# Move footnotes to a standard plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-footnotes-to-a-standard-plugin/210112>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 25, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-footnotes-to-a-standard-plugin/210112 "2021-11-25T08:22:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![pradyunsg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pradyunsg/32/241064_2.png) [@pradyunsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pradyunsg)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-footnotes-to-a-standard-plugin/210112/1 "2021-11-25T08:22:06Z")

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Currently, footnotes are only available as an “enterprise” plugin, with Discourse-provided hosting.

This creates a suboptimal experience now, since GitHub supports footnotes now ([Footnotes now supported in Markdown fields - GitHub Changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-supported-in-markdown-fields/)) and GitLab also has support for footnotes ([GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM) | GitLab Docs](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html#footnotes)).

Currently, Discourse’s default markdown does not match GFM (for both the major git-based hosting providers for open source projects), with the primary missing piece being footnotes. It would be a good idea to bring the supported syntax back into being synchronised with GFM.

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