Title: Simple Footnotes Author: Andrew Nacin Published: July 10, 2010 Last modified: November 19, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simple-footnotes.svg) # Simple Footnotes By [Andrew Nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-footnotes.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/#reviews) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/) ## Description Create simple, elegant footnotes on your site. Use the `[ref]` shortcode and the plugin takes care of the rest. Example usage: `Lorem ipsum. [ref]My note.[/ref]` If you paginate your posts, you can optionally move your footnotes below your page links. Look under Settings > Reading. Footnotes will still appear as normal for posts that are unpaginated. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c0bbdffb04f802bba8087aa7399154ac7d7987421e382bcdb93dad19a3ff1ef? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Footnotes sometimes repeat or repeat under each comment](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-sometimes-repeat-or-repeat-under-each-comment/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kalebeul/) November 1, 2016 The fix at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-entries-on-wp-35/ no longer seems to work, and https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-footnote-appears-repeated- three-times/ doesn’t appear to have been addressed. Shame – it was a great little plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e11ad2f75cb1d558136f1982458d541d96fb84a217d6a82e8c18df2ff503964b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and Effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-effective-634/)󠁿 [leeked](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leeked/) September 3, 2016 This was one of the only footnotes plugins I could find that supported using shortcodes inside of the footnote content. It is simple and works well. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2f94b5196a5382265499a7692503f3348a6adaca252d7f03e1adc3bb0a0a8c4a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple, but excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-but-excellent-4/)󠁿 [gilmichelini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gilmichelini/) September 3, 2016 Does exactly what I was looking for! It displays below the page buttons in a way other footnote plugins did not. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa30b296c5bf7f978382eb7d522708231c00798a513a627e04767402c094e880? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Compact, well-written and does the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compact-well-written-and-does-the-job/)󠁿 [ElectricFeet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electricfeet/) September 3, 2016 Does what it says, very efficiently. [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Footnotes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/) [Translate “Simple Footnotes” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-footnotes) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-footnotes/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-footnotes/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-footnotes/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-footnotes/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3 * If you paginate your posts, there’s now an option under Settings > Reading that enables you to move the footnotes below your page links. Footnotes will still appear as normal for posts that are unpaginated. #### 0.2 * Release. ## Meta * Version **0.3** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **600+** * WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.1.42** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/) * Tags * [endnotes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/endnotes/)[footnotes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/footnotes/) [references](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/references/)[shortcode](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-footnotes/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 14 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-footnotes/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/) ## Support Got something to say? 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