Add in-text citations, tooltips, and auto-generated bibliography to your WordPress posts in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.

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CiteKit – Citations Manager makes it easy to add professional in-text citations to your WordPress content using simple [cite] shortcodes. Automatically generate a bibliography at the end of your post with [bibliography], styled in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other major formats.
Use the built-in Citation Library to: 
+ Track every citation used across posts 
+ Edit citation details (author, title, year, URL)
Perfect for bloggers, educators, journalists, and researchers who need clean, consistent citation formatting.
<h3>Features</h3>
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Inline [cite] Shortcode with Auto-ID 
Insert citations directly into post content using [cite]. Unique citation IDs are automatically generated, or set manually with [cite id=”my-custom-id”].
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Post-Level Citation Editor (Citebox) 
View and edit all citations associated with a post from a dedicated metabox. Modify author, title, year, or URL without leaving the editor screen.
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Centralized Citation Library Dashboard 
Manage all citations across your entire site in one place. Search, filter, and update entries inline to ensure consistency sitewide.
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Auto-Generated Bibliography 
Use the [bibliography] shortcode to automatically output a formatted bibliography for the current post. Entries are ordered and backlink to their corresponding in-text references.
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Manual Bibliography Composition 
Create a standalone bibliography using [bibliography title=”References”] Source 1 ; Source 2 ; Source 3 [/bibliography] — ideal for static lists or non-[cite] workflows.
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Multiple Citation Style Support 
Output citations in APA, MLA, Chicago (Author-Date and Notes), Harvard, or IEEE styles using [bibliography style=”apa|mla|chicago-ad|chicago-nb|harvard|ieee”].
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Tooltip-Style Inline Notes 
Add lightweight footnotes or definitions using [tooltip]…[/tooltip] shortcodes. Renders as clean tooltips with no visual clutter or numbering.
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<h3>CiteKit Shortcodes</h3>
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<li>[cite] — Inline citation with auto-generated ID</li>
<li>[cite id=”user-defined-id”] — Inline citation with user-defined ID</li>
<li>[bibliography title=”Works Cited” style=”mla”] — Formatted reference list </li>
<li>[bibliography] Smith, 2026; John Jacobs, The Red Roof, 2021; Mary Martha, Happy Homes, https://happyhomes.com [/bibliography] – Manually listed entries</li>
<li>[tooltip]…[/tooltip] — Define tooltip annotations</li>
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