As of April 2026, JReferences is a WordPress citation plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Citations.
This plugin allows references and citations in your posts. It’s only a beta version, so if you find issues or if you think it lacks some features, please contact me.
To use it, simply add your reference using a shortcode you can choose (‘jref’ by default), and a few attributes (always use lowercase):
There are no specific controls on the content of those attributes, you may add any text you want. Only ‘title’ is mandatory. All attributes roles are easy to understand; ‘page’ is for a book (but can be used for any content), ‘readon’ is the date you last consult the reference.
Again, in this first release, there’s no specific control or action triggered by attribute’s…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Tested with WordPress 5.0
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