Title: Reference the same source twice
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Reference the same source twice

 *  Resolved [wrongdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrongdog/)
 * (@wrongdog)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reference-the-same-source-twice/)
 * How do I reference a source twice and have it appear only once in the notes at
   the bottom rather than repeating it?
 * I am citing the first source.1 I am citing the first source again.1
 * 1. The first source
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/civil-footnotes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/civil-footnotes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [defomicron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/defomicron/)
 * (@defomicron)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reference-the-same-source-twice/#post-3913163)
 * By creating two identical footnotes in the source. This feature is not currently
   functional, but this is a known bug. A fix should come shortly.
 * Austin
 *  Thread Starter [wrongdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrongdog/)
 * (@wrongdog)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reference-the-same-source-twice/#post-3913208)
 * ok, thanks
 *  Thread Starter [wrongdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrongdog/)
 * (@wrongdog)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reference-the-same-source-twice/#post-3913346)
 * Hi Austin, thanks for the response. Have you made any progress with this or should
   I head elsewhere?
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [defomicron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/defomicron/)
 * (@defomicron)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reference-the-same-source-twice/#post-3913374)
 * My apologies for the delay in getting to this.
 * Civil Footnotes has just been updated to 1.3 and includes a fix for the bug you’ve
   encountered. Unfortunately for your use case, I opted for a different solution
   than what was originally intended for the plugin.
 * Now, when you create separate but identical footnotes, they appear separately
   in the body and in the footnote display. This solution was chosen because the
   backlink can only link back to one reference in the text, so some users will 
   click a footnote and then be sent back to a place they weren’t reading from.
 * If you’re set on finding a plugin that’ll work like this, I suggest looking into
   [WP-Footnotes](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-footnotes/), which claims to have
   this working.
 * Austin

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