CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography

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Directory rank vs rivals

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

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-05-15 200+ → 100+ down after 34 days in band
2. 2025-04-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
3. 2025-04-10 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in band
4. 2025-04-04 100+ → 200+ up after 27 days in band
5. 2025-03-08 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in band
6. 2025-03-02 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
7. 2025-02-28 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in band
8. 2025-02-23 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first

• Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A
• Blank Footnotes 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• E Endnotes 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• CiteKit – Footnotes, Tooltips, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• Modern Footnotes 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• F FD Footnotes Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D

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CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography: 100+ active installs, 4.2★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cm-footnotes