CiteKit – Footnotes, Tooltips, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

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At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 33 days.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ thanhhoquangcse96

   2mo ago

   Best Plugin for WordPress RAG pipeline

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2. ★★★★★ Jason

   4mo ago

   I have been looking and trying different citation and footnotes plugins for years. and finally someone has created the plugin that replaces all others. Not only is the plugin super simple to install and set up (3 settings in total I believe) and then short code placements. The on page set up is simple and the new pop up feature allows you to enter everything you need on the page in the space you want the cite. – no more highlighting and pasting! With citations you add a professional, stylish and fully backlinked bibliography at the end of the post. And if you want footnotes there’s a short code that adds hover popups on markers, explicit list mode, and a professional numbered and linked footnotes section with custom heading at the end of the page. And then why not add tooltips. Yes Citekit does that too. And in your admin area you have a central library housing every citation you’ve added in one place, with post counts and metadata and the ability to verify that all your source URLs are still reachable. Results are saved and displayed per-citation. No more hunting broken links, Citekit does it all! The only con – very little styling options but luckily the standard set up looks great and if you really want your colors you can add your own css workaround for that! Thanks Citekit – amazing.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-31 70+ → 50+ down after 24 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 60+ → 70+ up after 39 days in tier
3. 2026-06-29 50+ → 60+ up after 23 days in tier
4. 2026-06-06 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
5. 2026-06-01 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in tier
6. 2026-05-25 40+ → 50+ up after 15 days in tier
7. 2026-05-10 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in tier
8. 2026-04-27 10+ → 30+ up after 1 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).

• Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• E Endnotes 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• WebKew WP References and Citations 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Easy Footnotes 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Modern Footnotes 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A

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CiteKit – Footnotes, Tooltips, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/citation-reference-manager