CiteKit – Citation and Reference Manager

CiteKit makes it easy to add professional in-text citations to your WordPress content using simple shortcodes. Automatically generate a bibliography at the end of any post with [bibliography], styled in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other major formats.

Every citation gets a stable unique ID the moment it’s inserted. Use the Reference Library to track, audit, and manage every citation across your entire site – and check whether your source URLs are still live.

Features

• Inline [cite] Shortcode with Auto-ID Insert citations directly into post content using [cite]. Unique IDs are automatically assigned, or set a custom ID with [cite id=”who-2024″].

• CiteBox — Post-Level Citation Editor A dedicated metabox in the post and page editor shows every citation in the current post. Fill in author, title, year, and URL without leaving the editor.

• Reference Library A central admin page listing every citation used across your site. Citations appear in the library the moment they are inserted into any post.

• Add Reference from Library Create a reference directly from the library with a custom ID. Live ID conflict detection prevents duplicates before you save.

• Link Health Checker Check whether your source URLs are still reachable.

• Auto-Generated Bibliography Use [bibliography] to automatically output a formatted bibliography for the current post. Entries are ordered and backlink to their corresponding in-text references.

• Manual Bibliography Composition Create a standalone bibliography with [bibliography title=”References”] Source 1 ; Source 2 [/bibliography] — ideal for static lists or non-[cite] workflows.

• Multiple Citation Style Support Output in APA, MLA, Chicago (Author-Date and Notes-Bibliography), Harvard, or IEEE using [bibliography style=”apa|mla|chicago-ad|chicago-nb|harvard|ieee”].

• Default Style Setting Set your preferred citation style once in Settings → Citations. All [bibliography] shortcodes site-wide use this default unless overridden per post.

• Tooltip-Style Inline Notes Add lightweight footnotes or definitions with [tooltip]…[/tooltip]. Renders as clean hover tooltips with no visual clutter.

CiteKit Shortcodes

• [cite] — Inline citation with auto-generated UUID
• [cite id=”custom-id”] — Inline citation with a user-defined ID
• [bibliography] — Auto-generated bibliography for the current post
• [bibliography style=”mla” title=”References”] — Override style and heading per post
• [bibliography] Smith, 2026; John Jacobs, The Red Roof, 2021 [/bibliography] — Manual entry list
• [tooltip]Note text here[/tooltip] — Inline hover tooltip

Supported styles: apa, mla, chicago-ad, chicago-nb, harvard, ieee