Title: Using ((ref))
Last modified: February 21, 2023

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# Using ((ref))

 *  [Jenxi Seow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenxi/)
 * (@jenxi)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-ref/)
 * Would it be possible to use ((ref)) or <ref></ref> syntax with this plugin? This
   is legacy syntax and it doesn’t make sense to go through hundreds of pages to
   convert the references to use [mfn]ref[/mfn].

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 *  [Earl_D](https://wordpress.org/support/users/earl_d/)
 * (@earl_d)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-ref/#post-16769618)
 * Similar question. Looking for replacement to the Footnotes plug-in that used `[
   ref] reference [/ref]`
 *  Plugin Author [prismtechstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prismtechstudios/)
 * (@prismtechstudios)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-ref/#post-16801908)
 * There’s nothing to support ((ref)) or <ref></ref> syntax right now unfortunately,
   but there is a way to support [ref][/ref] syntax. In Settings > Modern Footnotes,
   you can use **ref** for Modern Footnotes Custom Shortcode and it will use [ref]
   as a shortcode for Modern Footnotes. [@earl_d](https://wordpress.org/support/users/earl_d/)

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