Decentered S1E8: WordPress-ActivityPub with Matthias Pfefferle ( wedistribute.org )

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This is a special episode near and dear to my heart. We Distribute heavily makes use of the WordPress-ActivityPub plugin that Matthias Pfefferle develops, and it’s now a sponsored plug-in by Automattic! We delve into the challenges of building protocol support into a platform that pretty much everybody customizes, and some of the benefits of bringing publishing to the Fediverse.

If you’d prefer to watch a video version of the interview, you can check it out on PeerTube!

Show Notes

• Matthias actually discovered WordPress through its predecessor, B2evolution.
• His love of blogging in the early 2000’s drove him to develop plugins for the WordPress ecosystem.
• ActivityPub is not the first protocol he brought to WordPress: he also integrated IndieWeb and OStatus plugins.
• His work on the ActivityPub plugin would eventually get noticed by Automattic, the parent company behind WordPress! He now works on the integration full-time!
• Why ActivityPub and not AT Protocol? Developers want assurance that the standard they adopt is from an established organization. Plus, it was a natural progression from OStatus.
• What’s the hardest thing about developing this plugin? Two things: shared hosting environments, and conflicts with other plugins.
• What does the future look like? Probably similar to what’s happening today: the plugin provides integration with other plugins, like Friends and Enable Mastodon Apps.
• Another consideration is to provide good default outputs to be compatible with other Fediverse platforms – there’s ongoing work to make Events in WordPress compatible with Mobilizon.