Best bibliography plugins for WordPress
The most popular bibliography plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Footnotes Made Easy leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of teachPress (2K+) and Zotpress (2K+). All 28 plugins tagged “bibliography” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bibliography plugins
- 1.
Footnotes Made EasyThe most installed bibliography plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 40 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 2.
teachPress2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Zotpress2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 66 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Academic Blogger's Toolkit300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 28 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
Citations200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 6.
Scholar Publications Fetcher200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Side Matter100+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 13 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
Endnotes100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.
CM Footnotes100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
CitePress50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 28 plugins tagged “bibliography”
Footnotes Made Easy
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,274by Patrick Lumumba1 day ago
Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts and pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(40)
- Downloads
- 27/day
teachPress
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,391by winkm897 months ago
Manage your publications with teachPress
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 31/day
Zotpress
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,638by Katie14 days ago
Zotpress displays your Zotero citations on WordPress.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(66)
- Downloads
- 74/day
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
Citations
Down in the last 7 days:5#11,780by WP Munich3 years ago
This Plugin introduces practical citation functionality to the WordPress Block Editor, aiming to streamline the process of adding references to your c …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scholar Publications Fetcher
Up in the last 7 days:80#12,253by valsze2 months ago
Fetch, cache, customize, and display Google Scholar profiles and publications with an easy WordPress admin settings panel.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Side Matter
Down in the last 7 days:37#14,389by setzer13 years ago
Turns footnotes into sidenotes, magically aligning each note in the sidebar next to its corresponding reference in the text.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Endnotes
Up in the last 7 days:40#14,830by Heavy Heavy10 years ago
Easily add footnotes to your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CM Footnotes
Down in the last 7 days:9#15,247by CreativeMindsSolutions26 days ago
Add and manage footnotes, citations, and bibliography with this footnotes Plugin. Improve clarity and provide references.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CitePress
#20,204by nusagates1 month ago
Generate and display an interactive, multi-format academic citation box for WordPress posts with one-click copy and realtime style switcher.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPBMB Entrez
#20,503by sdg09197 years ago
A plugin that interfaces with the NCBI Entrez databases for listing/updating publications.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Researcher Profiles for ORCID
#24,406by lalohao2 months ago
Fetch, cache and display researcher profiles from the ORCID Public API via shortcodes. No live API calls on page load.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Footnotes
Down in the last 7 days:155#25,756by Nashwan D6 years ago
A robust solution to provide a fast reference and link to additional information for your readers
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Citation Importer
Up in the last 7 days:82#27,262by Stephanie Leary10 years ago
Import a citation or bibliography as posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TheLaTeXLab
#29,379by TheLaTeXLab4 months ago
WordPress citation & bibliography plugin. Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN, or arXiv ID to insert citations and generate a reference list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Citrus
#33,718by Evan Morgan6 days ago
Display research publications from Pure API or manually provided BibTeX data beautifully.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebKew WP References and Citations
#34,684by Peshmerge Morad4 days ago
A WordPress plugin that automatically generates a bibliography from citations added to a WP post/page/custom post type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sunray Author Manager
Down in the last 7 days:2,134#39,510by Matthew1 year ago
A versatile plugin for writers to highlight their work, with a carousel slider and bibliography.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Borges Bibliography Builder
Up in the last 7 days:4,205#41,833by Dan Knauss2 days ago
Create accessible, structured bibliographies from DOI, PubMed, BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, free text, and manual entries — with RIS export.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 35/day
Pure Feed Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7,174#42,989by Mace Ojala7 years ago
A widget for listing academic publications from Elsevier Pure in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scholar Sync
Down in the last 7 days:4,799#48,015by researchdigitallabs27 days ago
Automatically sync and display publications and citation metrics for researchers, labs, or an entire faculty.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DiFlowRin Bibliography Checker
Up in the last 7 days:9,880#57,185by diflowrin11 days ago
Let visitors check a bibliography: which sources exist, which have wrong details, which can't be found. No accounts, nothing stored.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
MNML Footnotes
Up in the last 7 days:15,195#57,645by maurobringolf9 years ago
Simple auto-listed footnotes for posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tomevexa Book Catalog di Francesco La Mancusa
#59,085by Francesco La Mancusa1 day ago
Build and manage a book catalogue using Google Books, Open Library, Amazon product data, author profiles, shortcodes, and dynamic blocks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DiFlowRin Verified References
#67,117by diflowrin5 days ago
Citation checker for WordPress: catch invented and miscited sources before you publish, and show a formatted reference list with DOI links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 67/day
Publications List Display for Zotero
#70,489by Lobsang Wangdu9 days ago
Display a searchable and filterable Zotero bibliography with authors, dates, DOI links, citation keys, and pagination.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Icon Footnote
Down in the last 7 days:15,995#73,891by OpenDev.Consulting4 years ago
Gutemberg block that adds beautiful footnotes using material icons..
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day