Add pre-publish panel suggesting post formats for federation#2971
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When the object type setting is "Post Format", analyze post content and suggest a more appropriate format (Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Status) before publishing. This helps image/video posts get shared as Notes instead of Articles, making them visible on media-focused platforms like Pixelfed and Vernissage. Also raises ACTIVITYPUB_NOTE_LENGTH from 400 to 500 and passes objectType and noteLength to the editor JS. Ref #2903
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Pull request overview
Adds a block-editor pre-publish panel that inspects post blocks and suggests a more suitable post format (e.g., Image/Gallery/Video/Audio/Status) when ActivityPub is configured to map object types via post formats, improving federation visibility on media-first platforms.
Changes:
- Introduce
src/pre-publish-panel/with block analysis utilities, a pre-publish UI plugin, and Jest tests. - Pass
_activityPubOptions.objectTypeand_activityPubOptions.noteLengthfrom PHP to editor JS; increase default note length to 500. - Enqueue the new pre-publish panel script and add build artifacts + changelog entry.
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| File | Description |
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src/pre-publish-panel/utils.js |
Adds block-content analysis and post-format suggestion logic. |
src/pre-publish-panel/plugin.js |
Registers the pre-publish panel UI and applies a suggested format via editPost. |
src/pre-publish-panel/block.json |
Provides metadata used by the build/editorScript pipeline for the panel package. |
src/pre-publish-panel/__tests__/plugin.test.js |
Adds Jest coverage for block analysis and suggestion behavior. |
includes/constants.php |
Updates ACTIVITYPUB_NOTE_LENGTH default to 500. |
includes/class-blocks.php |
Exposes options to JS and enqueues the pre-publish panel bundle. |
build/pre-publish-panel/* |
Adds built JS and asset metadata for production. |
.github/changelog/2971-from-description |
Documents the feature addition. |
Replaces manual regex with the same utility used elsewhere in the codebase. Fixes CodeQL incomplete-sanitization warning.
- Move textBlockNames/galleryBlockNames to module-level constants. - Fix core/pullquote to read from `value` attribute instead of `content`. - Reorder priority: video/audio now suggested before single image to avoid incorrect recommendations for mixed-media posts. - Fix grammar in video/audio suggestion messages. - Add tests for mixed-media priority (image+video, image+audio).
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Fixes #2903
Proposed changes:
objectTypeandnoteLengthfrom PHP to the editor JS via_activityPubOptions.ACTIVITYPUB_NOTE_LENGTHdefault from 400 to 500 characters.src/pre-publish-panel/package with detection utilities, component, and tests.Other information:
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Add a pre-publish suggestion that recommends a post format for better compatibility with media-focused Fediverse platforms.