BitMate Author Donations is a WordPress plugin for authors on WordPress powered sites to accept cryptocurrency donations. It can automatically add a cryptocurrency donation box below all posts, or can be manually controlled via the built in shortcode [bitmate-author-donate] and/or widgets for sidebars and visual page builders.

Here are a few of the special features you might not notice at first:

• Can be used in "Maximalist" Bitcoin only mode with classic styles or will adapt to a modern multi-currency display when you add other currencies.
• Sets Bitcoin label & message when using compatible installed wallets.
• Makes use of compatible URI formats where possible, for example BIP 21 for Bitcoin.
• Uses local and self-hosted fonts to avoid calling other servers.
• Works without Javascript enabled - although offers optimisations when it is!
• Makes use of open-source self-hosted QR code generator for increase privacy.

This GitHub repository is designed for activity development and community collaboration. You can download the current release from the official WordPress repository.

• International translation hooks
• Investigate xpub key generation support

1. Upload bitmate-author-donations to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Enter a valid bitcoin address on the User Profile page under “BitMate Donation Information” for any users that wish to enable the donation box.
4. Configure the display options through the “BitMate” page.
5. (Optional) Use the [bitmate-author-donate] shortcode anywhere you want to manually include the donation box, e.g. WordPress pages etc.

You can simply remove your cryptocurrency addresses from your user profile to disable the box from appearing on your posts. Alternatively if you would like to disable automatic inclusion sitewide, then you can disable the box after posts on the Display Settings page.

Check out the official plugin site for more information and support.

Check out the GitHub Repository if you would like to contribute to the continued development of the plugin.

You can make a cryptocurrency donation through the following methods:

• Bitcoin: 1QHK34VSB4MqRUEXyXnUMDg56VEcvY7ND8
• Bitcoin Cash: 16WdQvED6hGQZukDjx4i6rZ6foVy1Zhxav
• Ethereum: 0x0577eb2088d03eecf093085544909b110cd94728
• Litecoin: LWcXPjsmyEHDS9yXShjrpgYe6Sfha94iLy
• Monero: 446bYKR3hLnVtBt5NqKEYKAAh6DjSw2s55SxCbyJLfPU5fwpXsnbatXGzmXdZNJHZ4Wa5bn3uhaG2cghkBGX2vWcCL2gNmi3uhaG2cghkBGX2vWcCL2gNmi
• ZCash: t1PsNg2sHTPjFZn5HfMBViFcDoYaxX4vgNZ

• Added international string capabilities
• CSS Updates for Default Themes

• Content display fix

• Updated Welcome Page
• SVN Image Directory Fix
• Updated Read Me

• Created "Maximalist Mode" which uses legacy styling when only a Bitcoin address is in use.
• Added support for additional cryptocurrencies; Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, ZCash.
• Add option to show/hide names next to cryptocurrency icons.
• Interated CryptoFont by @AMPoellmann based on design inspiration from criptonoticias
• Using Semnatic Versioning with consideration to; overall interface adjustments and cryptocurrency URI parsing as major (X.0.0), feature and currency additions as minor (0.X.0), and bug fixes as patches (0.0.X).
• Moved from Google QR Chart API to local open source generator for improved privacy.
• Added welcome/update screen.

• Fixed page display bug.

• Fixed mixed content error for SSL enabled websites.
• Removed encoded character bug on settings page.

• Fixed content display for authors without bitcoin address.

• Display below posts option now only applies to posts, not pages.

• Widget QR Code Bugfix

• Added BitMate author donation widget
• Optimised responsive CSS for improved display at smaller widths

• First Public Release

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Any development project is based on thousands of hours of past development projects and learnings. We'd also like to give a shout out to the following people and companies that have helped make this possible in one way or another (listed in alphabetical order); Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Denso Wave, Dominik Dzienia, Satoshi Nakamoto, Alexander Manfred Pöllmann, Nils Schneider, WordPress, and the teams behind all related cryptocurrency and open source libraries used in this project in the past, present or future.

• Contributors: danielmcclure
• Donate link: http://bitmate.net/donate/
• Tags: bitcoin, donate, donations, cryptocurrency, currency, payments, bitmate, ethereum, litecoin, bitcoin cash, monero, zcash
• Requires at least: 3.0
• Tested up to: 4.9.4
• Stable tag: trunk
• License: GPLv3 or later