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modern-footnotes

Modern Footnotes

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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180 days
708 825 -14.2% 4.7K

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0
Plugin incompatible with PHP 8.1

Plugin incompatible with PHP 8.1: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Plugin incompatible with PHP 8.1 Hi guys, I use your plugin a lot and I love it.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88
v1.4.18 breaks search

v1.4.18 breaks search: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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v1.4.18 breaks search Updating to 1.4.18 caused search to break on my site; downgrading to 1.4.17 resolves the issue.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Heading

Heading: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] When viewing pages, the title “Notes” does not appear.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
wrong number when only 1 footnotes, says “2”

wrong number when only 1 footnotes, says “2”: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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wrong number when only 1 footnotes, says “2” I’m using the plugin on my website, and when there’s multiple footnotes on my post it works just fine, the problem is when there’s only 1 footnote the number is wrong inside the article and says [2] instead of one… can anybody help me with this ?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Risky?

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🙏🏼 Hi @barnabas1 , While this plugin is free and has no paid option (and therefore no paid development team supporting it), I prioritize keeping the plugin working smoothly and try my best to promptly address any features that come up.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
footnotes appear inside post

footnotes appear inside post: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I’ve attached screen shot below, i have excluded JavaScript from minification, etc etc The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] My footnotes are now appearing inside the post, they would normally open when someone clicks on the footnote number, but now weirdly appear in the middle of the post.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Break my site

Break my site: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Here’s the php warnings I get https://videos.beithazohar.com/v1uBLjLk Thank’s for support Hi I used your pluggin for years, but now it’s breaking my site in back end.
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Shortcode to display footnote list

Shortcode to display footnote list: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Shortcode to display footnote list Hi, Is there an option to display the footnote list where we want on the page instead of the post bottom?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
How to make the tooltip go to bottom page ?

How to make the tooltip go to bottom page ?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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ty for great plugin but i need 1 more help .
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2

Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2 Just noticed that after the latest WP update (6.6.2), the tooltip no longer pops on hover and the title for the footnotes list at the bottom of my page does show anymore!

Competitor Context

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Footnotes Made Easy praise owner · intel 64.0 · weakness 47.2
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14 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check formatting publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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EEAT WP praise owner · intel 32.6 · weakness 32.1
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stale update history 1 source link Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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Collected Signals

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question List link back to the original location support · 2026-06-22T20:42:07+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

A user asked whether Modern Footnotes might add return links from the footnote list back to the original article location, citing several prior requests.

Evidence: Curious if there is still interest in footnote list link back to the original location in the article?
missing feature footnote back links agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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complaint WordPress 7.0 support · 2026-05-25T18:31:15+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

Modern Footnotes no longer made footnotes visually distinct from normal text in the WordPress 7 editor.

Evidence: They can no longer be distinguished from normal text.
bugs compatibility footnote editor display agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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mixed Cancel text-indent support · 2026-04-29T11:34:00+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

The user praised the plugin while asking how to override inherited text indentation, then found it was a cache delay.

Evidence: Excellent plugin, Sean... Never mind. It started working. Maybe it took longer than I thought for the cached clearing to take effect.
quality footnote styling agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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mixed Limit Modern Footnotes to specific post types support · 2025-12-10T15:30:50+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

The user likes Modern Footnotes but needs post-type targeting because it conflicts with another plugin, and support says no setting exists.

Evidence: MF is conflicting with Open User Map plug-in on my site
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mixed Intercept Multi-Markdown Footnote support · 2025-11-01T22:02:58+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

The user likes Modern Footnotes but wants it to capture MultiMarkdown footnotes pasted into Gutenberg instead of relying on shortcodes.

Evidence: I would rather they be grabbed by Modern Footnotes instead. Is this possible
missing feature quality markdown footnote import agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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mixed Good but incomplete (2 stars) review · 2025-09-07T12:56:02+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

The reviewer says Modern Footnotes lacks basic click-to-list and return navigation, and the developer confirms it is a requested feature backlog item.

Evidence: read in bottom and come back after is a very basic function of footnotes and it is not in the plugin
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mixed Using icon for Close button on mobile? support · 2025-09-02T13:02:17+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

The user praises Modern Footnotes but requests replacing the mobile serif x close button with a cleaner SVG icon.

Evidence: on mobile the Close button is a serif x , which doesn’t look ideal on a professional site
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praise Works very well (5 stars) review · 2025-08-31T19:50:43+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

The reviewer praises Modern Footnotes for being easy to use and useful in custom templates.

Evidence: The footnote list shortcode is useful for custom templates.
easy quality footnote list shortcode agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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mixed Link back support · 2025-08-31T19:46:23+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

A user praised the footnote plugin but requested backlinks from the footnote list to the original locations in the text.

Evidence: Only thing missing is link back from footnote list
missing feature quality footnote backlinks agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only
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complaint want to include it in TOC table of content support · 2025-04-30T14:03:32+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

want to include it in TOC table of content: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This plugin is really helpful and easy to handle.
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complaint Scrolling Problem support · 2025-02-13T17:46:07+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Scrolling Problem: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is it possible to automatically control or disable this function?
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mixed Link back from list at bottom support · 2024-11-11T18:16:56+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

Link back from list at bottom: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ll add that to the list of requested features so it can hopefully be developed sometime in the future.
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complaint footnotes appear inside post support · 2024-11-08T01:51:49+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

footnotes appear inside post: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ve attached screen shot below, i have excluded JavaScript from minification, etc etc The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] My footnotes are now appearing inside the post, they would normally open when someone clicks on the footnote number, but now weirdly appear in the middle of the post.
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mixed Risky? support · 2024-11-05T00:12:23+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Risky?: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: 🙏🏼 Hi @barnabas1 , While this plugin is free and has no paid option (and therefore no paid development team supporting it), I prioritize keeping the plugin working smoothly and try my best to promptly address any features that come up.
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praise Simple and Effective (5 stars) review · 2024-10-22T19:28:47+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Simple and Effective: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Simple and Effective Works perfectly on desktop and mobile.
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complaint Heading support · 2024-10-13T15:51:54+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Heading: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] When viewing pages, the title “Notes” does not appear.
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complaint Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2 support · 2024-10-12T10:22:06+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Stopped working with Wp 6.6.2 Just noticed that after the latest WP update (6.6.2), the tooltip no longer pops on hover and the title for the footnotes list at the bottom of my page does show anymore!
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complaint How to make the tooltip go to bottom page ? support · 2024-09-05T19:31:28+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

How to make the tooltip go to bottom page ?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: ty for great plugin but i need 1 more help .
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mixed Style Tooltip support · 2024-08-17T07:24:47+00:00 · low severity · mobile-friendly citations

Style Tooltip: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Style Tooltip Hi, is it possible to style the tooltip font-size, font-family and line-height?
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complaint Font size and update support · 2024-08-07T03:26:18+00:00 · medium severity · mobile-friendly citations

Font size and update: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It’s only to inform you, maybe it helps to update the plugin!
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