Modern Footnotes
by prismtechstudios · Uncategorized
Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
6K+
≈6.9K estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Support resolution scores 0/100. Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
90 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.6%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 131.4K 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 4 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 68 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 32 reviews, smoothed to 4.37★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| inline footnotes your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| inline citations your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| citations your tag | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| mobile friendly citations your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| modern | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| footnotes your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| footnote | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| wp footnotes | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| associates | #10 | #10 | down 3 |
| expand | #16 | #13 | 0 |
| inline | #21 | #16 | down 3 |
| mobile friendly | #20 | #22 | down 1 |
| mce | #19 | #13 | down 2 |
| text expand | #12 | #12 | 0 |
| relevanssi | #22 | #12 | down 2 |
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “associates”, “expand” and “mce” (#10, #16 and #19 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
4
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 24 Aug 2026
51
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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.3 years 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 15 Nov 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.21 Formatting fix for block editor in WordPress 7.0. 1.4.21
- — Version 1.4.20 Security fix for XSS issue. Thanks to muhammad yudha and Patchstack for identifying the issue. 1.4.20
- — Version 1.4.19 Fix compatibility issue with Relevanssi 1.4.19
- — Version 1.4.18 Fix PHP warning when $GLOBALS[‘post’] was not a WP_POST instance 1.4.18
- — Version 1.4.17 Security fix for XSS issue. Thanks to cleantalk and Dmitrii Ignatyev for identifying the issue. 1.4.17
- — Version 1.4.16 Security fix for XSS issue. Thanks to Rio Darmawan for identifying the issue. 1.4.16
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Modern Footnotes <= 1.4.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-19 CVE-2025-50049 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.19 Patched in 1.4.20
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Modern Footnotes <= 1.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-10-19 CVE-2023-5618 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.16 Patched in 1.4.17
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Modern Footnotes <= 1.4.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-03-14 CVE-2023-28423 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.15 Patched in 1.4.16
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 9 languages, 6 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
4 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 "Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footn..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,232 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("citations", "inline citations", "mobile-friendly citations" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-20 5K+ → 6K+ up after 264 days in tier
- 2022-10-29 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-22 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-21 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 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★ · 2 shared tags A -
CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Footnotes 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A - F FD Footnotes Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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LexonRank: AI Link Building, Free Backlinks, GEO & SEO Automation 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A
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