janboddez
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11 months ago Not daft at all, been doing this for years and recently wrote this about it: https://jan.boddez.net/articles/displaying-share-on-mastodon-links-on-wordpress-front-end. (The custom field has always been mentioned in the docs, too, but without actual examples of how to use it.)
If you're on a theme that you control, I'd go for the first approach but maybe wrap the example code in a "template tag" function which can then be inserted wherever you need it. Otherwise, the "post-content" hook should do the trick. Just adapt the text to whatever you want it to be.
If you crosspost to multiple platforms, the Syndication Links plugin might be worth a look. I believe it basically takes the second approach. To get the Mastodon links in there, there's a setting somewhere (Share on Mastodon > Settings > Advanced) that'll only show if both plugins are active.
Case anyone who reads this would prefer a block-based approach, the IndieBlocks plugin comes with a Syndication block that can be added, using the new site editor, pretty much anywhere.
edent
Enhancement idea.
At the bottom of my post, I'd like a link which says "Discuss this post on Mastodon" with a link to the status sent by this plugin.
I know I could manually grab the URl after it has been published, and then edit my post. But I wondered if that could be automated?
Is that sort of thing possible? Or is it a daft idea?