Best bibliographies plugins for WordPress
The most popular bibliographies plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Academic Blogger's Toolkit leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary (50+). All 2 plugins tagged “bibliographies” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 bibliographies plugins
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Academic Blogger's ToolkitThe most installed bibliographies plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 28 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 day ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “bibliographies”
Academic Blogger's Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:19#10,548by dsifford7 years ago
A plugin extending the functionality of Wordpress for academic blogging.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(28)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary
Down in the last 7 days:662#20,608by CiteKit1 day ago
Add sources from DOI, ISBN, PubMed, YouTube and more, then publish citations, footnotes, bibliographies, tooltips and glossaries.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 33/day