Title: Non-superscripted reference — is it possible?
Last modified: August 14, 2021

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# Non-superscripted reference — is it possible?

 *  Resolved [oanishchik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oanishchik/)
 * (@oanishchik)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-superscripted-reference-is-it-possible/)
 * `Hello!
 * If yes — how?
    As I understand, <sup> is part of the php, not css. Is it possible
   to change it not to interfere updates (i.e. w/o changing the php file)? I’d like
   the references to look like this, eg.: Text Reference. I can do this: Text [mfn
   referencenumber=”Reference”]Footnote[/mfn]. But the word Reference in this eg.
   would be superscripted. And I want to change it somehow. And then I apply come
   additional css to change this word’s appearance to differ from the main text.
 * Best,

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 *  Plugin Author [prismtechstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prismtechstudios/)
 * (@prismtechstudios)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-superscripted-reference-is-it-possible/#post-14906163)
 * Hi [@oanishchik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oanishchik/) ,
 * You’re right, the <sup> element is part of the PHP and right now the HTML tag
   can’t be customized. However, you could use CSS to override the appearance of
   this element so it looks like normal text. This custom CSS should do the trick(
   you can enter this in the Settings > Modern Footnotes page for the custom CSS):
 *     ```
       sup.modern-footnotes-footnote {
           vertical-align: baseline;
           font-size: 1em;
           position: static;
       }
       ```
   
 * You can add any other CSS into this rule as well to customize the appearance 
   of the “Reference” text.
 * Best,
    Sean

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