As of April 2026, Advanced Footnotes is a WordPress academic plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Student Result or Employee Database.
5/52 reviews
10active installs
1.6K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Advanced Footnotes lets you add footnotes on articles via shortcodes. Advanced Footnotes is is extremely customizable, therefore it can be implemented on any theme.
With its internal functions, you can also implement Advanced Footnotes on your own theme in any form you like.
Main Features:
- Easy & flexible implementation.
- Implemented WYSIWYG editor button.
- Footnotes can be implemented with shortcode or function.
- Animated scroll effect (can be disabled)
- Lightweight CSS (can be disabled)
- Custom CSS styling
- Dynamically changeable interface options (JS can be fully disabled)
Usage
Inserting a Footnote:
In order to insert a footnote, you can either use the “Insert Footnote” button added on your WYSIWYG editor, or use the [footnote]your-footnote-here[/footnote] shortcode.
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1
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1.1.2
- Fixes on the readme file.
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1.1.1
- Empty title display bug fixed.
- WYSIWYG dialog enabled on selected text.
…and 5 more changes
Contributors
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