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Best citation plugins for WordPress

The most popular citation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Citations leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of ImpactPubs (100+) and Cite (100+). All 22 plugins tagged “citation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 citation plugins

  1. 1.
    Citations

    The most installed citation plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  2. 2.
    ImpactPubs

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  3. 3.
    Cite

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  4. 4.
    CitePress

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    BibleGet I/O

    30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

  6. 6.
    Simple Attribution

    30+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    PMID Citation Plus

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.

  8. 8.
    Cite This Article

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.

  9. 9.
    Inline Quote Format Button for the Block Editor

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Zotero Notes

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.

All 22 plugins tagged “citation”