Markdown Footnotes

Add a reference and definition

A footnote has an inline reference and a matching definition. You can author both in Source; keep their identifiers identical.

Edit in Visual

Edit the reference and definition in place, then switch to Source to verify their identifiers.

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An interactive example. Changes stay on this page.

Published content remains in your repository.[^ownership]

[^ownership]: Uploaded media is stored separately and referenced by URL.

Edit a footnote visually

Select an inline footnote reference to open its controls. You can edit the definition or change the reference label. Definition content can contain supported formatting. Use Source to check repeated references and more complex definitions.

Use a stable identifier such as ownership, and make sure the corresponding definition exists. The editor represents the reference and definition separately; how footnotes appear on the published page depends on your website’s Markdown processing.