Borges Bibliography Builder
Named for Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), the Argentine writer and librarian known for stories about infinite libraries, imaginary books, and labyrinths of knowledge, Borges Bibliography Builder brings order to scholarly references in WordPress.
The Borges Bibliography Builder transforms pasted DOI(s), BibTeX entries, and citations into a semantically rich, auto-sorted reference list.
One-click import. Paste a DOI, and CrossRef resolves the metadata instantly. Paste BibTeX or formatted citations for books, articles, chapters, webpages, reviews, and theses.
Nine citation styles. Choose from Chicago Notes-Bibliography, Chicago Author-Date, APA 7, MLA 9, Harvard, Vancouver, IEEE, OSCOLA, and ABNT — all with automatic alphabetical sorting per style rules.
Portable. Static HTML output survives plugin deactivation. No shortcodes. No database tables.
Reference-manager friendly. Export and reuse your bibliography in common research workflows. Borges supports CSL-JSON, BibTeX, RIS, DOI links, JSON-LD, and optional COinS metadata for compatibility with tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, JabRef, BibDesk, and other citation managers.
Try it first. Launch a disposable demo in WordPress Playground before installing it on your site.
Translation-ready. Plugin interface strings use the borges-bibliography-builder text domain, and official WordPress.org language packs are generated as community translations are approved on translate.wordpress.org.
Development
Full developer documentation, source code, issue tracker, and contribution guidelines are on GitHub:
https://github.com/dknauss/borges-bibliography-builder
Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md in the repository for development setup, coding standards, and the PR process.
External Services
This plugin connects to the CrossRef REST API (https://api.crossref.org/) when you paste a DOI to resolve citation metadata. No account or API key is required. Requests are made only when you explicitly add a DOI in the block editor — no data is sent automatically or in the background.
- CrossRef service: https://www.crossref.org/
- CrossRef REST API documentation: https://api.crossref.org/swagger-ui/index.html
- CrossRef privacy policy: https://www.crossref.org/privacy/
- CrossRef terms of service: https://www.crossref.org/terms/