Previous versions of the CiteIt WordPress stripped the html encoding from the selected quote. This removed bold, italics, and links.
Tonight in v0.64 I modified the tinymce editor to include the html:
onsubmit: function( e ) {
editor.insertContent( '
<blockquote cite="' + e.data.cite + '">' + editor.selection.getContent({format : 'html'}) + '</blockquote>
'); }
Here’s a sample quote with html, in this case a link:
In a searing newsletter published Friday, progressive journalist Matt Taibibi penned a cri de coeur against the illiberal left: