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CitePress – Automatic Citation Generator

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CitePress – Automatic Citation Generator

by nusagates

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Description

CitePress lets you generate a properly formatted bibliography (reference) for any post using simple shortcodes.

Built for academic blogs, research documentation, online journals, and educational websites.

Features:

  • Citation styles supported: APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver, ASA, ACS, ACM
  • Customizable citation label and access date format
  • Outputs a styled, collapsible citation box
  • Uses clean shortcodes: [citepress style="apa"]
  • No custom tables, no frontend scripts, lightweight
  1. Upload the citepress folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Use the shortcode [citepress style="apa"] in any post or page
  4. Customize via Settings CitePress
  1. Admin settings panel with options

    Admin settings panel with options

  2. Frontend citation box output

    Frontend citation box output

How do I change the label or date format?

Go to Settings CitePress and modify the label for the citation box or the access date display.

Can I use this with custom post types?

Currently the shortcode works best inside standard posts. Support for CPTs can be added manually or through future updates.

1.6

  • Customizable citation box label
  • Markup improved for frontend box styling

1.5

  • Added settings for access label and date format

1.0

  • Initial release with multiple citation formats and shortcode output
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