Footnotation
An easy way to add footnotes to your posts.
4.8(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Footnotation is a WordPress post plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
4.8/55 reviews
100active installs
5.3K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Based on the now unsupported fd-footnotes plugin, Footnotation provides
an easy way to add footnotes to your posts.
The syntax is retained from fd-footnotes which means it is natural, simple to
understand, and degrades gracefully even if the plugin is removed. Bidirectional
links are created automatically between a footnote and its position in the main
content where the footnote was referenced from so that readers can refer to
a footnote and return to their place in the text they were reading, with ease.
To make a footnote, type it inline within arbitrarily numbered square brackets:
[7. Example footnote.]
The syntax is important. Each pair of square brackets must contain a number
followed by a full stop and a space and then have the footnote text itself.
Neither do the numbers have to b…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.85 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2
- Front-end php notices corrected
- Minor code improvements
- With contributions by Mista-Flo
Contributors
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