FD Footnotes Plugin
Add elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.
4.5(21 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, FD Footnotes Plugin is a WordPress posts plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 21 reviews. It has been downloaded 56K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 52% this week. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
4.5/521 reviews
1.0K+active installs
56K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
AS OF MAY 2016, THIS PLUGIN IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY FUTURE UPDATES.
CONTACT ME IF YOU’D LIKE TO LIST AN ALTERNATIVE HERE.
Alternatives:
– https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotation/
This plugin provides an extremely easy way to add elegant looking footnotes to
your posts. The syntax is natural, simple to understand, and degrades
gracefully if the plugin is removed. Footnotes are linked unobtrusively and the
note itself links back to the original text where the footnote is referenced.
Adding footnotes to a post is simple. Just type them inline in your post in
square brackets like this:
[1. This is a footnote.]
Each footnote must have a number followed by a period and a space and then the
actual footnote. They don’t have to be unique but it is recommen…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simple plugin still works Sep 2018
by inge12·7 years ago
We’ve been using this plugin for maybe 6 years or more. It is now September 2018, and the plugin has been apparently abandoned. But apparently the code was good enough that it is still working flawlessly on our site, where we use footnotes regularly..
I understand the “Footnotation” plugin works with the same [1. Footnote .. ] code. If this should stop working, we’ll try that one.
If someone know of a way to notify the author, perhaps he could post a minor “update” so it doesn’t look abandoned.
Good, but currently “abandoned”
by ostinatofreak·7 years ago·1 reply
Would be five stars, except my Wordfence security plugin just notified me today that it appears FD Footnotes is “abandoned” (updated June 6, 2016, tested to WP 4.3.16). I hope the developer does what is necessary to keep this plugin up to date!
Easy to use and looking good
by JK·8 years ago
Using it on all my websites, one of my favourite plugins in order to keep content not really belonging to the post separated, but still mentioning it.
Edtit in 10/2020: Although not maintained since 2016, plugin works for me, very happy with it.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by JK. Reason: Update of use
Can't use square brackets in cites
by typotamer·10 years ago
I really like the basic functionality of this plugin, but there is a HUGE issue with it, and that is that you cannot use square brackets in your footnotes.
MANY cites require square brackets. However, because this plugin uses square brackets to denote the beginning and end of a footnote, if you use them elsewhere, the text within said brackets disappears. Unfortunately, that renders this plugin pretty much useless for me. Darn it. 🙁
Great plugin
by jdaniel·10 years ago
I use it since many years and love it. Great plugin!
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.0+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.36
96.9%
Other
3.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.36
- Fixed “Notice: Undefined variable” https://wordpress.org/support/topic/line-130-error
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