Description
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Make the process of adding footnotes to your WordPress pages and posts effortless with the WordPress Footnotes Plugin.
This plugin allows you to seamlessly add footnotes to any page or post on your site, providing additional context and information to your readers without cluttering the main content.
With its easy-to-use interface, you can add footnotes with just a few clicks, streamlining your content creation process.
By adding footnotes to your WordPress site, you can provide additional resources, citations, or explanations for your readers, which can improve their understanding and engagement with your content.
Additionally, the plugin is fully compatible with mobile devices, ensuring that your content is accessible to all users.
Footnotes Premium Edition
The Footnotes Plugin Premium edition includes even more powerful features, such as: import footnotes from a CSV file, choose footnotes style, multiple shortcodes support and much more.
Footnotes Plugin Introduction Video
Basic Footnotes Plugin Features
- Add a footnote to every page or post, or custom post types.
- Customize the basic footnote style and design.
- Footnotes can be placed anywhere in the post or page using a shortcode.
- Specify unique footnote link symbols for each definition.
- Supports autoscrolling from the footnote link to the definition at the bottom of the page.
- Includes a user-friendly Setup Wizard for quick and easy plugin configuration.
Pro Version Features
Pro Version Detailed Features List | Demo Site
- Supports backlinks to footnotes from definitions at the bottom of the page.
- Extended styling settings for footnote links, footnote list at the bottom of the page and for tooltips.
- Add dashicons to every footnote. These are displayed next to the definition at the bottom of the page, making your articles much more attractive.
- Add external links to each footnote definition.
- Display definitions in posts and pages as nice-looking tooltips.
- Import footnotes from a CSV file.
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Screenshots
General Settings 
Creating Footnote Definitions 
Adding Footnotes to Content 
Footnotes – Front-end Example 
Setup Wizard 
Setup Wizard – Example
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Start editing a post or page where you want to add footnotes.
- Locate the metabox “CM Footnotes – Definitions” and add the definitions themselves.
- Insert shortcodes with relevant definition IDs to the needed places in the content.
- Save the changes in the post/page.
Note: You must have a call to wp_head() in your template in order for the footnote js and css to work properly. If your theme does not support this you will need to link to these files manually in your theme (not recommended).
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Contributors & Developers
“CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
2.1.9
Release Date: 10 Apr 2025
* Improvements
2.1.8
Release Date: 18 Mar 2025
* Updated pricing
2.1.7
Release Date: 08 Jan 2025
* Fixed vulnerability issue
2.1.6
- Implemented Wizard Guide
2.1.5
Release Date: 19 Nov 2024
* Fixed security (medium) issue
2.1.4
Release Date: 9 Oct 2024
* Fixed security issues
2.1.3
Release Date: 18 May 2024
* Fixed security issues
2.1.2
- Fixed the bug
2.1.1
Release Date: 21st Mar 2023
* Update package info
2.1.0
Release Date: 23th Nov 2022
* Fixed the bug when displaying the footnotes on the archive/blog/home page
2.0.9
Release Date: 9th Nov 2022
* Replace Internal support links