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Writing a post with footnotes has never been easier and cleaner before. All you need to do is anchor a footnote at any point and then write it on the end of the paragraph or wherever it fits you.
Usage
To anchor a footnote use the {{FOOTNOTE_NUMBER}}. Then to write the body of it you need to embrace it with [[FOOTNOTE_NUMBER]]. Here is an example:
—— document starts here ——- 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam 
tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna ali quarn erat volupat.{{1}} 
venian, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper{{2}} suscipit laboris 
commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum irure dolore
[[1]]This is the first footnote.[[1]] 
[[2]]This is the second footnote.[[2]]
This is the next paragraph. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetuer 
adipiscing elit, sed diam nonnumy nibh euismod tempor incidunt ut 
labore et dolore magna ali quarn erat volupat. Ut wisi enim ad minim. 
—— document ends here ———
When the document is parsed, the footnotes that are between paragraphs will be removed from where they are and placed at the end of the document. The {{1}} will be replaced with an anchor link to the footnote. The footnotes will be a list having and anchor link back to the place the text has it. Here is what roughly the above text will look like after parsing:
—— document starts here ——- 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam 
tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna ali quarn erat volupat.[1] 
venian, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper[2] suscipit laboris 
commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum irure dolore
This is the next paragraph. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetuer 
adipiscing elit, sed diam nonnumy nibh euismod tempor incidunt ut 
labore et dolore magna ali quarn erat volupat. Ut wisi enim ad minim.
FOOTNOTES 
1. This is the first footnote. 
2. This is the second footnote. 
—— document ends here ———
The up arrows and the [1] and [2] are the links. There are a few options that you can tweak, for now it’s in the code. Please refer to the plugin’s homepage at: http://www.stratos.me/wp-plugins/yafootnotes
<h3>Requirements</h3>
None what so ever…
<h3>Credits</h3>
Mr. Mike Nichols from http://anxietypanichealth.com/ inspired me, motivated me and helped me debug.
<h3>Contact</h3>
Suggestion, fixes, rants, congratulations, gifts etc to stratosg@stratosector.net 
Also visit the plugin’s page at http://www.stratos.me/wp-plugins/yafootnotes/

YAFootnotes

Yet Another Footnotes (YAFootnotes) is a plugin that gives you the ability to add footnotes to any text you are writing.

Sean Williams

Footnotes optimized for desktop and mobile, inspired by the styles of Grantland and FiveThirtyEight.
Use a footnote in your post by using the footnote icon in the WordPress editor or by using the shortcode: [mfn]this will be a footnote[/mfn] The plugin will automatically associate sequential numbers with each plugin.
On desktop, footnotes will appear as a tooltip when the user clicks on the number. On mobile, footnotes will expand as a section below the current text.
You can also use the [mfn_list] shortcode to display a list of footnotes used in the article.
The official GitHub repository is at <a href="https://github.com/seankwilliams/modern-footnotes" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/seankwilliams/modern-footnotes</a>
<h3>Shortcode options</h3>
You can modify some behaviours or styles of your footnotes by using the following options within our shortcode. 
[mfn referencenumber=3]This footnote will have the number 3[/mfn] 
[mfn class=’my-pretty-class’]This footnote will have ‘my-pretty-class’ as additional class, allowing for custom styling of individual footnotes.[/mfn] 
[mfn referencereset=’true’]This footnote will reset the footnote counter and therfore receive 1 as its number. Following footnotes will also receive their number according to this new start.[/mfn]

Modern Footnotes

Thanks for this plugin! Does the job very well :)

Great footnote plugin

Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.

YAFootnotes vs Modern Footnotes