From 9109b2564edae4e75029349a873995fe218d5126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xecdev <ecashinformer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 09:05:22 +0430
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] make public key field mandatory

---
 templates/admin/paywall-settings.php | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/admin/paywall-settings.php b/templates/admin/paywall-settings.php
index e018c8e..b8082f7 100644
--- a/templates/admin/paywall-settings.php
+++ b/templates/admin/paywall-settings.php
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@
             <!--NEW Public Key input field-->
             <tr>
                 <th scope="row">
-                    <label for="paybutton_public_key">PayButton Public Key (optional)</label>
+                    <label for="paybutton_public_key">PayButton Public Key (required)</label>
                 </th>
                 <td>
-                    <input type="text" name="paybutton_public_key" id="paybutton_public_key" class="regular-text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $paybutton_public_key ); ?>">
+                    <input type="text" name="paybutton_public_key" id="paybutton_public_key" class="regular-text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $paybutton_public_key ); ?>" required>
                     <p class="description">
                         Enter your PayButton public key to verify Payment Trigger requests.
                     </p>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
                                 6. Save your button settings after pasting these values, and you're all set!
                             </p>
                             <p>
-                                <strong>Note:</strong> Enabling this feature is strongly recommended as it improves payment reliability, leveraging secure server-to-server messaging to record paywall transactions to your database.
+                                <strong>Note:</strong> Enabling this feature is required as it improves payment reliability, leveraging secure server-to-server messaging to record paywall and login transactions to your database.
                             </p>
                     </div>
                 </td>

From 1aeb2c88c7ac7fcd03f7089da66590cda53539d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xecdev <ecashinformer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 09:36:14 +0430
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] responding to the bot's feedback

---
 includes/class-paybutton-admin.php | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/class-paybutton-admin.php b/includes/class-paybutton-admin.php
index 06ddc32..cd900c4 100644
--- a/includes/class-paybutton-admin.php
+++ b/includes/class-paybutton-admin.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PayButton_Admin {
     public function __construct() {
         add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'add_admin_menus' ) );
         add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'enqueue_admin_scripts' ) );
-        add_action( 'admin_notices', array( $this, 'admin_notice_missing_wallet_address' ) );
+        add_action( 'admin_notices', array( $this, 'admin_notice_missing_required_inputs' ) );
         // Process form submissions early
         add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'handle_save_settings' ) );
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public function paywall_settings_page() {
         $this->load_admin_template( 'paywall-settings', $args );
     }
 
-    public function admin_notice_missing_wallet_address() {
+    public function admin_notice_missing_required_inputs() {
         if (isset($_GET['settings-updated']) && $_GET['settings-updated'] === 'true') {
             return;
         }        
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ public function admin_notice_missing_wallet_address() {
             echo '<p><strong>NOTICE:</strong> Please set your wallet address in <a href="' . esc_url(admin_url('admin.php?page=paybutton-paywall')) . '">Paywall Settings</a>. If you don\'t have an address yet, create a wallet using <a href="https://cashtab.com" target="_blank">Cashtab</a>, <a href="https://www.bitcoinabc.org/electrum/" target="_blank">Electrum ABC</a> or <a href="https://electroncash.org/" target="_blank">Electron Cash</a>.</p>';
             echo '</div>';
         }
+
+        $public_key = get_option('paybutton_public_key', '');
+        if (empty($public_key)) {
+            echo '<div class="notice notice-error">';
+            echo '<p><strong>NOTICE:</strong> Please set your public key in <a href="' . esc_url(admin_url('admin.php?page=paybutton-paywall')) . '">Paywall Settings</a>.</p>';
+            echo '</div>';
+        }
     }
 
     /**