JReferences

Description

JReferences adds numbered footnotes and bibliographic references to individual posts and pages, with reusable named citations. The bibliography appears automatically at the end of the content. The plugin does not render notes in archives or excerpts.

To use it, simply add your reference using a shortcode you can choose (‘jref’ by default), and a few attributes (always use lowercase):

  • title (mandatory)
  • author
  • date
  • url
  • editor
  • page
  • lang
  • readon

Values are treated as plain text (except URLs); HTML markup is not supported inside individual reference fields. Only ‘title’ is mandatory. All attributes roles are easy to understand; ‘page’ is for a book (but can be used for any content), ‘readon’ is the date you last consult the reference.

Again, in this first release, there’s no specific control or action triggered by attribute’s content (like verifying the format, or linking to an archive site). Maybe in a future release…

A list of all references will be added at the end of the post. When a reader follows a numbered citation link, the corresponding bibliography entry is highlighted in pale yellow using the CSS :target selector. The highlight remains until another fragment identifier is selected.

Here are some examples:

  • [jref]url=http://geba.fr|date=janv 2017|title=The Title.|author=Janiko|lang=FR|editor=geba.fr|page=p.5[/jref]
  • [jref name=’numref’]url=http://geba.fr|date=janv 2017|title=The Title.|author=Janiko|lang=FR|editor=geba.fr|page=p.5[/jref]
  • [jref name=’numref’ /]

You can optionnaly add a name to the citation, so you can reuse it in your post. Important note: the displayed attributes will be the attributes of the FIRST reference with that name. Any other attribute will be ignored.

Description en français

JReferences ajoute des appels de notes numérotés et une bibliographie à la fin des articles et pages consultés individuellement. Une référence nommée peut être réutilisée plusieurs fois. Aucun affichage des notes dans les archives ou extraits. Quand on clique sur un numéro de note, la référence correspondante est surlignée en jaune pâle grâce à la règle CSS :target, pour faciliter son repérage. La surbrillance disparaît lorsqu’une autre ancre est sélectionnée.

Exemple : [jref name="source"]author=Dupont|title=Mon livre|url=https://example.org[/jref], puis [jref name="source" /]. Les réglages permettent de changer le nom du shortcode, mais les anciens contenus qui utilisent le précédent nom ne seront alors plus interprétés.

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Installation

Just get the plugin and activate it. You can choose in the admin section the text of the shortcode you’ll use for your citations. By default it’s ‘jref’.

Remember that when you change it, all posts written with the old shortcode won’t be parsed anymore.

FAQ

Can a named reference be used more than once?

Yes. Define it once using [jref name="source"]title=...[/jref], then cite it again with [jref name="source" /]. The first definition is used.

Are references shown in archives?

No. They are displayed only on the individual post or page.

Is JavaScript necessary?

No. Rendering uses PHP and CSS only.

Why is a reference highlighted in yellow?

Clicking a citation number jumps to its bibliography entry. The selected entry is highlighted in pale yellow to make it easier to locate; this uses CSS :target, not JavaScript.

Reviews

31. August 2020.
Want a Wikipedia “cite web” template style footnotes plugin on your WordPress blog? Janiko’s “JReferences” is your choice. JReferences supports named footnotes, and re-using any footnote up to 25 times, with neatly enumerated letter links to jump back to every single reference, just as we know it from the WikiMedia CMS. JReferences fully supports rich text in fields, beside its capability of generating a hyperlink from an article title and a URL provided as separate values. JReferences’ easy-to-customize “/wp-content/plugins/jreferences/class.jref-reference.php” source allows to add whatever field we may need, beyond disabling the “title” requirement. Generic (rich-text) footnotes are then also supported. JReferences may even be used alongside Mark Cheret’s “Footnotes” plugin set to “[1]”-style references, for a “Citations” section on top of the “Notes” list. JReferences may then be left as-is, and footnotes dispatched by simply using one or the other shortcode.
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Contributors & Developers

“JReferences” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.1.0

  • Modernized PHP rendering and escaping, safer shortcode parsing, unique footnote anchors, accessible backlinks.
  • Render references on singular posts/pages only; preserve existing shortcode syntax and settings.
  • Modernisation PHP, sécurisation du HTML, références uniquement dans les pages individuelles.
  • Documented CSS highlighting of the targeted bibliography entry / Documentation du surlignage de la référence ciblée.

1.0.3a

Tested with WordPress 5.0

1.0.3

Some formatting

1.0.1

Tagging

1.0

First decent version

0.9a

Correct encoding issues + 1 bug

0.92

  • Small CSS correction

0.91

  • Correction of default value

0.9

  • First public release
  • Minimalist settings and features but fully functionnal (I hope)