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Interledger Web Monetization Integration

by Interledger Foundation

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Description

Web Monetization connects you with your audience, turning engagement into revenue. No friction, no barriers, no limits. Interledger Web Monetization Integration adds a <link rel="monetization"> tag to your site’s <head> – or more- and lets you define which wallet gets paid at the site-wide, author, or per-post level. It’s built to work with Interledger-compatible wallets and is designed for performance, clarity, and extensibility.

Highlights
– Add a Web Monetization tag to your pages automatically
– Configure a default site wallet, allow author wallets, and override per post/page
– Multi-wallet mode: output all configured wallets or only the top-priority one
– Visual admin indicator for wallet connection/availability
– Exclude specific users from being monetized
– Developer-friendly hooks & filters
– Fully translatable (.pot included)
– No tracking, no external requests by default

What is Web Monetization?
Web Monetization is an open web standard. It connects publishers with their audiences and enables continuous payments to their websites.

Privacy

  • No user data is collected or stored by this plugin.
  • No cookies are set.
  • Extension download links include analytics parameters (UTM tags) to track aggregate click sources. No personal information is transmitted.
  • Optional country targeting requires the GeoIP Detection plugin.

Performance

  • Minimal footprint: a single or multiple <link rel="monetization"> tags are added to the head.
  • Built to play nicely with caching and modern themes.

Features

  • ✅ Site-wide wallet (global default)
  • ✅ Author-specific wallets (optional)
  • ✅ Per-post/per-page wallet override
  • ✅ Multi-wallet output (all vs. highest-priority)
  • ✅ Exclude selected users from monetization
  • ✅ Admin UI status indicator for wallet connection
  • ✅ Hooks & filters for developers
  • ✅ Translation-ready

Developer Notes

  • Built with an OOP architecture and Composer autoloading.
  • Hooks & filters are available for customizing wallet selection and output.
  • Designed to work cleanly with themes that call wp_head() and with popular caching setups.

License

This plugin is licensed under the Apache-2.0.

From your WordPress Dashboard

  1. Go to Plugins Add New.
  2. Search for “Interledger Web Monetization Integration”.
  3. Install and Activate.

Manual Installation

  1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Go to Plugins and Activate.
  3. Open Settings Web Monetization to configure your wallet(s).
  1. Settings screen: site-wide wallet and author/post-level options.

    Settings screen: site-wide wallet and author/post-level options.

  2. Per-post wallet override meta box.

    Per-post wallet override meta box.

  3. Banner configuration page.

    Banner configuration page.

  4. Example <code><link rel="monetization"></code> rendered in the page head.

    Example <link rel="monetization"> rendered in the page head.

Do I need an external service?

No. By default the plugin adds markup only. You’ll configure your Interledger-compatible wallet address (often named a “payment pointer”).

Where do I configure wallets?

Go to Settings Web Monetization. You can set a site-wide wallet, allow authors to set their own, and override per post/page.

What is multi-wallet mode?

When enabled, the plugin can output all configured wallets (e.g., site + author + post) or only the top-priority wallet, depending on your preference.

Can I exclude certain users from monetization?

Yes. There’s an option to exclude specific users; their content won’t output monetization tags.

Does this work with custom post types?

Yes. The plugin is designed to be extensible; custom post types that support meta boxes can be integrated.

Does the plugin track users or send data to third parties?

No. There’s no tracking and no external requests by default.

Is it translation-ready?

Yes. A .pot file is included.

1.0.2

  • Fixed ActivityPub integration to properly handle multiple space-separated wallet addresses in post meta.
  • Removed incorrect site wallet fallback when post ID cannot be resolved in ActivityPub contexts.
  • Improved wallet normalization for better multi-wallet support.
  • Fixed post type settings field name to use proper plugin prefix (intlwemo_post_type_settings).
  • Improved consistency with plugin naming conventions.

1.0.1

  • Improved banner close button accessibility with semantic button element and SVG icon.
  • Added Safari browser support for Web Monetization extension download links.
  • Added UTM tracking parameters to extension download links for analytics.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Site-wide, author, and per-post wallet configuration.
  • Multi-wallet mode (all vs. top-priority).
  • Exclude users from monetization.
  • Admin UI status indicator.
  • Hooks & filters for developers.
  • Translation-ready.
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