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Easy Footnotes

v1.1.14

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

by Jason Yingling · Website

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Rank
#2,424 24h 1 · 7d 1
Est. installs
8,468 High confidence
Total downloads
160K all time
Rating
4.8 ★ 33 reviews
Official installs
8,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 7.1.3 compatibility

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Version
1.1.14
Requires WP
3.0.1
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2014

About Easy Footnotes

Easy Footnotes is a WordPress plugin by Jason Yingling, first published on WordPress.org in 2014. It has 8,000+ active installations and 159,943 downloads in total, and ranks #2,424 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 1 place. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 33 reviews. Version 1.1.14 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 3.0.1 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under blogging, footnotes, hover, read and tooltips. Plugins with a similar focus include Modern Footnotes, Extensions for Leaflet Map and Read More Excerpt Link.

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