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by Lance 4.3 (4 reviews)

jQuery Hover Footnotes

JQuery Hover Footnotes lets you add footnotes with qualifiers of you're choosing, then dynamically displays them on hover-over.

jQuery Hover Footnotes ranks #14,784 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,111 of 4,963 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.3/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Feb 23, 2011. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3 (Current: 7.1.1)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 15 years ago Last Update on 23 Feb, 2011
Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#1,111 of 4,963 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Downloads
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Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (4 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3
4 reviews
Overall 86%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

  1. UNPATCHED

    jQuery Hover Footnotes [jquery-hover-footnotes] <= 1.4 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2026-10738 · No fix released

  2. UNPATCHED

    jQuery Hover Footnotes [jquery-hover-footnotes] <= 1.4 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2026-10553 · No fix released

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add footnotes to their posts. It solves the problem of displaying footnote references inline by dynamically showing them in a jQuery hover popup when readers mouse over the reference mark.

  • Numbers, words, or ANSI reference marks
  • Superscript, subscript, or normal text
  • Footnotes in page footer or hidden
  • Popup/hover footnote toggle
  • Settings page for formatting options
  • Auto-places footnotes in footer area

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about jQuery Hover Footnotes

jQuery Hover Footnotes has 100+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
jQuery Hover Footnotes holds a 4.3 out of 5 star rating based on 4 user reviews on WordPress.org.
jQuery Hover Footnotes is developed by Lance and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
JQuery Hover Footnotes requires WordPress 2.8 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.
jQuery Hover Footnotes has been downloaded 9,056+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of jQuery Hover Footnotes is trunk. It was last updated on February 23, 2011.
Yes. jQuery Hover Footnotes is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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