WordPress plugin comparison
Citation Note vs Footnotes Made Easy
Citation Note
by Santosh Thapa Magar
Fewer than 10 installs
Footnotes Made Easy
by Patrick Lumumba
2K+ installs4.6
At a glance
- Footnotes Made Easy has more active installs: 2K+, against fewer than 10 for Citation Note.
- On a typical day, Footnotes Made Easy is downloaded about 29 times, Citation Note about 1.
- Citation Note has no reviews yet.
- Footnotes Made Easy was updated more recently: Nov 7, 2026, against Jan 2, 2026 for Citation Note.
- Footnotes Made Easy is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Citation Note.
- Footnotes Made Easy has been around longer: since 2017, against 2025 for Citation Note.
Line by line
Footnotes Made Easy leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Citation Note | Footnotes Made Easy |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #71,221 | #4,284 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 2K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 30 | 2.2K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.6(40) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 6.9.11 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.04 | ×0.67 |
| Last release | 10 months ago | 2 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.4 |
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