Easiest way is to use ^_[] --> it automatically numbers, remove the _ obviously

Quick reference for markdown-it-footnote syntax.

Footnotes with formatting

Styled footnote.[^5]

[^5]: Supports **bold**, *italic*, `code`, and [links](/).

Styled footnote.[1]

Basic footnote

Here's a sentence with a footnote.[^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote content.

Here's a sentence with a footnote.[2]

Multiple footnotes

Multiple footnotes[^2] in the same[^3] paragraph.

[^2]: First footnote.
[^3]: Second footnote.

Multiple footnotes[3] in the same[4] paragraph.

Multi-paragraph footnote

A longer footnote.[^4]

[^4]: First paragraph of the footnote.

    Second paragraph indented by 4 spaces.

A longer footnote.[5]

Multi-word label

You can use dashed labels[^my-note] too.

[^my-note]: Footnote with a named label (no spaces allowed in labels).

You can use dashed labels[6] too.

  1. Supports bold, italic, code, and links. ↩︎

  2. This is the footnote content. ↩︎

  3. First footnote. ↩︎

  4. Second footnote. ↩︎

  5. First paragraph of the footnote.

    Second paragraph indented by 4 spaces. ↩︎

  6. Footnote with a named label (no spaces allowed in labels). ↩︎