I use a template for this, you actually don’t need to number footnotes at all, and you don’t need their
- declaration
[^1]
and - definition
[^1]: content
separate.
if you insert ^[content here] inline with your text the footnotes auto-number based on the order in which they appear in the text top to bottom.
With the content inside the footnote itself, it still displays EXACTLY the same as the method you’re using.
Hell, I even embed links in my footnotes like this: ^[[[Here is a note]]] and it works just the same other than this minor issue in edit mode: First link in footnotes is not properly recognized
the template I insert for this is just called: fn.md with the contents of ^[] and that’s all I do for easy footnotes 