=== Satelo Connector ===
Contributors: satelo
Tags: guest posts, content exchange, promotion, backlinks monitoring, sponsored posts
Requires at least: 6.2
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 0.2.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Connect your site to Satelo: sites of your level publish articles about you, and you publish useful articles about them.

== Description ==

Satelo is a network where websites promote each other. Publish an article on your site, earn satellites (◉), and spend them to get articles about you on other sites in your niche.

This plugin:

* verifies that you own the site (adds a `satelo-verify` meta tag);
* publishes exchange articles in the category you choose, with cover image, images in the text, tags, SEO description and a "Partner content" label;
* sets the agreed `rel` attribute on outgoing links (`sponsored` by default);
* lets you choose auto-placement (publish immediately) or drafts for manual review;
* counts pageviews without cookies (no IP addresses or personal data stored) and sends daily totals to Satelo as verified traffic for your Quality Score;
* stops new articles as soon as you deactivate it.

Only requests signed with your secret key are accepted. Limits, topics and blacklists are managed in your Satelo dashboard.

== External services ==

This plugin connects to the Satelo API (https://satelo.io/api/connector) to confirm the connection, send a daily status (site URL, WordPress and plugin version, categories list, language, daily pageview totals) and receive articles. Pageviews are counted by a small script that calls this site's own REST API; no cookies are set and no IP addresses or personal data are stored. Images in articles are downloaded from the URLs supplied by Satelo into your media library. Terms: https://satelo.io/terms.html · Privacy: https://satelo.io/privacy.html

== Installation ==

1. Install and activate the plugin.
2. Go to Settings → Satelo and paste the connection key from your Satelo dashboard.
3. Choose a category and whether to publish automatically.

== Changelog ==

= 0.2.0 =
* Cookie-less pageview counter for verified traffic.
* Updating a live article never takes it offline; replay protection for signed requests.

= 0.1.0 =
* First release.
