Refbacks will be handled by their own plugin

Author: dshanske

README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 **Tags:** webmention, pingback, trackback, linkback, microformats, comments, indieweb  
 **Requires at least:** 4.9  
 **Requires PHP:** 5.6  
-**Tested up to:** 5.5  
-**Stable tag:** 3.10.3  
+**Tested up to:** 5.6  
+**Stable tag:** 3.10.4  
 **License:** MIT  
 **License URI:** http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT  
 
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ The plugin uses a locally cached version of the mystery icon normally provided b
 
 Project actively developed on Github at [pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks). Please file support issues there.
 
+### 3.10.4 ###
+
+* Remove refbacks as a default. Add a filter to decide on what comment types would be used.
+
 ### 3.10.3 ###
 
 * Use `comment` as default comment-type: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49236

composer.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "installer-name": "semantic-linkbacks"
   },
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=5.3.0",
+    "php": ">=5.6.0",
     "composer/installers": "~1.0",
     "mf2/mf2": "*",
     "p3k/emoji-detector": "*"

includes/class-linkbacks-handler.php

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public static function register_meta() {
 	 */
 	public static function enhance( $commentdata, $comment = array(), $commentarr = array() ) {
 		// check if comment is a linkback
-		if ( ! in_array( $commentdata['comment_type'], array( 'webmention', 'pingback', 'trackback', 'refback' ), true ) ) {
+		if ( ! in_array( $commentdata['comment_type'], apply_filters( 'semantic_linkbacks_enhance_comment_types', array( 'webmention', 'pingback', 'trackback' ) ), true ) ) {
 			return $commentdata;
 		}
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public static function enhance( $commentdata, $comment = array(), $commentarr =
 		if ( isset( $commentdata['comment_meta']['semantic_linkbacks_type'] ) ) {
 			if ( in_array( $commentdata['comment_meta']['semantic_linkbacks_type'], apply_filters( 'semantic_linkbacks_comment_types', array( 'reply' ) ), true ) ) {
 				// https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49236 - As of WP5.5, comment will be the default comment type, not empty.
-				$commentdata['comment_type'] = version_compare( get_bloginfo( 'version'), '5.5', '>=' ) ? 'comment' : '';
+				$commentdata['comment_type'] = version_compare( get_bloginfo( 'version' ), '5.5', '>=' ) ? 'comment' : '';
 			}
 		}
 

readme.txt

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Donate link: https://notiz.blog/donate/
 Tags: webmention, pingback, trackback, linkback, microformats, comments, indieweb
 Requires at least: 4.9
 Requires PHP: 5.6
-Tested up to: 5.5
-Stable tag: 3.10.3
+Tested up to: 5.6
+Stable tag: 3.10.4
 License: MIT
 License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ The plugin uses a locally cached version of the mystery icon normally provided b
 
 Project actively developed on Github at [pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks). Please file support issues there.
 
+= 3.10.4 =
+
+* Remove refbacks as a default. Add a filter to decide on what comment types would be used.
+
 = 3.10.3 =
 
 * Use `comment` as default comment-type: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49236

semantic-linkbacks.php

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Description: Semantic Linkbacks for WebMentions, Trackbacks and Pingbacks
  * Author: Matthias Pfefferle
  * Author URI: https://notiz.blog/
- * Version: 3.10.3
+ * Version: 3.10.4
  * License: MIT
  * License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  * Text Domain: semantic-linkbacks
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * @author Matthias Pfefferle
  */
 class Semantic_Linkbacks_Plugin {
-	public static $version = '3.10.1';
+	public static $version = '3.10.4';
 	/**
 	 * Initialize the plugin, registering WordPress hooks.
 	 */