by Patrick Lumumba 4.5 (40 reviews)

Footnotes Made Easy

Name: Footnotes Made Easy
Rating: 4.5 (40 reviews)
Author: Patrick Lumumba

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

Footnotes Made Easy ranks #4,303 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #133 of 1,144 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4.5/5 rating from 40 reviews, and was last updated Aug 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.2.2 Current Version v3.2.2

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 15 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#133 of 1,144 in Editor & Writing Top 10% by installs Downloads -21.8% this week

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Support Resolved

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90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (40 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

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1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Nov 3, 2025

Footnotes Made Easy [footnotes-made-easy] < 3.0.8

CVE-2025-11733 · Fixed in v3.0.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.2.2
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Patrick Lumumba

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 40
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 50%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Footnotes Made Easy is for WordPress post authors and site administrators who need footnotes in their content, including multisite network admins. It solves the problem of manually numbering, linking, and formatting footnotes by letting authors wrap text in double parentheses to auto-generate numbered, linked footnotes displayed at the bottom of posts and pages.

Simple inline double-parentheses syntax
Combines identical footnotes automatically
Paginated post support with start number
Reference previous footnote by number
Tooltip display on hover via jQuery
Suppress footnotes on page types
Multisite support with network or per-subsite modes
Compatible with Classic Editor and Gutenberg

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Footnotes Made Easy

Wrap your footnote text in double parentheses anywhere in your post or page content: This is a sentence ((and this is your footnote)). The plugin replaces the marker with a numbered superscript and appends the reference at the bottom of the post.

Yes. Go to Footnotes → Footnotes Settings → Advanced and set custom opening and closing delimiters.

Yes. Use the CSS editor in your theme customiser. ol.footnotes targets the footnotes list and ol.footnotes li targets individual footnotes.

Yes. The Suppress tab lets you disable footnotes on the home page, archives, search results, feeds, and previews. The Advanced tab lets you exclude specific URLs or post categories.

Yes. Add the (( )) syntax directly inside any text block.

Yes. See the Multisite section above for configuration details.

The free version handles everything you need to add, number, link, and display footnotes. Footnotes Made Easy Pro adds a full academic referencing layer on top: automatic citation formatting in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles across 10 source types, DOI and ISBN auto-fetch, a reusable Citation Library, a Gutenberg sidebar panel, and priority support. Learn more on the Pro page.

No. Pro is built on top of the free plugin, so all your existing footnotes and settings keep working exactly as they do now. Pro simply adds the citation and referencing tools alongside what you already have.

Yes. Deleting the plugin via the WordPress admin removes all stored settings and user meta from the database. If you want to preserve settings for a future reinstall, enable the Preserve settings on uninstall option in the Tools page before deleting.

Full documentation is at docs.altvisewp.com/footnotes-made-easy.