Cite This Article 2.3.1
Every output mode in Cite This Article 2.3.1: the author box on its own, the author box with its citation panel, the citation with no author box at all, and the bare citation string. Plus citation styles with a reader switcher, the four panel treatments, citing a work other than the current post, and the author archive header. Each example prints the literal shortcode that produced it.
Mode 01
The same article, rendered four ways. Choose the one that fits how your theme already credits authors — from the full box down to a bare citation string you can drop anywhere.
The default: profile and a collapsed citation panel
Same box with the panel expanded on load
No author box — for themes with their own byline
Just the citation string, no panel or controls
CiteKit. (2026). Demo: Cite This Article – Author Box Citation. CiteKit. https://citekit.com/author-box-citation-for-wordpress/demo/
Mode 02
Author resolution is identical to the full box — multiple authors, guest authors, and author-plugin integrations all behave the same way. Only the presentation layer is removed.
Collapsed, with the CiteKit mark beside the label
Override the toggle wording
Named contributors, no WordPress accounts needed
BibTeX and RIS only
citekit_abc_citation( $args ), taking the same arguments as the shortcode. And a Cite This Article block, with the same options in the block sidebar.
Mode 03
toggle controls how the citation panel presents itself. The CiteKit mark sits beside the label rather than inside it, so it stays visible whether the panel is open or closed.
Default — a hairline rule above the label
Mark and label share a bordered box
Reads as an inline link
Expanded on load, nothing to click
Mode 04
House style plus APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard. Every style formats the same resolved authors, so switching style never changes who gets credited.
House style — the plugin default
APA
MLA
Chicago
Harvard
Mode 05
Offer more than one style and readers can pick. The citation text and the copy button update together, so a reader always copies what they can see.
First in the list renders; the rest become buttons
The switcher works the same inside the box
Mode 06
Override any citation field and leave the rest to resolve from the post. Useful for republished pieces, external reports, and reference pages.
author_type keeps a corporate name intact
New title and year; authors still resolve from the post
citation_title and citation_url, because title there is already the box heading.
Box 07
Use a publication, lab, company, or organization as the displayed author.
Organization + logo + description
Box 08
A global Heading setting, plus a per-box title="..." override. Left unset, the heading follows the author count automatically.
Custom heading
Compact editorial wording
Multiple-author heading
Box 09
Each box can independently expose all, some, or none of the reader-facing BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON downloads.
BibTeX + RIS + CSL-JSON
One export format
Two export formats
Citation stays visible
Box 10
The two primary layouts side by side.
Maya Chen
Daniel Brooks
Box 11
Round and square portraits in small, medium, and large. Two boxes per row, maximum.
Exports hidden for brevity
Exports hidden for brevity
Exports hidden for brevity
Exports hidden for brevity
Exports hidden for brevity
Exports hidden for brevity
Box 12
Author boxes without avatars or profile images.
Role + bio + citation
Role only
Box 13
Combined groups with and without a shared tagline and description.
Shared role + description + CiteKit logo
Names + CiteKit logo only
Box 14
One card per author, sharing a single citation panel. Portraits are supplied in the same order as the names.
One card each, one citation
Names only
Small round portraits
tagline and description apply to the box as a whole, not to one author within it.
Box 15
Compact combined presentation versus individual cards.
Combined + shared role
One card each with portraits
Box 16
An optional link to each author's archive, beneath the box. %s in the label is replaced by the linked author names.
Links to the author archive
Your own wording
Beyond 17
On an author's archive page, the profile can become the page header: the “Author: Name” heading turns into the author's name, with their photo, bio, website, and post count beneath it.
One setting
Works with block themes and classic themes, and with guest authors. Your theme keeps its post list, pagination, and layout — only the header area changes. The citation is left out, because an archive is a changing list of posts rather than an article anyone would cite.
Or place it yourself
Drop the Author Archive Header block into an author template, or call citekit_abc_author_archive_header() in a classic theme. A theme can take over placement entirely with add_theme_support( 'citekit-author-archive' ).
Beyond 18
A small mark sits beside the “Cite this article” label, linking to citekit.com. It is a sibling of the toggle rather than inside it, so it stays visible whether the panel is open or closed.
Free
The mark is shown by default and can be switched off in settings. Both options are available in the free edition.
PremiumPro
Replace the CiteKit mark with your own: an uploaded image, your theme's logo, or the site icon.
Beyond 19
Both live in the document <head>, so they are documented here rather than staged as a visual example.
Citation metadata
Citation-aware metadata that reference managers and citation tools read directly, on standard posts. Custom post types are part of the premium publication-control layer.
Author schema
One setting outputs an Article block with its authors as JSON-LD, for the content types you choose.