Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts and pages.
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Simple plugin to show footnotes using markdown notation.
Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts.
Add sources from DOI, ISBN, PubMed, YouTube and more, then publish citations, footnotes, bibliographies, tooltips and glossaries.
Easily add, manage, and display citations, references, and footnotes in posts, pages, or custom post types using a user-friendly editor interface.
This plugin adds references and citations functionalities (in a wikipedia-like style).
WordPress citation & bibliography plugin. Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN, or arXiv ID to insert citations and generate a reference list.
Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.
Let visitors check a bibliography: which sources exist, which have wrong details, which can't be found. No accounts, nothing stored.