=== Footprint OnChain ===
Contributors: pearcestudios
Tags: copy protection, fingerprint, website security, tracking, timestamp
Requires at least: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.7
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Connects your WordPress site to the Footprint OnChain copy-protection service: enter your Build ID and your site carries a unique, quiet fingerprint.

== Description ==

Footprint OnChain is the website copy-protection service from Pearce Studios. This plugin is how protected WordPress sites carry their fingerprint.

When you sign up for the service, Pearce Studios registers your website and issues you a **Build ID** (your tracking ID) and a **canary phrase**. Install this plugin, paste those two details into Settings → Footprint OnChain, and the plugin automatically adds your fingerprint to every page:

* A build-id meta tag in the page head
* A hidden canary marker (visible only in the page source)
* A script beacon
* An independent CSS beacon — if a copier removes one beacon, the other still reports back

The fingerprint is invisible to your visitors. If your site's design or code is ever copied onto another domain, the fingerprint reports back with the domain, page and time, you are alerted by email, and your timestamped content records stand as proof the work was yours first.

This plugin on its own does not create an account or start the service — it connects a site that Pearce Studios has registered for the Footprint OnChain service.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `footprint-onchain` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or upload the plugin zip via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, then activate it.
2. Go to Settings → Footprint OnChain.
3. Enter your **Build ID** and **canary phrase** (both supplied by Pearce Studios in your setup details).
4. Leave the tracking server on its default value and save.

Your fingerprint is live as soon as the settings are saved. Pearce Studios will confirm your first check-in from your own domain.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where do I get a Build ID? =

From Pearce Studios when your Footprint OnChain protection is set up. It is in your setup email, and looks like `PS-AB12CD`.

= What is the canary phrase? =

A short unique phrase registered to your build. It sits hidden in your pages as a second marker that is very hard for a copier to notice or scrub. Pearce Studios supplies it with your setup details — it is not in your setup email, ask for your install details if you do not have it.

= Will this slow my site down? =

No meaningful impact: one meta tag, one hidden marker, a tiny stylesheet rule, and one small script loaded asynchronously in the footer.

= Will visitors see anything? =

No. Nothing is displayed on your pages.

= What happens if I deactivate or delete the plugin? =

The fingerprint stops being added to your pages. Your protection records and content timestamps stay with Pearce Studios while your service is active.

= Does the plugin send my site's data anywhere? =

The beacons send only your Build ID, the page URL being viewed, and standard request details (such as the visitor's IP address) to the Footprint OnChain tracking server — that reporting is the service itself. The plugin collects nothing in your WordPress admin and changes nothing else on your site.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release: Build ID + canary settings, meta tag, hidden canary marker, CSS beacon and async script beacon.
