=== Simple Mastodon Verification === Contributors: opendna Tags: Mastodon, fediverse, verification Requires at least: 6.1 Tested up to: 6.1.1 Requires PHP: 7.4 Stable tag: 1.1.2 License: GPL-2.0+ License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt Provides a General Settings menu option to define a rel=\"me\" in metatags for the whole site, and also for individual contributors. == Description == Provides a General Settings menu option to define a rel=\"me\" in metatags for the whole site, and also for individual contributors. = Admin verification = The plugin will add a field at the bottom of the *General Settings* page (Admin Dashboard > Settings>General Settings), labelled "Verify Mastodon URL". The field should accept any valid mastodon user URL up to three sub-domains deep. i.e. https://mastodon.social/@user to https://my.mastodon.del.icio.us/@user The plugin does *not* accept Mastodon addresses (@user@domain.tld) When a valid URL has been saved, a tag containing a rel="me" link pointing to the Mastodon user profile will be added near the top of the site's metadata (between elements). If a link to the Wordpress instance is added as one of that user's profile metadata, the Mastodon instance will validate the ownership of the URL and add a green "verified" banner to the URL. = Author verification = If an Administrator enables the "Verify Authors' profiles" option on the *General Settings* page (Admin Dashboard > Settings>General Settings), a field labelled "Mastodon URL" will be added to users' profile pages (under "contact info"). When a valid URL has been saved, a tag containing a rel="me" link will be added to the metadata (between elements) on the Author's archive page *only*. If a link to the Wordpress Author archive is added as one of that's user's profile metadata, the Mastodon instance will validate the ownership of the URL and add a green "verified" banner to the URL. = Plugin Development = *Simple Mastodon Verification* development is managed on GitHub, with official releases published on WordPress.org. The GitHub repo can be found at https://github.com/mckinnon/simple-mastodon-verification. == Installation == Install the plugin from the Wordpress store and enable in the Plugin menu. Configure on the General Settings page, then on User profile pages. == Changelog == Project maintained on GitHub at https://github.com/mckinnon/simple-mastodon-verification = 1.1.2 = * Remove closing PHP tag = 1.1.1 = * Site-wide Mastodon URL restricted to https to match changes to Mastodon v4.0. = 1.1.0 = * added support for users to verify using Author's page = 1.0.2 = * initial commit to Wordpress plugin store == Upgrade Notice == = 1.1.0 = Adds support for validation of site users' Mastodon accounts. = 1.0.2 = Initial commit to Wordpress plugin store.