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CM Footnotes

CM Footnotes - Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography
by CreativeMindsSolutions · 100+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Limited data

Limited data: CM Footnotes has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for CM Footnotes
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is CM Footnotes still maintained?
Yes. Last release 13 Oct 2026, 6 releases in the last 24 months. 13 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns CM Footnotes, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer CreativeMindsSolutions since Jun 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was CM Footnotes removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is CM Footnotes safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest CM Footnotes update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.2.4. No one-star spike after it. 22 May 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
CreativeMindsSolutions3 Jun 2015 to 13 Oct 2026, 339 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
22 days ago
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.2.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for CM Footnotes
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20252
Q2 20253
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 13 Oct 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.2.

Rating distribution
5 star4
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

100+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.2.4
AuthorCreativeMindsSolutions
Added3 Jun 2015
Last updated13 Oct 2026
Active installs100+
Requires WordPress5.4.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.2.4
Categorynot stated
Tagsendnotes, citations, footnotes, reference, bibliography

Other plugins by this author: CM Pop-Up - Create engaging popups to capture attention and boost interaction, CM Tooltip Glossary, CM Search And Replace - Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool, CM Header and Footer - Add custom scripts and styles to your header and footer with ease, CM E-Mail Blacklist - Simple email filtering for safer registration, CM Answers - Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress Q&A, CM Download Manager - Organize, Protect & Share Files in WordPress, CM Ad Changer - A simple tool to control and optimize your site’s banners, CM Table Of Contents - Clear navigation for better content discovery, CM Custom Reports - Flexible reporting to track what matters most, CM Map Locations - Visualize and share your locations in a few clicks, CM Curated List Manager - Effortless tool for link management

Questions

Is CM Footnotes still maintained?

Yes. Last release 13 Oct 2026, 6 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns CM Footnotes, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer CreativeMindsSolutions since Jun 2015.

Was CM Footnotes removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is CM Footnotes safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest CM Footnotes update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.2.4. No one-star spike after it.

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