wp-includes/blocks/footnotes.php:86Registers the footnotes meta field required for footnotes to work.
function register_block_core_footnotes_post_meta() { $post_types = get_post_types( array( 'show_in_rest' => true ) ); foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) { // Only register the meta field if the post type supports the editor, custom fields, and revisions. if ( post_type_supports( $post_type, 'editor' ) && post_type_supports( $post_type, 'custom-fields' ) && post_type_supports( $post_type, 'revisions' ) ) { register_post_meta( $post_type, 'footnotes', array( 'show_in_rest' => true, 'single' => true, 'type' => 'string', 'revisions_enabled' => true, ) ); } }}Introduced in 6.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/blocks/footnotes.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.