CiteKit - Citations Manager makes it easy to add professional in-text citations to your WordPress content using simple [cite] shortcodes. Automatically generate a bibliography at the end of your post with [bibliography], styled in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other major formats.
Use the built-in Citation Library to:
- Track every citation used across posts
- Edit citation details (author, title, year, URL)
Perfect for bloggers, educators, journalists, and researchers who need clean, consistent citation formatting.
3 Ways to Install CiteKit
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Automatically Install via WordPress Admin Panel
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Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
- In the search bar, type “CiteKit”.
- Find the CiteKit – Citations Manager plugin in the results.
- Click Install Now, then click Activate once installation is complete.
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Install via ZIP Upload
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Download the CiteKit plugin
.zip file from the WordPress Plugin Directory.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
- Click the Upload Plugin button at the top of the page.
- Upload the
.zip file and click Install Now.
- Once installed, click Activate Plugin to enable CiteKit.
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Install via FTP
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Download the CiteKit plugin
.zip file and extract it to your computer.
- Open your FTP client (e.g., FileZilla) and connect to your WordPress server.
- Navigate to the
/wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Upload the extracted
citekit folder (not the .zip file).
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins, locate CiteKit, and click Activate.
Post-Installation Setup
Manage Post-Level Citations (Citebox)*
After activation, a new “Citations in this Post”** metabox will appear in the post and page editor.
- Use
[cite] shortcodes directly in your content to reference sources.
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The Citebox lets you edit citation metadata (author, title, year, URL) per post.
Use the Citation Library Dashboard
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Navigate to Citations > Citation Library in your admin sidebar.
- Here you can search, edit, or audit all citations across your site from a centralized interface.
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All changes are saved instantly via AJAX — no reloads required.
Display Bibliographies
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Use the
[bibliography] shortcode in a post or page to output all [cite] references in that content.
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Switch styles with
[bibliography style="apa"], [bibliography style="mla"], etc.
Add Tooltip Notes
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Use
[tooltip]...[/tooltip] to create clean, inline footnote-style tooltips in your content.
- These are ideal for brief definitions, asides, or source clarifications.
Need help installing or customizing CiteKit?\
Visit our support page or open a support ticket on the WordPress plugin forum.