David Artiss

Patrick Lumumba

Divi Banks

Stoil Dobreff

Christopher Ocen

vikmark

Milimo Emmanuel

Footnotes Made Easy is a simple but powerful plugin for adding footnotes to your WordPress posts and pages. Wrap any text in double parentheses, and it becomes a footnote; automatically numbered, linked, and displayed at the bottom of your content.
Full documentation is available at <a href="https://docs.altvisewp.com/footnotes-made-easy/" rel="nofollow ugc">docs.altvisewp.com/footnotes-made-easy</a>
Key features:
<ul>
<li>Simple inline syntax — wrap text in <code>(( ))</code> to create a footnote anywhere in a post or page</li>
<li>Combine identical footnotes automatically</li>
<li>Paginated post support with manual start number control</li>
<li>Reference a previous footnote by number using <code>((ref:1))</code></li>
<li>Pretty tooltips — show footnote content on hover using jQuery</li>
<li>Suppress footnotes on specific page types (home, archives, search, feeds)</li>
<li>Exclude footnotes from specific post categories or custom URLs</li>
<li>Dashboard with live usage stats; footnote counts across all posts and pages</li>
<li>Export/import Footnotes Made Easy settings across different sites</li>
<li>Multisite support; network-managed mode or per-subsite override</li>
<li>Compatible with the Classic Editor and the Gutenberg block editor</li>
<li>Lots of configuration options</li>
</ul>
Footnotes Made Easy is a fork of <a href="https://github.com/drzax/wp-footnotes" title="Github - wp-footnotes" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Footnotes</a>, a plugin by Simon Elvery.
For the latest code, planned enhancements and known issues, visit the <a href="https://github.com/altvisewp/footnotes-made-easy/" title="Github" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub page</a>.
<h3>Getting Started</h3>
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Creating a footnote is simple; wrap your footnote text in double parentheses:
<pre><code>This is a sentence ((and this is your footnote)).
</code></pre>
The footnote will appear at the bottom of your post or page, automatically numbered and linked.
Important: Include a space before your opening double parentheses or the footnote will not work.
<h3>Settings</h3>
The settings page is organised into four tabs:
<ul>
<li>Display — Control footnote identifier style, back-link format, header and footer text, and tooltip behaviour.</li>
<li>Behaviour — Configure combining identical footnotes, back-link position, and processing priority.</li>
<li>Suppress — Choose which page types (home, archives, search, feeds, previews) should not display footnotes. Also suppress by post type and exclude footnotes from specific URLs or post categories</li>
<li>Advanced — Change the opening and closing delimiters.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Paginated Posts</h3>
By default, each page of a paginated post restarts footnote numbering from 1. To maintain a continuous sequence, add a start number tag between each <code></code> marker:
<pre><code>
</code></pre>
Replace <code>5</code> with the number you want the first footnote on that page to start at.
<h3>Referencing</h3>
To reference a previous footnote a second time, you can either repeat the exact same text (recommended — works with the Combine Identical Footnotes option) or use the number reference syntax:
<pre><code>((ref:1))
</code></pre>
Note: number referencing does not work across pages in a paginated post, and risks pointing to the wrong footnote if new footnotes are inserted before it. The exact-text method is more robust.
<h3>Multisite Support</h3>
On WordPress multisite networks, the plugin can be configured from the network admin in two modes:
<ul>
<li>Network managed — all settings controlled centrally; the Footnotes menu is hidden from subsite admins</li>
<li>Subsite override — each subsite admin can manage their own footnote settings independently</li>
</ul>
<h3>Available in 8 Languages</h3>
Footnotes Made Easy is fully internationalised and ready for translation.
Thanks to the following translators:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/dartiss/" rel="nofollow ugc">David Artiss</a>, English (UK)</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/markscottrobson/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mark Robson</a>, English (UK)</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/yayannabelle/" rel="nofollow ugc">Annabelle W</a>, English (UK)</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/maboroshin/" rel="nofollow ugc">maboroshin</a>, Japanese</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/wplmillet/" rel="nofollow ugc">Laurent MILLET</a>, French (France)</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/cansmile/" rel="nofollow ugc">B. Cansmile Cha</a>, Korean</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/danbilabs/" rel="nofollow ugc">danbilabs</a>, Korean</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/danbilabs/" rel="nofollow ugc">denelan</a>, Dutch</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/psmits1567/" rel="nofollow ugc">Peter Smits</a>, Dutch</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nekojonez/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pieterjan Deneys</a>, Dutch (Belgium)</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexvgrey/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Grey</a>, Russian</li>
</ul>
To add a translation, visit the <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/footnotes-made-easy" title="Translating WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">Translating WordPress</a> page.

Footnotes Made Easy


Amazing work and great that the developer continued the former footnotes plugin - very much appreciate it. The plugin works like a charm. THANKS!


GREAT


Adding footnotes is really easy, and they have nice links that go back to the footnote in the post.


Makes it really easy to create footnotes


Happy with this plugin as a seamless replacement for an old footnotes plugin that had stopped working with php8.


Works great

This plugin was great. Then the original developer got busy and passed it to another developper, who in months hasn't fixed small bugs that users takes the time to report, claims to be PHP 8.2 compliant, which is not. I believe the new owner was the wrong choice.

Plugin not updated anymore

Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts and pages.

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<h3>CSV Format</h3>
Each line = one post. Columns: 
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<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to external APIs to generate content and optionally fetch images.
<ol>
<li>
OpenAI API — generates draft content and outlines when you click Generate.
<ul>
<li>Data sent: your prompts (topic, outline, settings) and minimal context needed.</li>
<li>When: only when you start a generation.</li>
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</ul>
</li>
<li>
Pexels API (optional) — searches for a representative image when image fetching is enabled.
<ul>
<li>Data sent: your search keywords.</li>
<li>When: only for posts where image search is enabled.</li>
<li>Service: Pexels — Terms: https://www.pexels.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy: https://www.pexels.com/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<ul>
<li>Generated content is sanitized with <code>wp_kses_post</code>.</li>
<li>Outbound links in generated content can be reviewed before publishing.</li>
<li>If your content includes affiliate links, add <code>rel="sponsored nofollow ugc"</code> per your policy.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Tips</h3>
<ul>
<li>Supply at least 2–3 quality source URLs in the CSV for stronger citations.</li>
<li>Set realistic Min/Max words and Min headings to match your editorial bar.</li>
<li>Use a specific image_query for more consistent images.</li>
</ul>

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