Note 040 WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Be Followed On Mastodon And Other Federated Platforms

Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others. As a result, it launched version 1.0.0 of the plug-in, allowing WordPress blogs to be followed on Mastodon and other fediverse apps. At the time, however, WordPress.com blogs were not yet supported. But that changes today.

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/wordpress-com-blogs-can-now-be-followed-on-mastodon-and-other-federated-platforms/

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Note 038 WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub

Bloggers and other publishers using WordPress to host their site can now use it to join the fediverse through an official ActivityPub plug-in.

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913278/wordpress-activitypub-official-plugin-automattic-fediverse-mastodon

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