Tutorial: Configure WordPress and the Indie Web plugins to your liking

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Now we will configure Wordpress, the plugins, and related services.

Set an Indieweb-capable theme
Here are the steps:

Kinds of Posts
Unlike a usual blog, the Indie Web let's you distinguish between different [[Post_Kinds_Plugin|kinds of posts}}. That helps other people's Indie Websites to make sense out of our posts without human intervention.

Activate Bridgy
And we are done! You might want to post to the Indie Web with your new Indie Website for a while, see how it goes, and adjust your settings. But you are up and running now. Congratulations!

For more info on Wordpress with Bridgy, see WordPress with Bridgy.