Footnotes & Content
by Golemiq · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 110+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+81%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “footnote”, “nextpage” and “paged” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #6 and #13 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 11 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 32 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| footnotes your tag | #5 | #10 | 0 |
| footnote | #5 | #10 | 0 |
| nextpage | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| wp footnotes | #4 | #7 | up 1 |
| endnotes | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| reference your tag | #16 | #22 | down 2 |
| paged | #13 | #9 | 0 |
| content formatting | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
28 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 20 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “footnote”, “nextpage” and “paged” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #6 and #13 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “reference”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 22 Apr 2024 · 922 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 588 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
11
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v4.4.0 · 29 Sep 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Apr 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ igslane7mo ago
We had a legacy plugin that we’d been struggling to replace. This was the perfect replacement – easy install, exact solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous2.2y ago
This plugin was easy to use and has a lot of options including displaying all the footnotes seperately and as tooltips. Just what we needed. Support for stying was also very prompt and helpful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daniellacatus2.3y ago
I have used several WordPress plugins with similar functions over time, but most of them are full of errors, are not properly maintained, and some haven’t been updated in over 10 years. The WordPress Footnotes plugin stands out for its quality and truly deserves the developers’ attention and support. I believe it should be further developed and maintained. Even if it becomes a commercial plugin in the future, I am sure it will continue to offer new and powerful features.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ultraspy2.5y ago
I researched all of the footnotes plugin on wordpress.org. This plugin is easy to use, looks great, provides multiple options to personalize, and itʻs simple to use css to stylize the footnotes. I highly recommend it over any of the plugins available. Note: I did the research on 2024-05-18.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eugenend2.5y ago
Had a problem with the plugin but it was all resolved and fixed!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "designed for", "for developers").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Advanced Custom Fields, ACF and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,199 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "formatting" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-25 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 100+ → 90+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-08-27 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-08-17 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-04 100+ → 90+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-14 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Blank Footnotes 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - E Endnotes 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- F Footnotes for WordPress 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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JReferences 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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