by Jason Yingling 4.8 (33 reviews)

Easy Footnotes

Name: Easy Footnotes
Rating: 4.8 (33 reviews)
Author: Jason Yingling

Easy Footnotes lets you quickly and easily add footnotes throughout your WordPress posts using a simple shortcode in the text editor.

Easy Footnotes ranks #2,437 among WordPress.org plugins with 8,000+ active installations, is #94 of 1,144 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4.8/5 rating from 33 reviews, and was last updated Aug 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.1.14 Current Version v1.1.14

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 26 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#94 of 1,144 in Editor & Writing Top 5% by installs Downloads -39% this week Actively maintained

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Review 4.8 out of 5

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.14
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2026
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Jason Yingling

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 33
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to add footnotes to their posts. It solves the problem of inserting numbered, interactive footnotes into post content without manual formatting, by using a simple shortcode.

Shortcode-based footnote insertion
Automatic footnote numbering
Ordered list of footnotes
Hover preview via Qtip2
Click to jump to footnote
Return-to-text link icon

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Easy Footnotes

Simply use the shortcode [efn_note]Footnote content goes here[/efn_note] and Easy Footnotes will enter numeric footnotes into your post that open on hover and take the user to the footnote at the bottom of the page on click. That's awesome! I know, but that's not really a question.

Because it's easy. And it's integrated with the qTip2 jQuery plugin to display your footnotes in lovely tooltips on hover. Plus it automatically numbers your footnotes in the order you enter them into your post.

Just use the efn_footnote_label filter in your functions.php to edit the output. function efn_change_label_markup( $output, $label ) { return '' . $label . ''; } add_filter( 'efn_footnote_label', 'efn_change_label_markup', 10, 2 );

Place the following code in your functions.php file to disable the qTip features. function efn_deregister_scripts() { wp_deregister_style( 'qtipstyles' ); wp_deregister_script( 'imagesloaded' ); wp_deregister_script( 'qtip' ); wp_deregister_script( 'qtipcall' ); } add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'efn_deregister_scripts' );

Use on the beginning of your page with the short code: [efn_reset][/efn_reset] This is a hard reset to fix a bug with themes/plugins using do_shortcode( get_the_content() ) outside the main loop and causing duplicate footnotes. 1.1.9 should have updates to not require this.