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Footnotes for WordPress

Footnotes for WordPress enables easy-to-use fancy footnotes for WordPress posts.

By C. Johnson·Footnotes·Free
4(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Footnotes for WordPress is a WordPress footnotes plugin with 100 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Easy Footnotes.

4/51 reviews
100active installs
10K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Footnotes for WordPress is a simple plugin designed with a simple aim in mind: to make
it dead-easy to include decently-formatted footnotes in posts and pages on your
WordPress blog.

The syntax is roughly based on the common MediaWiki syntax for footnotes, but uses the
WordPress shortcode conventions. So, to include a footnote with the text “Text,” you use:

This is footnoted.[ref]Text[/ref]

And that’s all you need to do. When you add a footnote, Footnotes for WordPress will
create a note marker at the point that the foonote appears in the text, and includes
the text of the footnote in a styled list of notes down the page. When a reader clicks
on the link in a JavaScript-enabled browser, a script included with the plugin will
create a small bubble inline in the text, whi…

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Ratings & Reviews

41 reviews
5 ★
0
4 ★
1
3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress2.9+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

C. JohnsonC. Johnson
Plugin Info
Version
2016.1230
Last Updated
Dec 30, 2016
WP Requires
2.9+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
10K+
Added
Mar 8, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

footnotesformatting

Developer

C
C. Johnson
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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