here you can play around with values like top bottom left right
  }).pointer('open');
});

functions.php

function courtney_enqueue_pointers() {
	wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-pointer' );
	wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-pointer' );
}
add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', 'courtney_enqueue_pointers');