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<p>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.</p>
<p>Use the built-in Citation Library to:<br />
+ Track every citation used across posts<br />
+ Edit citation details (author, title, year, URL)</p>
<p>Perfect for bloggers, educators, journalists, and researchers who need clean, consistent citation formatting.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
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<p><strong>Inline [cite] Shortcode with Auto-ID</strong><br />
Insert citations directly into post content using [cite]. Unique citation IDs are automatically generated, or set manually with [cite id=”my-custom-id”].</p>
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<p><strong>Post-Level Citation Editor (Citebox)</strong><br />
View and edit all citations associated with a post from a dedicated metabox. Modify author, title, year, or URL without leaving the editor screen.</p>
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<p><strong>Centralized Citation Library Dashboard</strong><br />
Manage all citations across your entire site in one place. Search, filter, and update entries inline to ensure consistency sitewide.</p>
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<p><strong>Auto-Generated Bibliography</strong><br />
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.</p>
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<p><strong>Manual Bibliography Composition</strong><br />
Create a standalone bibliography using [bibliography title=”References”] Source 1 ; Source 2 ; Source 3 [/bibliography] — ideal for static lists or non-[cite] workflows.</p>
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<p><strong>Multiple Citation Style Support</strong><br />
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”].</p>
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<p><strong>Tooltip-Style Inline Notes</strong><br />
Add lightweight footnotes or definitions using [tooltip]…[/tooltip] shortcodes. Renders as clean tooltips with no visual clutter or numbering.</p>
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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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CiteKit – Citation and Reference Manager

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

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<p>Better Footnotes is a robust and flexible solution that provides your article’s readers with a fast reference and links to additional information.</p>
<p>Better Footnotes lets you add footnotes on articles easily and effortlessly using the visual editor or WordPress shortcodes. It’s easy to use, customizable, and compatible with any WordPress theme.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Robust & flexible implementation.</li>
<li>Visual editor buttons to add foonotes.</li>
<li>Simple shortcodes to add or list footnotes.</li>
<li>Animated footnotes scrolling effect, which can be disabled.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<h4>Inserting a Footnote</h4>
<p>In order to insert a footnote, you can simply use the <code>[footnote]</code> shortcode as the following example:</p>
<pre><code>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent ex lacus, iaculis eget leo ac, tempus vestibulum mi. Curabitur dictum varius pharetra. Sed lobortis sem ac efficitur efficitur. [footnote]Your footnote here[/footnote]
</code></pre>
<p><em>Shortcode Parameters</em><br />
– <code>type</code> Determines the type of the reference. Options: <code>numeric</code> / <code>non-numeric</code>.</p>
<h4>Listing Footnotes</h4>
<p>You can display the footnotes by using the shortcode <code>footnotes</code> as the following example:</p>
<pre><code>[footnotes]
</code></pre>
<p><em>Shortcode Parameters</em><br />
– <code>title</code> Determines the title for the footnotes list.<br />
– <code>title_tag</code> Title tag name. Default is <code>h3</code>.</p>
<p>An active demo is available on <a href="https://www.arageek.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Arageek</a> articles.</p>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>Developers can contribute to the source code on the <a href="https://github.com/nash-ye/wp-better-footnotes" rel="nofollow ugc">Github Repository</a>.</p>


Better Footnotes

A very awesome plugin that helps authors to publish content with a list of references by using WordPress standardized shortcodes.

Brilliant and straightforward

A robust solution to provide a fast reference and link to additional information for your readers

CiteKit – Citation and Reference Manager vs Better Footnotes