CiteKit – Footnotes, Citations, Bibliography & References Manager
| 开发者 | writerspress |
|---|---|
| 更新时间 | 2026年5月12日 01:04 |
| PHP版本: | 7.4 及以上 |
| WordPress版本: | 6.9 |
| 版权: | GPLv2 or later |
| 版权网址: | 版权信息 |
详情介绍:
安装:
- Go to Plugins → Add New
- Search for "CiteKit" or "citation manager"
- Click Install Now, then Activate
- Download the .zip from the WordPress Plugin Directory
- Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Upload the .zip and click Install Now, then Activate
- Extract the .zip and upload the citation-reference-manager folder to /wp-content/plugins/
- Activate from the Plugins screen in your WordPress dashboard
- Open any post or page in the block editor and click the CiteKit Citation button on the paragraph block toolbar to insert your first inline citation — fill in the ID, author, title, year, and URL in the block options panel
- To add a hover tooltip, click the CiteKit Tooltip button on the toolbar, choose a style (dashed, dotted, or symbol), then enter the term and definition
- To add a numbered footnote, click the CiteKit Footnote button on the toolbar and enter your footnote text — it will appear as a superscript marker and in the footnote list at the end of the post
- Click any existing citation, tooltip, or footnote badge in the editor to re-open its details for editing at any time
- The CiteBox metabox below the editor shows every citation in the current post — you can fill in or update reference details there too
- Add a Bibliography by CiteKit block or [bibliography] shortcode at the end of your post to automatically render a formatted, backlinked reference list
- Add a Footnotes by CiteKit block or [footnotes] shortcode to render the collected footnote list
- Visit CiteKit Library to see, audit, and manage all citations across your entire site
- Go to CiteKit Library → Settings to set your preferred default bibliography style and heading
常见问题:
Which fields are supported per citation?
Author, Title, Year, and URL.
What is the difference between a custom ID and a UUID?
When you write [cite id="who-2024"], CiteKit uses that string as the citation's permanent identifier. When you write [cite] with no ID, CiteKit auto-assigns a UUID (e.g. a3f8c1d2-04be-4e7a-9b23-f1cc8820de45) on first save. Both work identically — custom IDs are simply easier to recognise and reuse across posts.
Can the same citation ID be used in multiple posts?
Yes. Two posts using [cite id="who-2024"] both point to the same reference record. Editing the metadata in either post's CiteBox updates the shared record everywhere.
What styles can tooltips use?
Three styles are supported. style="dashed" (default) and style="dotted" render with the tip attribute as the visible underlined term and the content between the tags as the definition shown on hover — e.g. [tooltip tip="FOSS"]Free and Open Source Software[/tooltip]. Any other string (such as *, †, ‡, §, ¶, or note) is treated as a symbol marker, rendered as a superscript where the shortcode content becomes the popup — e.g. [tooltip style="*"]Popup aside[/tooltip].
What is the difference between a tooltip and a footnote?
Tooltips are inline definitions or explanations that appear on hover only — supplementary aids that aren't part of the document's permanent record. Footnotes are numbered notes that appear both on hover AND in a full list at the end of the post via [footnotes] or the Footnotes by CiteKit block — they're part of the article's substantive content. Citations, by contrast, are numbered references to external sources that link to the bibliography. The Getting Started page inside your CiteKit admin includes a "What's the difference?" section that explains each feature side-by-side with examples.
How are footnotes numbered?
Footnotes are auto-numbered in order of appearance within each post, starting from 1. Numbering is per-post — each post has its own footnote sequence. Footnotes are distinct from citations: citations use bracketed baseline markers like [1], footnotes use superscript numbers like ¹.
What's the difference between the Footnotes by CiteKit block and WordPress's built-in Footnotes block?
WordPress added a native Footnotes block in core 6.3. It provides basic numbered footnotes at the bottom of the post with inline markers. The Footnotes by CiteKit block adds several features on top: hover popups on markers (so readers can preview without scrolling), an explicit list mode via [footnotes]one; two; three[/footnotes], custom heading control, integration with CiteKit's citation and bibliography system, and a consistent visual style shared with the rest of the plugin's features. You can use either — CiteKit's does more, WordPress core's is minimal.
Is this a replacement for Zotero or EndNote?
No. CiteKit is optimised for WordPress publishing workflows, not full academic reference management.
Does this work with the block editor?
Yes. CiteKit provides a Bibliography by CiteKit block, a Footnotes by CiteKit block, and three inline RichText formats (Citation, Tooltip, and Footnote) that appear as toolbar buttons on paragraphs, headings, list items, and quote blocks. Shortcodes continue to work in both the classic editor and the block editor.
Does CiteKit support custom post types?
Posts and pages are supported in the free version. Custom post type support is available in CiteKit Pro.
Does the Citation block support searching my reference library?
The block sidebar lets you enter a citation ID and reference details directly. A searchable reference picker that connects to your full library is available in CiteKit Pro.
更新日志:
- New: Added "Create Example Post" option to the Getting Started page to help users quickly test citations, tooltips, footnotes, and bibliographies.
- Improved: Minor Getting Started onboarding flow enhancements.
- New: Numbered footnote feature —
[footnote]...[/footnote]shortcode and Footnote toolbar format. Each footnote is auto-numbered in order of appearance and renders as a superscript marker with hover popup. - New:
[footnotes]shortcode and Footnotes by CiteKit block — renders the full numbered list at the end of the post with back-links to each marker. Explicit list mode also supported:[footnotes]one; two; three[/footnotes]. - New: Tooltip dashed/dotted underline styles.
[tooltip tip="Term"]Definition[/tooltip]renders thetipattribute as the visible inline term (dashed underline by default; dotted available viastyle="dotted") and the content between the tags as the definition shown on hover. Symbol-marker mode (style="*",†, etc.) remains fully supported and backward compatible — in symbol mode the shortcode content continues to serve as the popup. - New: "Footnotes by CiteKit" and "Bibliography by CiteKit" block names in the block inserter.
- New: Getting Started page - side-by-side feature cards explaining citations, tooltips, footnotes, and bibliographies, with a decision guide for which to use.
- Improved: Inline citation markers now render at baseline text level (e.g. [1]) instead of superscript, matching IEEE convention and creating clear visual hierarchy with footnote markers (which remain superscript). This makes citations and footnotes instantly distinguishable at a glance.
- Improved: Editor caret behavior after inserting a citation, tooltip, or footnote - a zero-width space is now appended so the cursor lands cleanly after the inserted token instead of getting stuck.
- New: Bibliography block — render a formatted bibliography directly from the block editor with style and heading controls in the sidebar.
- New: CiteKit block category in the Gutenberg inserter.
- New: Citation inline format — toolbar button on paragraphs, headings, list items, and quote blocks.
- New: Tooltip inline format — toolbar button to wrap selected text in a hover tooltip with custom marker symbol.
- New: [tooltip style="†"] attribute — set a custom superscript marker per tooltip. Defaults to † if omitted. Backward-compatible with all existing [tooltip] usage.
- New: Getting Started page with step-by-step slideshow.
- Improved: CiteBox metabox now displays truncated UUIDs alongside custom IDs so auto-assigned references are clearly distinguishable.
- Improved: All library queries now find both shortcode-based and block-based citations.
- Removed: Add Reference from Library button — references are created naturally by inserting citations in posts.
- New: Redesigned Reference Library with sort, search, and status filtering.
- New: Link Health Checker — checks whether source URLs are live or broken, with per-citation status badges.
- New: Settings page (CiteKit Library → Settings) — set a default bibliography style and heading used by all [bibliography] shortcodes site-wide.
- New: Remove from Post — remove a citation from a specific post directly from the Used In modal.
- New: post_count column — tracks how many posts reference each citation; unused records are cleaned up automatically.
- Improved: ID column added to CiteBox metabox.
- Fixed: [bibliography] heading now correctly uses the saved default title in all rendering paths.
- Initial release.
- Shortcode support for [cite], [bibliography], and [tooltip].
- Post-level citation editor (metabox).
- Citation Library in admin sidebar.
- APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE citation style support.