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https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons

Official Creative Commons plugin for licensing your content. With Creative Commons licenses, keep your copyright AND share your creativity.
https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons

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Official Creative Commons plugin for licensing your content. With Creative Commons licenses, keep your copyright AND share your creativity.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons
Owner: creativecommons
License: gpl-2.0
Created: 2014-07-28T15:18:18.000Z (over 10 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-10-31T01:51:09.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2025-01-10T18:14:35.179Z (29 days ago)
Topics: copyleft, copyright, creative-commons, wordpress-plugin
Language: PHP
Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/creative-commons/
Size: 2.45 MB
Stars: 155
Watchers: 44
Forks: 105
Open Issues: 25
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: license.txt
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS

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README

        🚨 **Notice: This plugin is no longer maintained. Please see the [WordPress.org plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or the [Creative Commons Post Republisher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cc-post-republisher/) plugin.**

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CC WordPress Plugin

Official Creative Commons plugin for licensing your content on your WordPress website. With Creative Commons licenses, keep your copyright and share your creativity.



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[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-15-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)

## Description

The plugin is an attribution tool. It has multiple features that allow users to

attribute their content by including Creative Commons license ([Choose a

License](https://creativecommons.org/choose/)) on their WordPress website. This

includes default, post, page and media attribution.

## Code of conduct

[`CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`][org-coc]:

> The Creative Commons team is committed to fostering a welcoming community.

> This project and all other Creative Commons open source projects are governed

> by our [Code of Conduct][code_of_conduct]. Please report unacceptable

> behavior to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

> per our [reporting guidelines][reporting_guide].

[org-coc]: https://github.com/creativecommons/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

[code_of_conduct]: https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/code-of-conduct/

[reporting_guide]: https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/code-of-conduct/enforcement/

## Installation

Download the latest version from this project's [releases][releases]. You can

install the plugin to your WP website using any of these methods:

[releases]: https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin/releases "Releases · creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin"

1. In your plugin Dashboard on WordPress, Click **Add New** and upload the

   plugin `.zip` file. When installed, activate the plugin.

2. Extract the `.zip` file and paste the extracted folder to the

   "/wp-content/plugins/" directory. Go to your plugin Dashboard and activate

   the plugin.

## Features

### Setting a Default Site License

After activating the plugin, head to **Settings > Creative Commons** to set up

the default license.

![Plugin Settings](https://cl.ly/01ae314c5c57/img)

Selecting a license is simple. Select one from the given CC licenses, by

default [**CC BY-SA**](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license

is used.

![Select License](https://cl.ly/bfd84b912c78/img)

There are multiple options available for the license. You

can add:

- Additional attribution text for a custom note.

- Title and Title URL. If not mentioned it defaults to "the content".

- Author and Author URL. If not mentioned it defaults to "on this site".

- Display options.

![License Options](https://cl.ly/b4520d6ab6b1/img)

### Widget

There are two options to display the default license, as a widget or in the

footer. We recommend using the widget for better theme compatibility.

![Widget](https://cl.ly/2dacc1739955/img)

After selecting the widget go to **Appearance > Widgets** and drag the CC

License Widget to the required area. The widget will then display the default

license on all pages of the site.

![Widget Front-end](https://cl.ly/b9b584688f46/img)

### Gutenberg Blocks

The plugin adds specific Gutenberg blocks for each Creative Commons license. If

you are using the default Gutenberg editor, you will find these blocks under a

separate category.

![Blocks Category](https://cl.ly/4934cdc59cd4/img)

These blocks can be used to license any page/post/image or other media.

![Blocks Back-end](https://cl.ly/b454a77259ce/img)

Following is an image attributed using CC gutenberg block.

![Attributed Image](https://cl.ly/bde9d591b534/img)

At a glance, with WP CC Plugin you can:

- License your site with a default license.

- You can display the default license in the footer or as a widget in widget areas.

- Display license for the site, posts and pages

  license)

- License your WordPress Network (WordPress Multisite install)

- License some of your sites differently in your WordPress Network

- License some posts, pages, or images differently from your default license

  (per content license)

- License posts and pages by simply including CC Gutenberg blocks for each

  license required (Gutenberg License Blocks)

## Contributing and development

**See [`development.md`](development.md).**

## Release Schedule

We will release a new version every month that there are substantial changes.

See [milestones][milestones] for how GitHub issues are assigned for release.

[milestones]: https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-plugin-creativecommons/milestones

## License

- [`license.txt`](license.txt) ([GPLv2 or later][gplv2] License)

[gplv2]: https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 "GNU General Public License version 2 | Open Source Initiative"

## History

This plugin is loosely based on an existing, but seemingly abandoned WordPress

plugin named 'License' (a component of the [MIT Educational Collaboration

Space][collabspace] project) by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) and Brett

Mellor. We're also inspired by Creative Commons' original

[wordpress-cc-plugin][oldplugin] written by former Creative Commons CTO Nathan

Yergler.

[collabspace]:http://cispace.mit.edu/

[oldplugin]:https://github.com/cc-archive/wordpress-cc-plugin

### Credits

- Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine (License v0.5)

- Brett Mellor (License v0.5)

- Bjorn Wijers

- Matt Lee

- Rob Myers

- Tarmo Toikkanen

### Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

  

    
_{Alan Levine}
💻

    
_{Brylie Christopher Oxley}
💻

    
_{Dibyajiban Sahoo}
📖

    
_{Hugo Solar}
💻 👀

    
_{Juane Puig}
💻

    
_{Kriti Godey}
📆

    
_{Ned Zimmerman}
💻

  

  

    
_{Nishant Mittal}
📖

    
_{Priscillia Umeakuekwe}
📖

    
_{Radek Czajka}
💻

    
_{Rajesh Royal}
🌍 💻

    
_{Rhea Myers}
💻

    
_{Stefano Ottolenghi}
💻

    
_{Timid Robot Zehta}
👀 📆

  

  

    
_{赵丰 (Zhao Feng)}
📖 🌍

  

This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!