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Zotpress
Zotpress displays your Zotero citations on WordPress.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.9★ from 66
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 8 Aug 2026
- Added
- Feb 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.6
- Tested up to
- WP 7.0.4
- Downloads
- 139,277
Our analysis
AI-assistedZotpress is a WordPress plugin that integrates Zotero, a free reference manager, into your site. It allows you to display personal and group Zotero items, including in-text citations and bibliographies, as well as searchable libraries. The plugin supports thumbnail images and selective CSS styling, enhancing the presentation of references on your site.
This plugin is suitable for academic bloggers, researchers, and anyone looking to manage and showcase bibliographic references effectively. It is designed to work with various web browsers and requires jQuery and specific server configurations.
Best for: This plugin suits academic bloggers and researchers who need to manage bibliographic references.
What it does well
- ✓Integrates Zotero for managing references
- ✓Displays citations and bibliographies
- ✓Supports thumbnail images
- ✓Allows selective CSS styling
- ✓Visitors can download citations
Where it falls short
- •Plugin is on semi-hiatus with infrequent updates
- •Requires specific server configurations
Verdict
Zotpress offers useful features for displaying references, but its infrequent updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Katie's own description of Zotpress, lightly tidied.
Zotpress brings publication broadcasting and scholarly blogging to WordPress through Zotero, a free, cross-platform reference manager.
Features
- Displays your personal and group Zotero items through in-text citations, bibliographies, and searchable libraries
- Supports thumbnail images through WordPress’s Media Library and Open Library
- Supports selective CSS styling via IDs and classes
- Provides a range of additional features, such as allowing visitors to download citations
- And more!
Compatible with Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and IE9. Made with jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery doTimeout, Live Query, OAuth, and Open Library.
Special thanks to Joe Alberts for substantial contributions to the code, comprehensive testing, and design ideation. Thanks also to contributors Jeremy Varnham (@jvarn13), Christopher Cheung, Jason S., Chris Wentzloff, Karljürgen Feuerherm (@feuerherm), Mark Dingemanse (@codeispoetry), Jörg Mechnich (jmechnich@github), Tomas Risberg, @ericcorbett2, @timtom, @alhrath, and André Lambelet for their code contributions, testing, and guidance. Finally, my sincere gratitude goes out to all who have donated in support of this plugin.
Please note that this plugin is on semi-hiatus, with updates expected about 1-3 times a year.
Requirements
jQuery included in your theme (Zotpress will do this for you if it isn’t already included), and an HTTP request method supported by WordPress enabled on your server: cURL, fopen with Streams (PHP 5), or fsockopen. In your server config file, X-Frame-Options should be set to SAMEORIGIN. Optional: OAuth enabled on your server.
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