# Acknowledgify Acknowledgify lets agencies, freelancers, and developers add credits to WordPress sites via humans.txt, meta tags, and footer links. ## Description Give credit where it's due! Acknowledgify is a lightweight and flexible plugin that allows developers, freelancers, and agencies to showcase their contributions to a website. **Give credit where it's due!** Acknowledgify is a lightweight and flexible plugin that allows developers, freelancers, and agencies to showcase their contributions to a website. ### Key Features - **humans.txt Generator** – Automatically create a virtual `humans.txt` file to recognize contributors such as developers, designers, and agencies. - **Meta Tags for Acknowledgment** – Insert author, designer, developer, and publisher meta tags dynamically into the `` section. - **Customizable Footer Link** – Add a discreet, styled acknowledgment link in the footer with flexible placement options. - **Lightweight & Compatible** – Designed for performance, fully compatible with WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+. - **Built to be Translated** – Includes translations and supports further multilingual setups. With Acknowledgify, you can showcase your work in a non-intrusive way while maintaining flexibility over how and where the acknowledgment appears. **Translations available** for: - 🇪🇸 Spanish (es_ES) - 🇫🇷 French (fr_FR) - 🇩🇪 German (de_DE) - 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil) (pt_BR) - 🇮🇹 Italian (it_IT) - 🇳🇱 Dutch (nl_NL) The plugin is fully **translation-ready**, allowing further translations using tools like Loco Translate, WPML, or Polylang. ## Installation 1. Upload the `acknowledgify` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. Navigate to **Settings > Acknowledgify** to configure your acknowledgment settings. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is a `humans.txt` file? A `humans.txt` file is a simple text file placed at the root of a website to credit the people and technologies behind it. ### Will this plugin slow down my website? No. Acknowledgify is lightweight and dynamically generates the acknowledgments without unnecessary database queries or file writes. ### Can I customize the acknowledgment text? Yes! The plugin provides customizable templates for `humans.txt`, meta tags, and footer text. ### Will it work with my theme? Acknowledgify is tested with major themes and page builders like Gutenberg, Elementor, Bricks, and Divi. If your theme has custom footer structures, manual placement options are available. ### Is this plugin translation-ready? Yes! The plugin is fully translation-ready and currently supports **Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, and Dutch.** You can easily add more translations using **Loco Translate**, **WPML**, or **Polylang**.