Sources and citations - Verba

A list near the end of the article where you show what it's built on: links to the material you used, and quotes from people or publications.

The block is switched on once, for the whole site, and it's off by default. It's filled in on each post separately.

#Set it up

#Two kinds of row

Every row is one of two types, picked in Type, and everything else about the row is the same.

Source

Material the article relies on, marked with an external link icon.

Quote

Words from a person or a publication, marked with a quotation icon.

#The fields on a row

The same three fields cover a publication and a person; what you put in them decides which one the row reads as.

#The global settings

Next to the switch, the Sources & Citations group holds the heading above the list (Heading, default "Sources", with an optional icon, Heading tag, default paragraph, and Heading size, default h5) and Show icons, the type marks on each row.

Tag and size are set separately, so the heading can look like an h5 without occupying a level in the document structure. An empty heading text means a list with no heading.

#When nothing appears

The other candidates for the same complaint: the block is still off (it's off by default), or the source is Native. All three have to be right.

#Why bother

A source list gives a reader a route out of your article and back into it. Somebody who checks your sources and finds them solid trusts the next piece you publish, and so do the systems that summarize and cite articles.

Where exactly does the block appear?

After the article text and the read also block, before the post footer, which is where a reader looks for it after finishing rather than before starting.

Can I reorder the rows?

Yes, drag them in the panel. They appear in the order you set.

Last updated 1 Oct 2026