2024/Düsseldorf/ObligatoryPress

WordPress was a session at IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2024.

Participants

David develops IndieWeb WordPress plugins, as well as Matthias (pfefferle). This session is a good opportunity for us all to talk about WordPress.
WP is popular. ~40% of the identifiable internet is running on WP. A big audience for IndieWeb technology.
Greater than half of the room has used WP. 3-4 people actively use WP.
Can be confusing and sites can bloat as they grow and you add more extensions, etc.
David is demoing WordPress and how it works.
- There are posts and comments available in their own tabs in the admin dashboard.
- A few years ago, we made a plugin called IndieWeb that lets people use IndieWeb technologies.
- You need to install and activate plugins.
- The list of a potpurri of different plugins you can install; you don't need to install all of them.
- Plugins cover Webmention, Micropub, IndieAuth, syndication links, and more.
- The IndieWeb plugin lets you configure identity settings, like if your site is authored by a single person or multiple authors. This has various technical implementations [what?].
- You can configure each IndieWeb plugin individually, like Webmention.
Showing demo of blog post where Webmentions were sent to one of David's posts.
- https://david.shanske.com/2024/04/14/7648/
- Comments came from micro.blog, Webmention, and ActivityPub.
- You can see likes, mentions, and comments as separate sections on a website.
Nice thing about WP for IndieWeb: click and things work.
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