Manage references without leaving WordPress.
Build a reusable reference library, cite sources while you write, and publish citations, footnotes, tooltips, and bibliographies from the same structured reference data.
Publishing breaks the source trail when references become one-off text.
A source gets pasted into one draft, reformatted for another, and eventually becomes disconnected from the structured metadata behind it. CiteKit keeps the reference as a reusable record in WordPress, then lets that record power the citation elements readers see.
The saved reference and the published result stay connected.
Save the source as a reference, cite that reference in the article, and render the appropriate citation, footnote, tooltip, or bibliography without creating another disconnected copy of the source data.
Manage the reference once, then use it where the article needs it.
Cite while you write
Insert or create a reference from the block editor instead of leaving the draft to rebuild a citation elsewhere. Pro adds direct search across the existing Reference Library from inside the editor.
Citations, footnotes, tooltips, and bibliographies
Choose the reader-facing form the article needs while keeping the underlying reference record reusable. Citation metadata for search engines and reference tools is available with CiteKit Pro.
From a source to a reusable reference to published attribution.
Save
Look up a source by URL, DOI, ISBN, PubMed ID, or title — or enter it manually — and save it as a structured reference.
Cite
Insert citations, footnotes, or tooltips from the block editor while you write.
Publish
Render the article’s citations, footnotes, and bibliography from the same underlying reference data.
Reuse
Keep the reference in the site-wide library so the same source can support another article without being rebuilt.
What the WordPress plugin actually gives you.
Reference Manager for WordPress keeps source management inside the editor and site admin. CiteKit Web is the browser-based counterpart for publishing workflows that are not tied to WordPress.
Reference Manager for Web
Manage reusable references from the browser when the publishing workflow sits outside WordPress.
See it working
See citations, footnotes, tooltips, and a bibliography rendered on a live WordPress post.
Learn how it works
Installation, source lookup, the reference library, citations, footnotes, tooltips, and bibliographies.
Keep the sources where you write.
Start with the free WordPress plugin. Pro adds advanced reference editing, custom citation styles, custom post types, citation metadata, and richer notes.