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/well-known-uris/

"Well-Known URIs" for WordPress!

By mrose17·Discovery·Free
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·70 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, /well-known-uris/ is a WordPress discovery plugin with 70 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Taboola.

0/5Rating
70active installs
2.7K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

This plugin enables “Well-Known URIs” support for WordPress (RFC 5785: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785).

From the RFC:

It is increasingly common for Web-based protocols to require the
discovery of policy or other information about a host (“site-wide
metadata”) before making a request. For example, the Robots
Exclusion Protocol http://www.robotstxt.org/ specifies a way for
automated processes to obtain permission to access resources;
likewise, the Platform for Privacy Preferences
tells user-agents how to discover privacy policy beforehand.

While there are several ways to access per-resource metadata (e.g.,
HTTP headers, WebDAV’s PROPFIND [RFC4918]), the perceived overhead
(either in terms of client-perceived latency and/or deployment
dif…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.3

  • Fork from the original — https://wordpress.org/plugins/well-known/ —
    many thanks to https://profiles.wordpress.org/pfefferle/ for the
    excellent plugin!
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

mrose17mrose17Matthias PfefferleMatthias Pfefferle
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.3
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2016
WP Requires
3.5.1+
Tested Up To
4.6.30
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
70
Downloads
2.7K+
Added
Nov 3, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

discoverywell-knownwell-known-uris

Developer

M
mrose17
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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