CiteKit – Citation and Reference Manager

Changelog

3.0.0

  • 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.

2.0.0

  • 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.

1.0.0

  • 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.

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Author
writerspress
Version:
3.0.0
Last Updated
April 6, 2026
Active Installs
30
Requires
WordPress 6.3
Tested Up To
WordPress 6.9.4
Requires PHP
7.4

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