How to implement Full Fact's Claim Review Plugin on Wordpress
This training will cover the installation and set up of the Claim Review Plugin for Full Fact and other fact checkers using WordPress.
Initial installation
WordPress Installation
Github Installation
This installation assumes that the plugin is not present on the WordPress.org repository.
You have two options
Go to Settings > Claim Review Schema Settings
First set Your Organisation Details: you’ll only have do this once :)
Organisation Name: This is your fact checking organisation’s name, e.g. Teyit.
Organisation URL: This is your fact checking organisation’s URL - usually your home page e.g. https://teyit.org/.
Alternate URL: An alternative URL to the Organisation URL - such as a social media account, e.g. https://twitter.com/teyitorg or your regional bureau URL, e.g. https://www.politifact.com/illinois/.
Max Rating: Optional. You can use a numerical scale for fact checking articles. If you choose to use this, this will be the highest (100% true) rating for the scale. Put -1 in this field to disable it.
Min Rating: Optional. Similarly, this will be the lowest (100% false) rating for the scale. Put -1 in this field to disable it.
n.b.these settings affect every post type to which you apply Claim Review, e.g. “Post”, “Page”
Then scroll down and set your Display Settings
Here you pick which Post Types to apply Claim Review to.
If you use the Post Type ‘Posts’ for writing your fact check articles, tick that box only.
Some blogs have other Post Types, like ‘Research Papers’. If you have other post types which you use to publish fact checks, tick those too.
This guide assumes you are adding it to a “Post”.
2. Add Claim Review Schema to a Post
Go to any Post and scroll until you see the “Claim Review Schema” form
Add extra fields and multiple claims, if needed
By default, you will only see one Claim Review box, with the minimum required fields.
You can also choose to add optional fields by pressing “More Fields”.
You can add any number of Claim Review boxes depending on how many claims your fact check covers. Add a new one by pressing “Add a New Claim”.
Ta da!
Once you’ve filled in all the fields, click “Publish”.
The schema will be added to your fact check’s code!
Glossary: What each field means
Claim Reviewed - This is the claim you’re checking.
Claim Date - The date the claim was made.
Claim Appearance(s) - A URL for a web document or page where the claim appears, such as a news article, a political party press release, a Facebook post, or a YouTube video of a television interview. You can list many URLs. If you have the URL where the claim first appeared, please tick “original appearance” too.
Claim Author Name - The person or organisation that made the claim. For viral social media posts without a clear source, use your discretion to show that the claim is viral, for example, ‘Viral social media post’. Take care not to imply that the social media company made the claim e.g. by writing “Facebook”.
Glossary: What each field means
Claim Assessment - A short description of how the claim is viewed. Please follow the tips and best practices at https://www.claimreviewproject.com/tips-best-practices for this. A good idea is to start with a short one or two word sentence to rate it, such as ‘Correct’, ‘Wrong’ or ‘Unsubstantiated’.
Claim Review Anchor - If you have multiple claims on one page, you can use page anchors to reference each individual claim on the page. These should be one word (no spaces, or dashes), and don’t start with the hash (#) sign. This will be added by the plugin. If you’re not sure about this, leave blank.
Claim Location - The setting in which the claim was made, e.g. “In an interview with the Wall Street Journal”.
Glossary: What each field means
Claim Author Job Title - The job title of the person who made the claim, e.g. ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ or ‘General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress’. Leave blank if the claimant is an organisation.
Claim Author Image - An image URL of the person or organisation who made the claim.
Numeric Rating - A numerical value of the claim. Must be between the minimum and maximum ratings you chose at the Set Up stage.
Claim Rating Image - An image of the claim rating. This must be a URL. This is most applicable for the fact-checkers who use standardized ratings with images. For example, PolitiFact would include a URL to an image of the relevant Truth-o-Meter.
3. Check and correct any errors
Test whether the schema appears
Test whether the schema appears by using Google’s Structured Data tool: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/.
If it’s set up correctly, you’ll see the “ClaimReview” displayed in the “Detected” side of the screen:
If you spot errors, you can go back in and edit the Claim Review Schema directly in your post.
Questions?