=== Simple Mastodon Verification === Contributors: opendna Tags: Mastodon, fediverse, verification Requires at least: 6.1 Tested up to: 6.6.2 Requires PHP: 7.4 Stable tag: 2.0.3 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 individual contributors. == Description == Provides a General Settings menu option to define a rel=\"me\" in metatags for the whole site and also 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. *Note for Wordpress.com users* 1. Installing this plugin on WordPress.com requires a paid subscription. 2. Configuring and enabling this plugin requires entering 'Classic View' from the dashboard Screen (top right). The 'Default View' is Auttomatic's in-house UI and is not compatible with many WordPress plugin APIs. *Note on fediverse:creator meta tags* Mastodon v4.3 added support for Open Graph ("Twitter Cards") by adopting a `