by Lance 4.3 (4 reviews)

jQuery Hover Footnotes

Name: jQuery Hover Footnotes
Rating: 4.3 (4 reviews)
Author: Lance

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 #1,120 of 5,310 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: 7.1.4)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 15 years ago Last Update on 23 Feb, 2011

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,120 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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100+

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9.1K

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (4 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 51%

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jun 8, 2026 UNPATCHED

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

CVE-2026-10738 · No fix released
Jun 8, 2026 UNPATCHED

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

CVE-2026-10553 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Feb 23, 2011
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 3
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Lance

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 4
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 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.