indieweb / indieweb/wordpress-indieweb
Confusing Label for Mastodon Profile Field in User Profile Settings
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Description
When the IndieWeb plugin is activated, the user profile section in the WordPress dashboard (/wp-admin/profile.php) includes a field for entering a Mastodon profile. Currently, this field is labeled "Mastodon Server (URL)", which may cause confusion, as it sounds like it's asking for just the server URL (e.g. mastodon.social) rather than the full profile URL (e.g. https://mastodon.social/@username).
To improve clarity and maintain consistency with other fields like "YouTube profile URL" and "LinkedIn profile URL", this label should be changed to:
"Mastodon profile URL"
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the WordPress dashboard profile settings entry point (/wp-admin/profile.php) and search the plugin source for the exact label "Mastodon Server (URL)". Change it to "Mastodon profile URL" and verify that the user profile field displays the new wording while still accepting the full profile URL.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100