Add support for (new) name="fediverse:creator" and rel="me" meta tags for Mastodon and the greater Fediverse

[lexpostma]

In July Mastodon announced they are going to introduce a new creator meta tag:

<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@[email protected]" />

This is now available with Mastodon version 4.3. Would be really nice if this plugin could support this on a site global settings and also by using a Mastodon account/URL from the author’s profile.

Support for the rel="me" tag to verify a website is yours on your Mastodon profile would also be a nice fit for The SEO Framework I think: Verification on Mastodon

[sybrew]

Thanks for the suggestion! This appears doable for the next update, but I also have an "author" update coming later (#515), which might be a better fit.

[lexpostma]

I appreciate it and look forward to it 🙏 Looks like that "author" update has been a really long time coming 😬

[sybrew]

Four years isn't that long, considering just one person is undertaking this massive project. The foundation for all this was established in TSF v5.0 (late last year), in which I added 'uid' argument support for every generator and getter: #515 (comment).

My biggest problem is wrangling my way around the atrociously outdated and neglected WordPress interface, exerting myself to make everything seem part of WordPress.

[sybrew]

I ran out of time to include this, so I'm punting this issue and assigning it to the 5.1.x minor cycle.

I'm also considering adding a fallback profile field, as we have for Facebook and Twitter Card.
However, the way I structured the settings doesn't allow for this because these fallbacks are set under their respective tabs.

More consideration is required to maintain a consistent user experience.