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title: Creating Footnotes in WordPress
description: "1. After your text is in WordPress's content editor place your cursor in the space where you want the footnote to appear. The contextual menu for the paragraph block should appear. 2. From the contextual menu click the the **downward…"
url: "https://dev.umw.domains/guides/creating-footnotes-in-wordpress/"
updated: "2024-11-18"
category: Web Applications / Wordpress
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# Creating Footnotes in WordPress

1. After your text is in WordPress's content editor place your cursor in the space where you want the footnote to appear. The contextual menu for the paragraph block should appear.
2. From the contextual menu click the the **downward facing arrow** to reveal **more** options.
3. Select the **Footnote** option.

![DoOO's paragraph block dropdown menu with the Footnote tab outlined in red.](https://dev.umw.domains/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/footnotes.png)

1. Two things will happen when selecting the footnote option:
   - A footnote number will appear in text along with the footnote citation at the bottom of the page.
   - A corresponding number will appear at the bottom of the page where you can add your citation text

![Footnote citations in Domain of One's own.](https://dev.umw.domains/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/footnotes2.png)

Below is an example of what footnotes will look like:

![A small bit of example text talking about UMW website platforms with what the footnotes should look like, along with the note citations.](https://dev.umw.domains/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-14-150942.png)

## Want More Help?

Learn more about the different ways to use WordPress through our [WordPress](https://dev.umw.domains/guides/dooo/wordpress/) guides. Or [book an appointment with the Digital Knowledge Center.](https://dkc.umw.edu/book/)

*Written by Haley Gosman 11/14/24*