Provide readers additional information in the form of a footnote symbol linked at the bottom of a page
Various words and phrases require detailed description, but also unnecessary require space in your content . With our easy Footnotes plugin you can give detailed clarifications to your users and a stylish Footnotes Symbol will link the word to the explanation.
Focus readers to your content, but give them also an option to find text clarifications. Improve user reading experience while increasing search engine optimization with detailed content. Consider a footnote as a roadmap for referencing users to valuable content.
Easily create, elegant, simplere yet modern Footnotes in WordPress
The WordPress Footnotes plugin supports adding footnotes to any page or post on your WordPress site to add reference information and to clarify the text.
The footnote plugin helps you create endnotes, references, footnotes, citations, bibliography notes, pictures and other media.
Footnotes with featured images | Beautiful Featured ImagesEvery footnote can display a featured image.The images are also shown in the float window, where you can choose its size. Make your site more attractive with colorful footnotes. |
Elegant Footnote SymbolThis easy footnotes plugin allows users to create footnotes, endnotes, bibliography, notes, footnote citations, footnotes images and more right individual posts and pages on your WordPress site.Upon adding an Endnote a symbol will appear near the term. Clicking on the symbol will then lead to the footnote definition. |
Clicking on symbol takes to the Footnote definition or shows the float window |
Float window triggered by click | Persistent Float WindowShow a persistent float box when clicking the footnote symbol.The float window has an enlarged featured image and footnote definition. Customize padding, color and set a CSS class to the close button. |
Handy Tooltip PreviewDrastically improve user experience by adding a beautiful tooltip preview to each footnote symbol.Choose a tooltip background color that matches your site identity. |
Footnote with tooltip preview |
Using the WordPress Footnotes Plugin
- Add user friendly footnotes to any page or post on your WordPress site
- Add citations for post sources
- Build an index of all your site footnotes or citations
- Export and import footnotes between sites
- Build a database of footnotes for selected terms or content and use them across your site
A widget showing at the bottom of the post with the related footnote definitions | Post Footnotes Definitions WidgetThis simple Footnotes plugin supports adding multiple footnotes to any post or page on your WordPress site, as well as the ability to hide or collapse the footnote text.Our WP Footnotes plugin can be customized to fit the look and brand of your site. |
Footnotes IndexAll footnotes can be viewed from a central index page that displays all your footnotes each with a list of all related posts in which they appearYou can import or export footnotes between different sites using the CSV format. |
Footnotes Index Containing Links to Posts Where Footnotes are Used |
WordPress Footnotes Use Case Examples
- News & Blog Sites – Enhance readability and increase user reading time with term explanations. Boost your SEO without sacrificing user experience.
How the WordPress Footnotes Plugin Works
Easily Adding FootnotesOnce the WordPress footnotes plugin is installed and activated, a new meta box will be added to each page or post, allowing you to mark areas of the text and create footnotes or citations to display additional information.You can choose whether to display those footnotes on all pages, or only show them on selected pages and posts. |
Adding an endnote from Every Post Or Page Editing Screen |
Customize Footnote StyleOnce a post is displayed a sign will appear next to the selected text which will take the user to the bottom of the post where the footnotes appear.Customize the sign and the footnotes appearance |
Footnote Style Settings |
Footnotes Plugin Additional Resources
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Footnotes Plugin Basic Features
- Easily add elegant footnotes from every page or post
- Footnote list at the bottom of the post
Footnotes Plugin Premium Features
Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin
| Add Footnotes and Citations to WordPress posts – Add modern footnotes with the click of a button inside any post or page. Each footnote can be defined to appear only locally, globally or on selected posts or pages. View screenshot: CM Footnotes – Meta box in each page or post | |
| Footnotes Style – Footnotes can be placed anywhere in the post or page using a shortcode. The styling of the footnote is defined in the plugin settings. View screenshot: CM Footnote – Example of footnotes in a post | |
| Featured Image – Add featured images to every footnote. These are displayed below the footnote title and on the float box, making your articles much more attractive | |
| Footnotes Index – All footnotes that appear on the site can be displayed on the index page with all the related articles in which the footnotes are used. View Screenshot: Footnotes Index Page | |
| Float Window – Trigger a float window with image and description when clicking the tooltip symbol. The float box is persistent and customizable, enhancing navigation | |
| Footnotes Metabox – Easily define footnotes and citations within a customizable meta box on your page or post. View screenshot: CM Footnotes – Meta box in each page or post | |
| Footnotes Range – Define where your footnotes are displayed across your WordPress site. It can be shown only in one post, a group of posts or across all the site. View screenshot: CM Footnotes – Footnote properties | |
| Local Footnotes using a Shortcode – You can use a shortcode on any post or page to add a local footnote which will only appear on that post and will not be recorded in the footnotes database table | |
| Add Images to footnotes – Add a featured image to each footnote. The featured image will show up next to the footnote at the bottom of the post | |
| Import and Export – Export and import your footnotes across sites | |
| Custom posts support – Support any custom post | |
| Synonym support – Add a synonym to any footnote term, so once the synonym is found, it will be linked to your footnote | |
| Paged post support – If the page includes pagination, footnotes will also support linking to the correct post page |
Compare the Footnotes Plugin to other WordPress Plugins
Footnotes Plugin Frequently Asked Questions
Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin
Can I add the same footnote on multiple posts?
Can I export my footnotes for another site?
Yes. The plugin comes with a built-in import and export tool which makes it easy to move footnotes between sites.
To learn more about exporting and importing footnotes with the built in export/import feature read our Help guide by clicking here
Can I find a central location for my footnotes?
Yes. The plugin creates an index page for all the footnotes created. The index page includes the footnotes and all the related posts or pages where this footnote is shown. The index page can be used for admin only usage or also as a reference tool for site visitors
Can I customize the appearance of footnotes?
Can I add images to my footnotes.
Yes. Every footnote can have one featured image, which will be shown under the title in the footnote area or inside the float box.
Will footnotes appear on all pages and posts?
Where will my footnotes be displayed?
Can I add footnotes to any blog post?
Footnotes Plugin Online Demo
| This demo shows how an article can include footnotes at the bottom of it and links to the footnotes in the terms found in the articleArticle with Footnotes Live Demo |
| This demo shows how an article can include footnotes at the bottom of it and links to the footnotes in the terms found in the articleSecond Article with Footnotes |
 | This demo shows an index containing all footnotes used in the site with reference to the article in which they have been usedFootnotes Index Demo |
Footnotes Plugin Gallery
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- Footnotes with featured images
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- Footnote with tooltip preview
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- Float window triggered by click
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- Footnotes on the Front-end
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- Footnotes index
Back-end Gallery
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- Add New Footnote Item
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- Add New Footnote Item-Term Properties
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- Settings-General
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- Settings-Footnotes Display
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- Settings-Performance,Backup,Referrals
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- Settings-Footnotes Index pages
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- Footnotes Index pages-Search,Sharing Box
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- Footnotes Index pages-Pagination,Alphabetic Index
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- Settings-Footnote
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- Footnote-Content
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- Footnote-Styling
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- Import,Export
