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Best footnotes plugins for WordPress

The most popular footnotes plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Footnotes leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Modern Footnotes (6K+) and Footnotes Made Easy (2K+). All 30 plugins tagged “footnotes” 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 footnotes plugins

  1. 1.
    Easy Footnotes

    The most installed footnotes plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 33 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Modern Footnotes

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Footnotes Made Easy

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 40 reviews, updated 1 day ago.

  4. 4.
    FD Footnotes Plugin

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 21 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

  5. 5.
    Simple Footnotes

    600+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.

  6. 6.
    Blank Footnotes

    300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    Citations

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  8. 8.
    Footnotation

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  9. 9.
    Endnotes

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

  10. 10.
    Footnotes for WordPress

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

All 30 plugins tagged “footnotes”