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Implementing Quotebacks in WordPress

 

Quotebacks are an interesting way to cite content from other websites. They work in two stages. ## Installing the extension and getting the quotations The first one is HTML formatted with special data attributes, a footer and a link to the script. There are browser extensions to create this code, one for Chrome and one for Firefox (currently under development). Once the extension is installed, go to a page, select text and press command + shift + S on Mac and control + shift + S on Windows ![The result of highlighting text and pressing command/control + shift + S to generate the quote back. There are options to copy embed, copy markdown or close the quote at the bottom of the caption.](https://res.cloudinary.com/dfh6ihzvj/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/f_auto,q_auto/citation-00) The final step in this section is to paste the code into the page that you want to use ## Installing the script The second part, the `quoteback.js` scripts converts the blockquote into a custom element with its own built-in styles. The installation is simple, either create a script and point the source to the CDN ```html ``` Or download the script and link to it locally ```html