Hendrik Luehrsen

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<p>This Plugin introduces practical citation functionality to the WordPress Block Editor, aiming to streamline the process of adding references to your content.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Cite Rich Text Format</strong>: This feature lets users mark citations in their text and assign them a specific source. This makes adding citations straightforward, enhancing the clarity and reliability of your content.</li>
<li><strong>Bibliography Block</strong>: This plugin also offers a bibliography block that displays all referenced sources. The plugin creates links between your in-text citations and their corresponding sources in the bibliography block, making it easier for readers to find and check your references.</li>
</ol>
<h3><a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?plugin=citations&url=/wp-admin/post-new.php" rel="nofollow ugc">Try now on WordPress Playground!</a></h3>
<h3>How to use</h3>
<h3>Creating In-Text Citations</h3>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to the Posts section of your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New button to create a new post, or select an existing post where you want to add citations.</li>
<li>Type your content into the WordPress Block Editor.</li>
<li>To add a citation, first highlight the text that you want to cite.</li>
<li>With the text still highlighted, find and click on the “Cite” format from the rich text format toolbar.</li>
<li>A pop-up will appear asking you to define your source. Input the source information into the fields provided.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Adding a Bibliography Block</h3>
<ol>
<li>Click on the + icon in the editor toolbar to add a new block to your post.</li>
<li>Search for “Bibliography” in the block search bar.</li>
<li>Click on the Bibliography block to add it to your post.</li>
<li>The Bibliography block will automatically populate with the sources of all the in-text citations you’ve added to your post. Each citation in the text is linked to its corresponding source in the bibliography, allowing readers to easily check your references.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Editing Citations and Sources</h3>
<ol>
<li>To edit a citation or source, click on the citation in the text.</li>
<li>Make the necessary changes in the pop-up that appears.</li>
<li>Click on Save or Update to apply your changes.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Using the Demo-Pattern</h3>
<ol>
<li>Click on the + icon in the editor toolbar to add a new pattern to your post.</li>
<li>Search for “Citations Demo” in the pattern search bar.</li>
<li>Click on the “Citations Demo” pattern to add it to your post.</li>
<li>A few lines of filler text with pre-defined citations and a bibliography block will appear in your post content.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>If you are a developer, we encourage you to follow along or <a href="https://github.com/luehrsenheinrich/wpm-citations" rel="nofollow ugc">contribute</a> to the development of this plugin <a href="https://github.com/luehrsenheinrich/wpm-citations" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</p>


Citations


Excellent plugin and fairly easy to use. This improves my citations and means I don't have to simply write HTML code in a custom block to get them working.


Always wanted better citations

This Plugin introduces practical citation functionality to the WordPress Block Editor, aiming to streamline the process of adding references to your c …

Dan Knauss

<p>Named for Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), the Argentine writer and librarian known for stories about infinite libraries, imaginary books, and labyrinths of knowledge, Borges Bibliography Builder brings order to scholarly references in WordPress.</p>
<p>The <strong>Borges Bibliography Builder</strong> transforms pasted DOI(s), PubMed/PMID records, BibTeX entries, and citations into a semantically rich, auto-sorted reference list.</p>
<p><strong>One-click import.</strong> Paste a DOI and CrossRef resolves the metadata instantly. Paste a PubMed/PMID identifier and Borges resolves it through an authenticated WordPress REST proxy to NCBI/PMC citation metadata. Paste BibTeX or formatted citations for books, articles, chapters, webpages, reviews, and theses.</p>
<p><strong>Nine citation styles.</strong> Choose from Chicago Notes-Bibliography, Chicago Author-Date, APA 7, MLA 9, Harvard, Vancouver, IEEE, OSCOLA, and ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas / NBR 6023:2018) — all with automatic sorting per style rules.</p>
<p><strong>Portable.</strong> Static HTML output survives plugin deactivation. No shortcodes. No database tables.</p>
<p><strong>Reference-manager friendly.</strong> Export and reuse your bibliography in common research workflows. Borges supports CSL-JSON, BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS, DOI links, JSON-LD, and optional COinS metadata for compatibility with tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, JabRef, BibDesk, and other citation managers.</p>
<p><strong>Try it first.</strong> Launch a disposable demo in <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dknauss/borges-bibliography-builder/main/playground/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Playground</a> before installing it on your site.</p>
<p><strong>Translation-ready.</strong> Plugin interface strings use the <code>borges-bibliography-builder</code> text domain, and official WordPress.org language packs are generated as community translations are approved on translate.wordpress.org.</p>
<h3>Known Limitations</h3>
<p><strong>OSCOLA grouped bibliography</strong> — OSCOLA convention requires the bibliography to be divided into source-type groups (cases, legislation, books, articles, online sources). Borges currently renders a single alphabetized list regardless of style. A dismissible notice in the editor explains this when OSCOLA is selected. Grouped-bibliography support is planned for a future release.</p>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>Full developer documentation, source code, issue tracker, and contribution guidelines are on GitHub:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/dknauss/borges-bibliography-builder" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/dknauss/borges-bibliography-builder</a></p>
<p>Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md in the repository for development setup, coding standards, and the PR process.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to fixed scholarly metadata services only when you explicitly add an identifier in the block editor — no citation data is sent automatically or in the background. No account or API key is required for the supported DOI or PMID lookups.</p>
<p><strong>DOI metadata</strong></p>
<p>DOI input connects to the <strong>CrossRef REST API</strong> (https://api.crossref.org/) to resolve citation metadata.</p>
<ul>
<li>CrossRef service: https://www.crossref.org/</li>
<li>CrossRef REST API documentation: https://api.crossref.org/swagger-ui/index.html</li>
<li>CrossRef privacy policy: https://www.crossref.org/privacy/</li>
<li>CrossRef terms of service: https://www.crossref.org/terms/</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PubMed/PMID metadata</strong></p>
<p>PubMed/PMID input connects through the plugin’s authenticated WordPress REST proxy to the <strong>NCBI/PMC Literature Citation Exporter</strong> CSL endpoint. The proxy uses a fixed upstream host and validates the PMID before making the outbound request.</p>
<ul>
<li>NCBI APIs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/develop/api/</li>
<li>NCBI/PMC Literature Citation Exporter: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/api/ctxp/</li>
<li>NLM Web Policies: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/web_policies.html</li>
</ul>


Borges Bibliography Builder

Paste DOI, PubMed/PMID, BibTeX, or citations — get a formatted, auto-sorted bibliography in nine academic styles.

Citations vs Borges Bibliography Builder