Title: Simple Attribution Author: DigitalME Published: July 13, 2012 Last modified: February 4, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-attribution/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3452372) ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-attribution/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3452372) # Simple Attribution By [DigitalME](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmeactivecampaign/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-attribution.2.1.3.zip) * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/#description) * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/#installation) * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/) ## Description Simple Attribution is just that… simple! It adds a meta box on post pages which allows bloggers to specify the name and URL of the site a sourced article originated from. Assuming both these fields are filled out, it appends the attribution link to the bottom of the post. Simple Attribution allows links to be generated in both text and image form, allowing you to customize it to the feel of your website. Natively, it includes 5 icons which can be used to identify the attribution link instead of the standard caption (which is editable through the options panel), and custom icons can be used as well. Don’t like where we put the link? You have the option to disable auto-attribution and put the link wherever you want it to display simply by adding to your template! ## Installation #### From your WordPress dashboard 1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’ 2. Search for ‘Simple Attribution’ 3. Activate Simple Attribution from your Plugins page #### From WordPress.org 1. Download Simple Attribution 2. Upload the ‘simple-attribution’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory of your WordPress installation 3. Activate Simple Attribution from your Plugins page ## FAQ None yet ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/42aba4835c8f55565c8125096fc0857455043b71bcfc6841a13afd27e104c5a9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Didn’t work on standard wordpress 5.8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/didnt-work-on-standard-wordpress-5-8/)󠁿 [Mohammad Etemaddar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sefid-par/) October 8, 2021 I used it on newly installed wordpress 5.8 with default theme. The problem is that, it didn’t save the attribution title and url and also didn’t show the links at bottom of the post. I wish it work on new version. If it has git page, I can resolve it. Thanks. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/37be64fa5016b945695ad3038e68dc8de784b9da8e40f7d03a6dcaaa99ce8a8a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple, Clean, Easy to Customise](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-clean-easy-to-customise/)󠁿 [Fraser Martin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/frasermartin/) February 8, 2018 Great little plugin. Can make it look however you want. Easy to fit in with theme. Would love to see the addition of rel=”nofollow” option. I have added this via the simple_attribution_attribution filter, but for non coders this would be great addition. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fa9b59c5de1b695dcd522d37050cba622afccfa1a1f3f26dd0674eb8536ad1de? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works beautifully](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-beautifully-71/)󠁿 [orionsnym](https://profiles.wordpress.org/orionsnym/) September 3, 2016 Works great for a quick and easy way to add attribution into posts without having to hand-edit and hand-place everything. Easily stylable too. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Attribution” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ DigitalME ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmeactivecampaign/) * [ YMP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ympno/) [Translate “Simple Attribution” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-attribution) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-attribution/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-attribution/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-attribution/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-attribution/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### Version 2.1.3, February 3, 2026 * Updated: Author to DigitalME * Updated: Contributor to ympno * Tested up to WordPress 6.9 #### Version 2.1.2 * Improved: Code quality * Updated: Settings library (Select2 improvements) #### Version 2.1.1 * Updated: Settings library (fixes sysinfo security vulnerability) #### Version 2.1.0 * Bring code up to current standards #### Version 2.0.1 * Only load admin scripts on our settings page! #### Version 2.0.0 * Complete rewrite! * Completely backwards compatible (custom template-based stuff won’t break) * Now works with custom post types! * Added Font Awesome icon support #### Version 1.1.2 * Update support link #### Version 1.1.1 * Fix bug with WordPress installed in subdirectory not properly saving settings #### Version 1.1.0 * Moved to class-based structure * Added proper I18N #### Version 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.1.3** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/) * Tags * [attribution](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attribution/)[citation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/citation/) [cite](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cite/)[link](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/) [post](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-attribution/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-attribution/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ DigitalME ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmeactivecampaign/) * [ YMP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ympno/) ## Support Got something to say? 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