# Discourse Footnote

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, footnote, included-in-core
**Created:** [April 4, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533 "2018-04-04T06:11:57Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533/1 "2018-04-04T06:11:57Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Footnote** allows users to create markdown footnotes in posts. |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | **This plugin is bundled with Discourse core**. There is no need to install the plugin separately. |

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> :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate plugin tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓&nbsp; **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=footnote "Ask for support on configuring and using Discourse Footnote") [🐛&nbsp; **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=footnote "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the plugin") [👀&nbsp; **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=footnote "Discussion about the user interface of Discourse Footnote, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡&nbsp; **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=footnote "Discussion about how existing Discourse Footnote features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")

### Enabling Footnote

The Footnote plugin is default enabled but can be disabled/enabled from the `admin/plugins` page:

![enable footnote](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/a/b/eab5d04ff31ea0bf158de70919173cb8c3f711e7.png)

### Features

Once enabled, you can add footnotes to your posts by typing them in like this:

```plaintext
A sentence that needs a footnote. ^[The footnote] 
Another sentence that needs a footnote. ^[The second footnote]

```

Or like this:

```plaintext
A sentence that needs a footnote. [^1] 
Another sentence that needs a footnote. [^2]

[^1]: The footnote
[^2]: The second footnote

```

You can mix and match both styles within a post, as well as use non-numbered anchors.

There are two ways to display the footnotes, controlled by the `display footnotes inline` admin setting:

> **Non-inline:**
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/5/5/d5520eecceb80c36ed44281594cccb34c9e3c091.png)

> **Inline:**
> 
> A sentence that needs a footnote\[1\]  
> Another sentence that needs a footnote\[2\]

The inline versions are both Quote and mobile-friendly.

### Settings

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| enable markdown footnotes | enable footnote markdown on this site |
| display footnotes inline | enable inline expansion of footnotes |

> :discourse2: Hosted by us? This plugin is available on all of our hosting tiers [Footnote | Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/plugins/footnote.html)

### Development History

Discourse footnote re-packages the [footnote markdown.it extension](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it-footnote) by @Vitaly as a Discourse plugin.

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1. The footnote 

2. The second footnote 

> Last edited by @tobiaseigen 2025-07-16T20:45:27Z
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> > **Check document**
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> > Perform check on document:

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