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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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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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Endnotes is a simple solution for adding footnotes to your WordPress posts or pages. The plugin originated as a fork of John Watson’s FD <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/fd-footnotes/" rel="ugc">Footnotes</a> but has been updated to use the WordPress Settings API. The original plugin’s usage and functionality has been retained.
<h4>How to Use</h4>
You can add footnotes to your posts or pages by adding numbered inline content within square brackets. Place the inline content where you would like the superscript numeral to appear.
<pre><code>I am Jack's happy sentence that will contain a footnote[1. I am Jack's happy footnote] for calling out a reference.
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Each footnote must have a number, followed by a period and a space, and then the actual footnote. They don’t have to be unique but it is recommended. It doesn’t matter what the numbers are since the footnotes will be automatically renumbered when the post is displayed.
Footnotes can contain anything you’d like including links, images, etc. Footnotes are automatically linked back to the spot in the text where the note was made.
<h4>Square Bracket Usage</h4>
Do not include square brackets inside the footnotes themselves.
<h4>Unique Footnote Numbers</h4>
Footnote numbers don’t need to be unique but it is highly recommended, especially if the text is identical for multiple footnotes. If you have multiple footnotes with the exact same text and number, you may get undesirable results.

Endnotes

Easily add footnotes to your posts and pages.

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