# Footnote not correctly displayed in preview
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** footnote
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793 "2022-06-22T17:30:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@hiddenseal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenseal)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793/1 "2022-06-22T17:30:26Z")
The code below:
```plaintext
some deep thought who needs a reference[^1]
[^1]: Here's the reference.
```
Should look like a subscript (and it does that way in the post preview), but after posting instead renders as:
some deep thought who needs a reference\[1\]
* * *
1. Here’s the reference.
---
### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793/2 "2022-06-22T17:32:23Z")
We have `display footnotes inline` enabled on Meta, so they do look like that here. Have you tried it on another site with that option disabled?
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### Author:  [@hiddenseal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenseal)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793/3 "2022-06-22T17:55:19Z")
Indeed, it works. Thank you. I must have read the plugin topic inattentively
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793/4 "2022-06-22T19:18:28Z")
It’s pretty counterintuitive that the preview looks way different than the final post though.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-not-correctly-displayed-in-preview/230793/5 "2022-06-22T20:21:24Z")
This is true. I’ll slide it over to #Contribute > UX for consideration. 🙂👍
**Update:** It was also mentioned in this topic too - [Add numbering formats to Footnotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-numbering-formats-to-footnotes/230859)