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WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse -- the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others -- with the acquisition of an ActivityPub plug-in that allows WordPress blogs to reach readers on other federated platforms. Now, the company is announcing ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress has been released allowing WordPress blogs to be followed by others on apps like Mastodon and others in the fediverse and then receive replies back as comments on their own sites.

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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

The headline is misleading in that the plugin has existed for years. It does seem a little more polished lately.

On the other hand, the Friends plugin which can act as a fediverse client used a lot of CPU and didn't reliably publish replies last I tried it about a month ago. I hope it improves, but I can't recommend Wordpress as a full fediverse participant just yet.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Still, right direction!

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. I do have a site running on Wordpress that currently cross-posts to Mastodon and it would be nice to consolidate.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

So, can we follow blogs from Lemmy now?

[-] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Good to see more platforms starting to focus more seriously on the fediverse, plenty of great little WordPress.com blogs out there that would be perfect candidates for federation

[-] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 6 points 1 year ago

I think it's key to know "some" blogs. Depends on if that plugin is installed and working.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

It would be cool if there was a lemmy community for good blogs to follow. I like the idea of following blogs but I don't know how to find interesting ones.