Well, #phht, it looks like #wordpress HTML filtering removes the vital
rel="me"
property from the #mastodon #verification anchor element (at least if entered in the obvious way in a sidebar).
Annoying! Anyone have good tips for verification to a WordPress blog?
@gme woot, that worked! WordPress added the "noopener" to the "me", but apparently Mastodon is okay with that, which is nice. Thanks much!