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

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1. ★★★★★ robertreddin

   3.8y ago

   Updated: I have the free version of CM Footnotes. I created three blog posts, each with its own footnotes. I was dismayed to find that the footnotes for the latest post had also been applied to the previous articles. That should not have happened. Support for the free verion through the forum was quick, excellent and resulted in a bug being diagnosed, fixed and a new release is being rolled out. This plugin now does what it says on the side of the tin, and I am very happy with it. I am also very pleased with the support I received. I will upgrade to the pro version when the roll-out of the new release has been completed. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by robertreddin. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by robertreddin. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by robertreddin. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by robertreddin.

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2. ★★★★★ mcfitzsatx

   7.1y ago

   I’m using this on a volunteer site that includes the text of a book with lots of footnotes. Works great and is relatively easy to use. Looks very professional on the site.

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3. ★★★★★ ragots

   8.0y ago

   I installed this plugin and it worked out of the box even if when I click on the little number of a footnote, the page sends me to the anchor but too far below the place where the footnotes are on the page. So you’re looking everywhere trying to see the footnotes, but they are a bit higher, and you have to schroll back up a little. That’s a bit weird, but I’m guessing you cannot fix that (unless you buy Pro and contact support). Plus, I thought it was sneaky to put this little promo link that says “Powered by CreativeMinds WordPress Plugin CM Footnotes” below the footnotes, which encourages you to buy the Pro version if you want that removed. I thought that was really nasty, and made me not buy the Pro version and prompted me to give it a 4 stars instead of 5. Post scriptum: I actually tried to remove a star after I gave it 4 stars, but the system would not let me do that. This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by ragots. This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by ragots. This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by ragots.

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4. ★★★★★ Arthur

   10.2y ago

   Just wrote a long explanation about why but lost connectivity. Sorry, don’t have time to repeat, basically I wanted to cite the source of a statistic (0.70) and didn’t work. Use Tooltips for definitions, not footnotes.

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5. ★★★★★ Michael Junker

   10.6y ago

   I installed this plugin and had an issue with it, the problem was solved within hours and I’m now upgrading to the pro version for the extra features. Excellent plugins with outstanding service.. Thanks guys..

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6. ★★★★★ Vova Feldman

   11.2y ago

   I got the CM Footnotes Pro version of the plugin after comparing several other plugins. It has several advantages like ability to display an index of all footnotes on site and also ability to use footnote on several posts across the site. Highly recommended if you need such support for your articles and posts

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Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-05-15 200+ → 100+ down after 34 days in tier
2. 2025-04-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-04-10 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
4. 2025-04-04 100+ → 200+ up after 27 days in tier
5. 2025-03-08 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
6. 2025-03-02 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-02-28 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
8. 2025-02-23 100+ → 200+ up after 4 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★ · 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 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• Modern Footnotes 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• 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 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cm-footnotes