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CiteKit – Footnotes, Tooltips, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager
Add citations, numbered footnotes, tooltips, and bibliographies to your WordPress content. Manage all your references in one place and generate APA, M …
Compatible with WP 7.0.2
v3.2.1
Current Version v3.2.1
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 26 May, 2026
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Showing 4 of 4| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
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| bibliography | 1 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| citations | 3 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| footnotes | 6 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| tooltips | 15 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
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- Version
- 3.2.1
- Last Updated
- May 26, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.3+
- Tested Up To
- 7.0.2
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- writerspress
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about CiteKit – Footnotes, Tooltips, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager
Author, Title, Year, and URL.
When you write [cite id="who-2024"], CiteKit uses that string as the citation's permanent identifier. When you write [cite] with no ID, CiteKit auto-assigns a UUID (e.g. a3f8c1d2-04be-4e7a-9b23-f1cc8820de45) on first save. Both work identically — custom IDs are simply easier to recognise and reuse across posts.
Yes. Two posts using [cite id="who-2024"] both point to the same reference record. Editing the metadata in either post's CiteBox updates the shared record everywhere.
Three styles are supported. style="dashed" (default) and style="dotted" render with the tip attribute as the visible underlined term and the content between the tags as the definition shown on hover — e.g. [tooltip tip="FOSS"]Free and Open Source Software[/tooltip]. Any other string (such as *, †, ‡, , ¶, or note) is treated as a symbol marker, rendered as a superscript where the shortcode content becomes the popup — e.g. [tooltip style="*"]Popup aside[/tooltip].
Tooltips are inline definitions or explanations that appear on hover only — supplementary aids that aren't part of the document's permanent record. Footnotes are numbered notes that appear both on hover AND in a full list at the end of the post via [footnotes] or the Footnotes by CiteKit block — they're part of the article's substantive content. Citations, by contrast, are numbered references to external sources that link to the bibliography. The Getting Started page inside your CiteKit admin includes a "What's the difference?" section that explains each feature side-by-side with examples.
Footnotes are auto-numbered in order of appearance within each post, starting from 1. Numbering is per-post — each post has its own footnote sequence. Footnotes are distinct from citations: citations use bracketed baseline markers like [1], footnotes use superscript numbers like ¹.
WordPress added a native Footnotes block in core 6.3. It provides basic numbered footnotes at the bottom of the post with inline markers. The Footnotes by CiteKit block adds several features on top: hover popups on markers (so readers can preview without scrolling), an explicit list mode via [footnotes]one; two; three[/footnotes], custom heading control, integration with CiteKit's citation and bibliography system, and a consistent visual style shared with the rest of the plugin's features. You can use either — CiteKit's does more, WordPress core's is minimal.
No. CiteKit is optimised for WordPress publishing workflows, not full academic reference management.
Yes. CiteKit provides a Bibliography by CiteKit block, a Footnotes by CiteKit block, and three inline RichText formats (Citation, Tooltip, and Footnote) that appear as toolbar buttons on paragraphs, headings, list items, and quote blocks. Shortcodes continue to work in both the classic editor and the block editor.
Posts and pages are supported in the free version. Custom post type support is available in CiteKit Pro.