What Version 3.5.0 Does
VeriFact 3.5.0 reviews factual claims from the WordPress editing workflow, sends approved requests to a licensed VeriFact API endpoint, and returns evidence, confidence, provenance, and review metadata. The plugin supports Gutenberg, the Classic Editor, custom post types, block themes, page-builder content stored in the post body, and multisite installations.
- Durable queued processing with Action Scheduler when available, WP-Cron fallback, system-cron and WP-CLI support, retries, stale-lock recovery, and dead-letter requeue tools.
- Revision-aware claim hashing that reuses unchanged findings and sends changed claims back for review.
- Configurable publication gates, confidence thresholds, post-type policies, and audited human overrides.
- Bulk post queues, large-document handling, history, analytics, diagnostics, and privacy-safe support bundles.
- Reusable evidence records, editor-approved citations, and optional human-approved Schema.org ClaimReview markup.
Fact Checking That Preserves the Article
Reader-facing verification stays inside normal prose. A compact source↗ link can appear at the end of a factual sentence, open its evidence in a new tab, and show a short factuality note on mouse hover or keyboard focus. VeriFact does not replace an article with a rigid fact-versus-commentary template, and it does not certify opinions or predictions as facts.
Secure API Connection and Licensing
The plugin can connect to the hosted VeriFact API or to a licensed private deployment. Onboarding activates the installation, binds it to the approved site, tests the authenticated connection, checks the server and contract versions, and exposes only safe key metadata. Permanent API credentials and raw license secrets are not placed in browser JavaScript or ordinary WordPress options.
Administrators can restrict outbound API hosts, review key-rotation status, configure retention and privacy controls, and use multisite-safe capabilities. Subscription and license operations are designed to use hosted checkout and short-lived, site-bound access rather than collecting payment-card data inside WordPress.
Accessible Editorial Controls
Version 3.5.0 includes keyboard-operable review controls, screen-reader status announcements, logical RTL styling, translation-ready strings, reduced-motion and forced-colors support, and responsive inline citations. The API Management screen reports connection health, server version, contract compatibility, authentication type, and the configured endpoint without exposing credentials.
Current Compatibility and Availability
The 3.5.0 release is tested against the shared API contract and current WordPress/PHP combinations, including multisite and static plugin review. Production installations should use HTTPS, an approved API hostname, a real queue runner, backups, and a draft-first validation before enabling blocking publication gates.
VeriFact is a decision-support system. Editors remain responsible for reading the linked primary and authoritative sources, resolving conflicts, and applying appropriate human review before publication.