Best citations plugins for WordPress
The most popular citations plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Modern Footnotes leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Footnotes Made Easy (2K+) and LexonRank (800+). All 25 plugins tagged “citations” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 citations plugins
- 1.
Modern FootnotesThe most installed citations plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Footnotes Made Easy2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 40 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 3.
LexonRank800+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 31 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
CM Footnotes100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
EEAT WP100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 21 hours ago.
- 7.
KCite40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.
VR-Frases30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Citation Importer20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 10.
TheLaTeXLab10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
All 25 plugins tagged “citations”
Modern Footnotes
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,899by prismtechstudios2 months ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 61/day
Footnotes Made Easy
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,283by 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
LexonRank
Up in the last 7 days:19#7,504by bundgaard10 days ago
Automate your SEO with contextual & geo-relevant backlinks from 3M+ articles. Boost rankings and grow organic traffic automatically.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.1(31)
- Downloads
- 34/day
CM Footnotes
Down in the last 7 days:34#15,255by 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
EEAT WP
Down in the last 7 days:722#16,493by eeatwp2 years ago
Boost SEO by demonstrating trustworthiness. The best plugin for Google's EEAT Quality Rater Guideline.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary
#20,015by CiteKittoday
Add sources from DOI, ISBN, PubMed, YouTube and more, then publish citations, footnotes, bibliographies, tooltips and glossaries.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 23/day
KCite
Down in the last 7 days:153#22,236by knowledgeblog10 years ago
A tool for producing citations and bibliographies in Wordpress posts. Developed for the Knowledgeblog project (http://knowledgeblog.org).
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
VR-Frases
#23,608by Vicente Ruiz Gálvez1 year ago
Organize and display quotes with author management, classification, and search functionality. Includes widgets, shortcodes, and import/export features …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Citation Importer
Up in the last 7 days:46#27,383by Stephanie Leary10 years ago
Import a citation or bibliography as posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TheLaTeXLab
Up in the last 7 days:901#29,669by 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
Wisdom Journal Manager
Up in the last 7 days:986#30,770by Zachary Adam3 months ago
World-class modular academic publishing for WordPress — peer review, submissions, DOI, JATS, citations, REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebKew WP References and Citations
Down in the last 7 days:604#34,261by 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
- 3/day
Citrus
#34,818by Evan Morgan6 days ago
Display research publications from Pure API or manually provided BibTeX data beautifully.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pleasant Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:8,102#46,034by Gabriel Serafini17 days ago
Easily share Wednesday Readings, inspiring texts, lessons, benedictions and more on your WordPress site. Official site: PleasantViewer.org
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scholar Sync
Down in the last 7 days:8,719#47,962by 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
Vurl Evidence Badge
Up in the last 7 days:18,583#50,016by m2devio1 month ago
Adds a small badge that lets your readers check your page's sources with Vurl. It does not certify your site or score your accuracy.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Articla Lite Bulk Publisher
Up in the last 7 days:15,310#50,282by articla791 year ago
Generate high-quality draft posts in bulk using AI—complete with headings, citations from your sources, optional featured images, and a built-in quali …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mivídeo Geo Audit Content
Up in the last 7 days:17,520#52,522by Mivídeo Promoção Digital de Vendas3 months ago
Audit WordPress posts and pages for GEO, EEAT, citation readiness, structure, entities, and unsupported claims.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ContentSage
Down in the last 7 days:333#55,556by Ash Ganda5 months ago
AI blog writer for WordPress with verified academic citations, auto internal linking, and SEO schema. Built for creators who refuse to publish generic …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- 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
- 7/day
Unsourced
Down in the last 7 days:465#59,707by Rene R9 days ago
See which AI assistants cite your site, who is really crawling it, and whether your fixes work, backed by verified evidence, not vanity scores.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/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
- 79/day
Luis Rita AI Blog Writer with Sources
Down in the last 7 days:10,761#67,583by luismrita23 days ago
Source-backed AI content generator for editable WordPress drafts using OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or Grok.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
Searchify AI
Up in the last 7 days:4,010#67,943by searchifyai11 months ago
A simple tracking plugin that sends request data to the Searchify API to track citations from AI conversations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publications List Display for Zotero
Down in the last 7 days:4,770#71,854by Lobsang Wangdu8 days ago
Display a searchable and filterable Zotero bibliography with authors, dates, DOI links, citation keys, and pagination.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 25/day