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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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How to Set Up ActivityPub for Self-Hosted WordPress Sites (jseggers.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Jonamerica@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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With decentralized content and federated services growing in popularity, many existing web technologies are adopting the ActivityPub open standard. Services like Meta’s Threads, Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, Mozilla, and WordPress.com have all added or announced support of ActivityPub, allowing for their content to be accessible via the fediverse. For those who self-host their website, or manage WordPress websites, ActivityPub integration has been available since 2019, thanks to the ActivityPub plugin, created by Matthias Pfefferle, and now managed by Automattic, the maker of WordPress. This guide is for webmasters and hobbyists to install and configure ActivityPub for self-hosted WordPress websites, allowing their website content to be followed, tagged, and commented on via services like Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, and Threads.

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[–] btaf45@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only reason I use WordPress is for the free web hosting. WordPress itself is shit. Things that would be very easy in real html and javascript are hard in WordPress.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Just because it's not tailored to your personal preferences doesn't make it "shit". For anyone who doesn't want to manage code, Wordpress is worth considering.

Personally, I'd like to maintain Wordpress locally and offline. Then each update exported to the server as a static site. I just haven't found a thorough enough tutorial online yet.