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2023-12-09 15:06:00

pfefferle@mastodon.social

#followerpower #fediverse

what do we have to do to make the #ActivityPub plugin attractive to more #WordPress users? We are currently at 4000+ active users on WordPress.org + the WordPress.com users.

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2023-12-09 14:50:14

Robert @ Tech Addressed

techaddressed@fosstodon.org

@pfefferle I've tried multiple times to get it working on my WP site and it never seems to work and I haven't really had time to devote to troubleshooting it.

2023-12-09 14:59:13

lifewithtrees

lifewithtrees@mstdn.social

@techaddressed @pfefferle I have a WordPress site to do it too but have not yet done it as there were limitations on which account it connected with iirc. The support team at WordPress didn't know much about it.

Like I didn't want it to connect to a new instance i set up related to the wordpress account, but an already existing fedi account

2023-12-09 15:10:58

Adam S. Smith

AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win

@pfefferle

I think I've suggested it previously, but since hashtags are crucial for discoverability,
the ability to add additional default hashtags (to supplement those generated from the Wordpress categories and tags) would be very attractive.

Similarly, for sites with custom taxonomies beyond the default tags and categories, it would be great if those custom taxonomies were also converted to hashtags.

2023-12-09 15:12:58

Paul de Ferney

makegeneve@fosstodon.org

@pfefferle I have a site I'd like to add it to, but it's not primarily a blog and I need to auto-publish other WP post types. I also need to understand better which account can be linked to it as well as the fediquette around automatic toots.

2023-12-09 15:20:17

Nathan Schneider

ntnsndr@social.coop

@pfefferle I ended up going with Post to Mastodon on my most recent WP site because I want features like replies and the like, but I don't want them as comments on the site. Also, the site is a subset of a larger org, so I want its posts to go on the parent org's account.

2023-12-09 15:20:45

Simon Wood

simonwood@mastodon.social

@pfefferle @fediversereport I think the recent threaded comments release will really help. Also maybe federating replies from logged in users? Enabling local and fedi commenters to interact with each other more should help catalyse discussion and engagement.

2023-12-09 15:21:44

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thomasjwebb@mastodon.social

@pfefferle is it available to wp.com users? If not, enabling that would help.

2023-12-09 15:21:45

Nathan Schneider

ntnsndr@social.coop

@pfefferle to me it also takes a kind of shift in mindset to think of the blog as coterminous with the social node. I am interested in that approach but feel cognizant of the fact that I am not there yet in my thinking.

2023-12-09 15:22:12

Mastodon Migration

mastodonmigration@mastodon.online

@pfefferle

A few things:

1. From a technical standpoint one thing that would help if it is possible is for the fediverse versions to show up immediately once the wordpress fediverse account address is followed. It is pretty tough to say follow this account, now wait for them to post something new. Understand that this may be impossible.

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2023-12-09 15:23:26

Jan

jan@toot.io

@pfefferle AP is like RSS on steroids, should be activated by default.

2023-12-09 15:24:24

Joachim Ziebs

TexJoachim@blabber.rocks

@pfefferle Somehow make me write something on my wordpress blog again?

2023-12-09 15:28:55

Luca Sironi

luca@sironi.tk

@AdamStuartSmith @pfefferle Adam, do you mean for blog posts to have also an automatic #wordpress hashtag, for helping us to search ?

That's a good idea for microblogging users, to find out blog sites to follow.

Also, but this is more extreme, I wonder if this must be something to turn on and not, eventually, to turn off.

If a blogger enable comments on posts, shouldn't care from where those comments came from, and should be happy to see interactions!

Too much communication emphasis on this techie, strange thing, it's just their website will result more discoverable

2023-12-09 16:45:15