hexo-reference

A plugin to support markdown footnotes and Wiki-Style tooltip reference in your Hexo blog posts.

Installation

Node.js 18 or newer is required.

npm install hexo-reference --save

Hexo normally detects installed plugins automatically.

If automatic plugin detection is disabled, add the package to the plugins list in _config.yml:

plugins:
  - hexo-reference

Syntax

Markdown

basic footnote[^1]
here is an inline footnote[^2](inline footnote)
named references work too[^details]
the same footnote can be referenced again[^1]

[^1]: basic footnote content
[^details]: paragraph
footnote
content

Footnote definitions must start on their own line. Footnotes are numbered by the order of their first reference, regardless of the definition label.

Markdown in a footnote is rendered in the footnote list and converted to plain text in the tooltip.

Output