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Modern Footnotes

by prismtechstudios on WordPress.org

Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.

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Footnotes optimized for desktop and mobile, inspired by the styles of Grantland and FiveThirtyEight.

Use a footnote in your post by using the footnote icon in the WordPress editor or by using the shortcode: [mfn]this will be a footnote[/mfn] The plugin will automatically associate sequential numbers with each plugin.

On desktop, footnotes will appear as a tooltip when the user clicks on the number. On mobile, footnotes will expand as a section below the current text.

You can also use the [mfn_list] shortcode to display a list of footnotes used in the article.

The official GitHub repository is at https://github.com/seankwilliams/modern-footnotes

Shortcode options

You can modify some behaviours or styles of your footnotes by using the following options within our shortcode.
[mfn referencenumber=3]This footnote will have the number 3[/mfn]
[mfn class=’my-pretty-class’]This footnote will have ‘my-pretty-class’ as additional class, allowing for custom styling of individual footnotes.[/mfn]
[mfn referencereset=’true’]This footnote will reset the footnote counter and therfore receive 1 as its number. Following footnotes will also receive their number according to this new start.[/mfn]

Active installations6K+
Weekly downloads
209+81.74%
Version1.4.20
Last updated6/18/2025
WordPress version4.6
Tested up to6.8.1
Tags
citationsfootnotesinline citationsinline footnotesmobile-friendly citations
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