Brilliant Directories Site Connector

An SEO warning appears before you save when the path differs from the installed location. It shows the previous URL and the new URL.

You can:

• Keep the previous subfolder — leave the old proxy files in place so both URLs keep working.
• Redirect the previous URL (HTTP 301) — replace the old proxy with a permanent redirect to the new URL. Inner paths such as /login are redirected too.
• Select neither option — previous plugin files are removed after the new install succeeds.

A 301 cannot be created when the old and new paths overlap (for example directory and directory/members ), because a parent redirect would also catch the child path.

If both keep and redirect are selected, the 301 is installed at the previous path.

reCAPTCHA

Google reCAPTCHA checks the hostname the visitor sees in the browser. That is this WordPress hostname, not the Brilliant Directories hostname.

If login or forms show “Invalid domain for site key”, add the WordPress hostname (for example example.com ) to the same reCAPTCHA site key in Google reCAPTCHA admin .

Connection Health includes a reCAPTCHA Domain check. It reads the public site key from the Brilliant Directories login page and asks Google whether the WordPress hostname is allowed for that key. It shows Error until the hostname is added. If no reCAPTCHA is found on the login page, the check shows Healthy .

Deactivate, update, and uninstall

• Deactivate leaves settings and the live subfolder in place. The public directory URL keeps working.
• Plugin update refreshes generated routing/code files. Customer values in proxy-config.php (API key, source URL, paths) are preserved.
• Delete / uninstall removes plugin settings and only folders this plugin created (a live proxy marked by directory-proxy.php , or a 301 stub this plugin wrote). Other WordPress folders are not deleted.

Uninstall is destructive. Back up the site if you may need the directory URL again.

External Services

This plugin makes outbound requests to the Brilliant Directories website URL you enter and, for the reCAPTCHA Domain check, to Google reCAPTCHA. It does not phone home to any other host from PHP.

• API key check — GET {your BD site}/api/v2/token/verify with the x-api-key header. Runs when you click Save / Install, when the form checks the key, and when you click Check Connection.
• Source ping — GET {your BD site}/ to confirm the site is reachable. Runs with Check Connection and after a successful save (health refresh).
• reCAPTCHA Domain check — GET {your BD site}/login (and / if needed) to read the public reCAPTCHA site key, then GET https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/anchor (or the Enterprise equivalents) with that site key and your WordPress origin. Runs with Check Connection and after a successful save. The license key is never sent to Google. See the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service .
• Public proxy — visitor requests to your WordPress subfolder are forwarded with cURL to that same BD site (pages, assets, login, and forms).

The settings page loads no remote content. It only shows links to Brilliant Directories resources, which open in a new tab when clicked.

Privacy & Terms:

• Brilliant Directories Privacy Policy
• Brilliant Directories Terms of Service

Support

If you have any issues or need help, please visit our support forum or contact us at support@brilliantdirectories.com.