Just to repeat, this is now available to ALL WordPress blogs including free tier ones. The free tier has slightly different instructions, but effect is same.
Ah, I think that's the web address. Fediverse addresses look something like this:
@ user @ server
I just tried @ workers @ nomugsnomasters.com (but without the spaces) and it didn't show anything so it sounds like that isn't the blog's Fedi address?
@feditips yes I installed that first... wait a second... maybe if I uninstall and reinstall so that it gets installed AFTER the ActivityPub plugin? 🤔 nope, that didn't fix it 😞
@feditips that's okay! Thank you for pointing me to the forum. I am also suspecting the hosting provider could be the issue. Thanks for taking the time to give me a sanity check and all you do for the fediverse 🙂
I've had mixed reports on whether the comments are supposed to go in the other direction, I'm going to do some experiments and then do a new post about it.
Yes, Hubzilla has also got an optional WordPress app, but that's for posting to a WordPress blog. I shouldn't try to do that with other people's blogs. But until now, the only way to follow a WordPress blog was via #RSS or #Atom.
This also means that #Streams users can follow WordPress blogs again. (streams) had its RSS connector removed a while ago.
@feditips While cool that we have another #ActivityPub platform, I'm no fan of #wordpress. #Ghost does much better as a publishing platform. Maybe the #ghostdevs will consider ActivityPub #integration. Until then, I can always include links in my toots.
Hopefully ActivityPub becomes a standard option on blogs the same way RSS did.
ActivityPub is way too complex compared to RSS to be as ubiquitous. Anybody with a vaguely template engine shaped tool (hell, static site generators even) can create an RSS/Atom feed while ActivityPub effectively requires a backend server that's running near constantly / every X minutes (with permanent writable storage) for anything that's not a toy example for a quick blogpost.
Following an RSS feed is "just download this file every few hours and check if there's any new changes to it on your end". AP can't get that simple no matter how much you try (before it stops being widely compatible* AP, of course)
*: some AP projects may support outboxes, but none of the major ones like masto do afaik.
I'm not completely sure on how necessary it is, I am not a developer. Sorry 😞
Accounts only show up on Mastodon searches if someone on your server is following them, or if they have been interacted with in certain ways by someone on your server.
It's good idea to tell people on Mastodon etc the blog's Fediverse address and encourage them to follow the blog. Remember to include @ at the beginning of the address so it is clickable.
@feditips I must have done something wrong because I can't get it working! I have the ActivityPub plugin but it doesn't generate a feed, just irrelevant search results (I called the feed blog@valdyas.org and it gives all mastodon posts with "blog" somewhere in the text). Help?
Username is "blog@valdyas.org" (which gives all the mastodon posts with "blog" somewhere in the text) and profile URL is https://valdyas.org/irina/fo3/@blog (which gives no results at all). Yes, I did click "save changes". I edited it in the "settings" page, and it showed up in the "welcome" page like this.
-Try the address of an author's account on your blog rather than the blog's main address. You'll find these in ActivityPub settings main page and in the Users section at the bottom of the page. Sometimes the author address works better than the main one.
-Try it later, perhaps it takes a while for the federation to kick in
Normally I'd ask the developer @pfefferle if he has any ideas but I think he's a bit overwhelmed at the moment!
@feditips@pfefferle There's only me writing on this blog so the author address would do the same thing. Will try that if waiting until it federates doesn't work, thanks!
Hi, just read you piece about the #wordpress#fediVers conector via #activityPub by @pfefferle and automattic.
I like it and first of all that it exists but it's important in the introduction to point out the limitations.
From the fediverse I'm used to real interaction and from what I could see/test there is no two way communication possible.
The fediVerse can comment on blogs but the blog response isn't federated into the fediVers and that contact.
people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon -- but with only words
people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon and posting a link that is no different than any link to any web site anywhere
a very few people talking about how their blog is now "on" Mastodon and posting a link that takes me to their blog, where I can read but cannot comment because it's not connected back to Mastodon in any way except by my 'back' arrow
I've seen one case where apparently I could comment but I did not -- mostly because the content was pretty uninteresting
So there's a long, long way to go before Wordpress "saves" Mastodon, to put it mildly
This is not Mastodon's project, it's not made by anyone connected to Mastodon, nor is it designed to "save" Mastodon.
This is an independent Fediverse platform which is compatible with many other Fediverse platforms including Mastodon.
These aren't VC startups trying to build up hype machines ready for the stock markets, these are FOSS projects patiently improving their functionality over years with the help of volunteers and donors.
"These aren't VC startups trying to build up hype machines ready for the stock markets, these are FOSS projects patiently improving their functionality over years."
Wow
Apparently you've missed the hype I've seen
Or you're following the wrong hashtags
Or you have an entirely different definition of 'hype'
I don't follow hype, I follow the actual platforms themselves.
I don't care about "hot takes", I care about the Fediverse.
Hype cycles are meaningless, especially about the Fediverse. There were articles in 2017 talking about how Mastodon was already dead, then 2022 how it was the hot new thing. None of it makes any sense.
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@feditips so replies to posts are logged as comments on wp. What happens with replies (on wp) to those comments? Does the commenter see the reply their own fedi feed?
@feditips@rscottjones
I tested this on my free tier WordPress.com blog: comments on the WordPress side do not get federated. Commenters on WordPress.com and Mastodon thus cannot interact.
Suboptimal, but still better than nothing.
Okay, I'm not sure what kind of hosting you have, but on the plugin for independently hosted sites you can change the blog's main address by going to Settings > ActivityPub > Settings > Change Blog Profile ID
I don't have a wordpress.com account so I'm not sure if that differs, or if changing the name is possible?
Ok, thanks. Guess this is another feature that is only on the plug-in?
It looks like because the free/lower tiers don't have plug-ins, wordpress.com have done a simplified feature set with the most essential functions but left a lot of the plug-in's options out.
The WebFinger plugin optionally improves the federation side of things, but I am not a developer so I don't know exactly what it does. Also, I don't know whether its functionality is included in the free/low tier system?
If you copy and paste the URL of a blog post into your Mastodon search box, you should see the post appear if it is converted.
However, bear in mind servers will only notice any kind of Fediverse post if at least one person on that server has followed the account at time of publication or shared the post.
@feditips I've been thinking of writing short stories and novellas and releasing them for free. I don't like the idea of posting them to some service where I won't control my data, though. This is good news. I could spin up a WordPress site, post my stories there, and link it up with the Fediverse to increase visibility.
(I actually have a WordPress site I was going to use for this so I might add this plugin to test it out.)
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