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Citations

by WP Munich · Uncategorized

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This Plugin introduces practical citation functionality to the WordPress Block Editor, aiming to streamline the process of adding references to your c …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 9/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

200+

Active installs

≈250 estimated

5.7K

Total downloads

since 2023

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+83%

77

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

51 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 18/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1071 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-08-28 · 1,099 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+83% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

77

now · peak 548

7730d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Citations · #11596 you Footnotes Made Easy · #4333 CM Footnotes · #14454 Endnotes · #15017

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.

385per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

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

0

releases in the last 12 months

2.9y ago

latest release · v0.2.1

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.2.1 · 2.9y ago0.2.0 · 2.9y ago0.1.2 · 3.0y ago0.1.1 · 3.0y ago0.1.0 · 3.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2023-08-27 · 1,055 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.2.1
Last updated
2.9y ago
Added
2023-08-27 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP
6.2
Tested up to
6.3.10
Requires PHP
7.2
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ curtismchale
    2.9y ago

    Excellent plugin and fairly easy to use. This improves my citations and means I don’t have to simply write HTML code in a custom block to get them working.

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  2. ★★★★★ niyazpoyilan
    2.9y ago

    I was literally looking out for a citations plugin and happen to find this one, its straightforward and easy to use. Hoping to see in future few updates like Citations Importer which could be useful for users who need to cite a large number of sources, Multiple references per citations, support for page builders like Elementor, WP Bakery etc.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-07 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-06 200+ → 300+ up after 109 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-18 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-17 200+ → 300+ up after 581 days in tier
  7. 2024-05-15 100+ → 200+ up after 125 days in tier
  8. 2024-01-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Citations: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/citations