CERTINATOR GUIDE
Understand certificate verification and recipient privacy
Understand public verification fields, issuer-submitted records, expiry, revocation, and archive behavior.
Before you start
An account and a plan with public verification for publishing records. Reading an existing public link does not require an account.
Steps
- Enable verification deliberately in the credential setup and review which supported fields will be public.
- Confirm that the information is appropriate for a public link. Anyone with the URL may view enabled fields; recipient email is not a public field.
- Review before issuing. A record confirms what the issuer submitted and displays its status; it does not establish identity or accreditation.
- Use Verification Records to edit supported public fields and inspect expiry. A past expiry date shows Expired.
- Revoke only when intended: real revocation is permanent. Archiving removes an entry from the active library but does not revoke the public record.
What to keep in mind
A successful PDF download is separate from public registration. If a render fails after a record is registered, inspect Verification Records before trying again.
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