May 19, 2023

PGP Key Generator Plugin

A plugin to generate private and public PGP keys. No need to install any software to encrypt and decrypt PGP messages.

With PGP Key Generator, your visitors can generate their own private and public PGP keys. It is also possible to use the plugin to encrypt and unencrypt a PGP message.

Check https://wp2pgpmail.com for more info.

Is it secure ?

All code is implememented in readable Javascript.
You can verify the source code.
No binaries are loaded from a server or used embedded.
No hidden transfer of plain text.

This plugin is based on the tool developed by Ian Purton.

Installation

Upload and extract the content of ‘pgp-key-generator.zip’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Place the tag [pgp_key_generator] in the HTML code of the page you want to see the form generator
Enjoy!

FAQ

PGP Key Generator is not available in my language. What can I do ?

You can translate PGP Key Generator in your language, then submit your translation, so everybody would can use it.
To do it, we have a project hosted at Transifex where you can add the translation in your language. It’s simple, fast and effective. Or:

Download and install Poedit
Open the PGP Key Generator POT file from pgp-key-generator/i18n/pgp-key-generator.pot
Go to File => Save as… to save your translations in a PO file (pgp-key-generator-fr_FR.po for example)
Once the translation done, go to File => Save as… again to generate the MO file
Send us the PO and MO files to [email protected] : we will add them to the next release of the plugin

Changelog

1.13

Improving interface

1.12

Changing script order for loading

1.10

Updating OpenPGP library to v4.10.10

1.09

Update for WordPress 5.0

1.08

Removing Bootstrap style
Improving interface
Updating OpenPGP library to v3.0.9

1.07

Updating OpenPGP library to v2.6.2

1.06

Fixing typo

1.05

Updating CSS

1.04

Updating label name for the encryption part

1.03

Updating OpenPGP library to v2.0.0
Throwing errors in a dialog box

1.02

Fixing OpenPGP for Internet Explorer

1.01

Initial import