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Footnotes Made Easy
2K+ installs · #4,274 most popular
- Most recently updated
- Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary
- Updated on Nov 8, 2026.
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CM Footnotes
by CreativeMindsSolutions
Add and manage footnotes, citations, and bibliography with this footnotes Plugin. Improve clarity and provide references.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #15,247
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Updated
- 27 days ago
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Footnotes & Content
by Golemiq
Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #15,670
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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Modern Footnotes
by prismtechstudios
Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rank
- #2,902
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Blank Footnotes
by Corrado Franco
Simple plugin to show footnotes using markdown notation.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rank
- #10,415
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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Footnotes for WordPress
by C. Johnson
Footnotes for WordPress enables easy-to-use fancy footnotes for WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #14,891
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Updated
- 10 years ago
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Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary
by CiteKit
Add sources from DOI, ISBN, PubMed, YouTube and more, then publish citations, footnotes, bibliographies, tooltips and glossaries.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rank
- #20,608
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 1 day ago
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Easy Footnotes
by Jason Yingling
Easy Footnotes lets you quickly and easily add footnotes throughout your WordPress posts using a simple shortcode in the text editor.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rank
- #2,428
- Rating
- 4.8(33)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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FD Footnotes Plugin
by fd
Add elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rank
- #5,697
- Rating
- 4.5(21)
- Updated
- 10 years ago
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Simple Footnotes
by Andrew Nacin
Create simple, elegant footnotes on your site. Use the [ref] shortcode and the plugin takes care of the rest.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rank
- #8,390
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Updated
- 12 years ago
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Inline Context
by Joop Laan
Footnotes, tooltips and glossary notes for the block editor. Click a term to reveal context inline — no page jumps.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rank
- #23,453
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 19 days ago
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Citations
by WP Munich
This Plugin introduces practical citation functionality to the WordPress Block Editor, aiming to streamline the process of adding references to your c …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rank
- #11,780
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 3 years ago
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Endnotes
by Heavy Heavy
Easily add footnotes to your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #14,830
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Updated
- 10 years ago
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