pfefferle, to fediverse
@pfefferle@mastodon.social avatar

We released version 2.3.0 of the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress.

Some new features:

  • Support for alt-attributes
  • Prioritize attachments based on the post format (article => all, audio => audio, video => video, ...)
  • Improve JS widgets
  • A better default content handling based on the Object Type
  • You can now add/remove the capability to use ActivityPub for each User

Full changelog: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#230---2024-04-16

Download: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/2.3.0

#Automattic

davidbisset, to php
@davidbisset@phpc.social avatar

"wp-now is a new, zero-config development environment we recently contributed to the Playground.”

https://developer.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/wp-now-launch-a-local-environment-in-seconds/

syntaxseed, to wordpress
@syntaxseed@phpc.social avatar

I've been brushing up my skills in anticipation of a couple new contracts I'm negotiating.

Decided to attempt to rewrite my company website onto in, learning theme dev along the way. It's going swimmingly. 😁

But ug. The standards for WP are so old fashioned, it's a weird backwards learning curve.

danyork, to fediverse
@danyork@mastodon.social avatar

So, anyone have tips for installing the plugin on a multisite installation?

I have it working fine on a single WordPress instance, but I'm having a challenge on a multisite setup.

On the multisite server, in the primary site, I've installed and activated the AP plugin, but it's not working, and in Site Health I see:

> WebFinger endpoint is not accessible

> Your WebFinger endpoint https://danyork.me/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:danyork@danyork.me does not return valid JSON for application/jrd+json.

Any ideas?

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

Do you have a blog at Wordpress.com? Congrats! You will soon be feeding all your content to an AI, unless you opt-out. Same with Tumblr! (Why I self-host, reason #4711) Source: https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/ and many more

UPDATE: Seems it already happened. Content from 2014-2023 has already been shared. So your opt-out will just be honoured going forward. If and how already sent content will be handled by the receiving 3rd party after you opt-out remains a mystery

#WordPress #Tumblr #AI #MidJourney

mina, to wordpress
@mina@berlin.social avatar

The #WordPress implementation of the #ActivityPub protocol is total crap (at least for free blogs).

I am giving up on that for longer texts.

Back to posting threads and putting a link to #Tumblr for the full text.

moira, to wordpress
@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net avatar

Anybody here use the modern Wordpress block editor for actual editing of text? Because it's destroying work underneath me literally every day.

I've gone back to Classic editor for now, but wow does that create some other issues.

I wrote about it here:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/01/07/giving-up-on-block-editor-going-back-to-classic/

pfefferle, to wordpress
@pfefferle@mastodon.social avatar

Oh nice! Following a blog using is working like a charm!

Good job @julian

pabloniusmonk, to fediverse
@pabloniusmonk@mastodon.social avatar

Enter the Fediverse! :mastodon: :microblog: 👏

WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub - The Verge

The ActivityPub plug-in is now available for all WordPress.com plans, allowing users to communicate with each other across other federated platforms like Mastodon.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913278/wordpress-activitypub-official-plugin-automattic-fediverse-mastodon

Edent, to wordpress
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

nerds - I've a tricky problem that I can't find the answer to.

I want to patch a single PHP file inside a 3rd party plugin.
I can overwrite the file, and my new code works.
But when the plugin is updated, the original file replaces my patched version.

I've tried changing the permissions of the file to read-only, but that doesn't work.

Is there any sensible way to make my changes permanent?

cdevroe, to wordpress
@cdevroe@mastodon.social avatar

Any core peeps here? My RSS feed's guids have an extra forward slash in them on my local development site. E.g. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://cdevroe.local//2023/12/19/activitypub</guid>

I don't know where that slash is coming from. And I want to be certain it won't be present when I push to my live site.

Side note: The default guid in WP-powered RSS feeds seems to be ?p=INT -- this seems like a bad idea if the site uses cruft free URLs. Also, isPermalink should be true, no?

Edent, to wordpress
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

How sensible / feasible would it be to have a different CSS theme for each year on my blog?

So posts from 2009 have a different look from 2010's posts etc.

I was thinking about how… misleading it is that all my old posts look the same as my modern ones.

Why, yes, this Yak is particularly hairy. Why do you ask?

Edent, to fediverse
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

🆕 blog! “This blog is now on the Fediverse!”

You can now have this post federated to your social media site by following @blog If you're on Mastodon, it should look something like this: You should be able to follow it on Lemmy, kBin, PixelFed, and some cool social network I've never heard of. How This blog runs on WordPress. Thanks to the tireless […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/09/this-blog-is-now-on-the-fediverse/

outofcontrol, to wordpress
@outofcontrol@phpc.social avatar

Until Wordpress lets us handle their data the way they want, I fail to see that WP can call itself a CMS platform. Main point of consternation is date and future date handling. If I have posts that are set to a future date, maybe I still want to display those on the public area (events anyone?) without needing to install a special plugin for dates. You’re welcome to try and change my mind.

#wordpress #cms

stevegrunwell, to wordpress
@stevegrunwell@phpc.social avatar

Some important context as this news breaks:

is an open-source project, available at WordPress.org.

One of its co-founders, Matt Mullenweg, is CEO of , which runs WordPress.com and owns .

They can’t sell what they don’t have, so “WordPress” here refers to WordPress.com, not self-hosted WordPress instances.

BUT many self-hosted instances use the Jetpack plugin, which does send data to WordPress.com, so that might be sold 🤬

https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/112004850884204466

Edent, to wordpress
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

Hey friends - can you spare a moment to answer a strange question?

By default, WP adds links like this to my posts' <head>:

&lt;link rel="alternate" type="application/json" href="<https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/46483>" /&gt;

The problem is, they don't have a title attribute. So browsers like Lynx just show the text "alternate".

Is there any way to add a title to them?

alda, to wordpress
@alda@topspicy.social avatar

Okay kids. I must ask.

How is this better than using or compiling CSS?

#BlockEditor #FSE #WordPress

ramsey, to wordpress
@ramsey@phpc.social avatar

Hey, y’all! You know what it means that will be offering a 100-year hosting plan?

It means we’ll have at least 100 more years of !

Wernerprise, to webdev German

Hallo Fediverse, hallo Medibubble,

eine kurze Vorstellung:

Ich bin Texter und Online-Redakteur, schreibe auch sonst viel; ich gestalte Websites in HTML, mit WordPress oder anderen CMS, arbeite außerdem gelegentlich als Sprecher, Podcast-Produzent, Sounddesigner – um mal die wesentlichen Dinge genannt zu haben.


atomicpoet, to fediverse

Well, I also expect 60 million users to join the .

I also expect 150 milllion users to join too.

And also 700 million sites. Not users, sites.

This just scratches the surface on how big the Fediverse will be.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/users/ophiocephalic/statuses/110437505190300421

nilesh, to fediverse
@nilesh@fosstodon.org avatar

Feature suggestion for servers:

If an actor provides an outbox URL, but not an inbox URL, it means that it cannot receive Follow activities and it can not push content to the followers. In such cases, the follower's server should switch to periodic polling like RSS.

This will enable statically-built blogs ( etc) to appear in Mastodon network.

pfefferle, to fediverse
@pfefferle@mastodon.social avatar
chikorita157, to wordpress
@chikorita157@sakurajima.moe avatar

Out of curiosity, I tested the Mastodon Autopost plugin on Wordpress with my Sharkey test instance, and well it works with their version of the Mastodon API. I can authorize with it and send a test post. This is something that does not work on Firefish, so at least there is one working autosharing plugin.

Sadly, the one built into Jetpack still doesn't work, probably has to do with their implementation of OAuth.

sarah, to php
@sarah@phpc.social avatar

Are you a developer or a WordPress/Laravel/Symfony/Drupal developer?

Understanding the underlying language will make you more effective and considerably more flexible/employable.

Understanding the language helps you read the framework code and make sense of complex things. It lets you adopt new tech. And it empowers you to switch from one project to another without fear.

Be a language developer.

pfefferle, to wordpress
@pfefferle@mastodon.social avatar

what is the most used/popular plugin for so far?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • megavids
  • InstantRegret
  • mdbf
  • osvaldo12
  • magazineikmin
  • cubers
  • rosin
  • thenastyranch
  • Youngstown
  • GTA5RPClips
  • slotface
  • khanakhh
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • JUstTest
  • Durango
  • everett
  • ethstaker
  • modclub
  • normalnudes
  • anitta
  • cisconetworking
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tacticalgear
  • Leos
  • provamag3
  • tester
  • lostlight
  • All magazines