Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle) – WordPress user profile

Bio

A fullstack developer, blogger, podcaster, OpenWeb advocate, citizen of the IndieWeb, working on ActivityPub and IndieWeb for WordPress!

Interests

IndieWeb, Fediverse, ActivityPub, Open Web, Microformats, Webstandards, biking, Home Automation, IoT

WordPress Origin Story

– In 2002 I installed my first blog using the WordPress predecessor b2.
– 2004 I switched to WordPress.
– I worked on my first theme in 2006 and my first plugin in 2007.
– I uploaded a first theme (SemPress) to WordPress.org in 2011.
– Two years later, SemPress was added to the WordPress.com theme directory by Automattic.
– 2015 was my first “Core Contribution” (OEmbed).
– I held my first WordCamp talk in 2016.
– I held my first WordPress Meetup talk in 2019.
– Started working on ActivityPub for WordPress in 2019
– 2023 I joined Automattic to work full time on the OpenWeb/Fediverse

https://notiz.blog/2018/06/19/15-jahre-wordpress/
https://notiz.blog/2023/06/02/20-jahre/

Member Since: December 1st, 2006
Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
Website: notiz.blog
GitHub: pfefferle
Job Title: Open Web Lead
Employer: Automattic
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Hosting Team
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WP-CLI Contributor

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Posted a reply to Caching Activity Pub Endpoints, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @unmus 👋 I think @donncha might be able to help here!?! I might remember…
2 hours ago
Committed [3281108] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.8.0 from GitHub
3 hours ago
Committed [3271139] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.7.0 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Receiving mentions or DM (that aren’t replies), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Everything that is not a public reply (and can't therefore be published as comment) should…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to blog profile have no post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So I see a post from yesterday or so "What Are the Pros and Cons…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to blog profile have no post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am not sure what you see on mastodon, but I see hundreds of posts…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Migrating user-profile to a blog-profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not yet possible, but we are heavily working on mgration features: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/milestone/5
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to blog profile have no post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @iamkingsleyf 👋 I just checked your profile and see a ton of posts, do…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub causing Critical Error on Website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @dawgscurvy 👋 thanks for the report! it was also already reported on GitHub and…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Receiving mentions or DM (that aren’t replies), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
this would be a bug then 🫣
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Scheduled Post visible before publish-time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
it is possible, but you can disable "Media" for that. "Media" means that you publish…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Scheduled Post visible before publish-time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @inselit 👋 have you enabled the "Media" Post-Type in the setting? this will federate…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Mastodon posts from WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @earl_d 👋 Have you tried to disable the plugins one by one to see…
3 weeks ago
Committed [3265681] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.6.1 from GitHub
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Receiving mentions or DM (that aren’t replies), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @narfnarf 👋 Direct Messages and @-replies are not yet supported, but you can enable…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Profile URL Redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @rainacorn 👋 the redirect is actually not yet configurable. do you have a GitHub…
3 weeks ago
Committed [3265212] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.6.0 from GitHub
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comments are not always federated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best thing would be to get rid of this differentiation. Your blog is a…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Federated Comments are shown in Post Timeline, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hm… I understand. But this is not a good process. Pushing comments without context in…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comments are not always federated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Other process problem – reply will be federated into the blog. A site visitor response…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Author profile can’t be seen in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
no problem, always happy to help ☺️
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Video Post Mastodon ActivityPub, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am not sure if Pixelfed supports Authorized Fetch. I would recommend you to disable…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Author profile can’t be seen in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Only new posts (every post that is published after the first person followed the profile)…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comments are not always federated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nevertheless, the comment 2 from example 2 should be federated as I as author wrote…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Author profile can’t be seen in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am not talking about your WebFinger ID, I am talking about https://www.parigotmanchot.fr/participant/gilles/ That is…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Federated Comments are shown in Post Timeline, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think this is a mastodon special thing, because you use no threaded comments. mastodon…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Author profile can’t be seen in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @draky 👋 can you please deactivate Authorized Fetch in your settings, then I will…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comments are not always federated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @unmus can you please deactivate Authorized Fetch in the settings, so that I can…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags in Fediverse Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can check the comments like: https://www.unmus.de/?c=<comment_id>&activitypub (Replace <comment_id> with the ID of the comment)
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags in Fediverse Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Einen hab ich noch!!! If you disable the AUTHORIZED_FETCH feature in the settings I can…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comment shared in the Fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
One thing I do not understand. I refer again to mastodon. Normally the comment should…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags in Fediverse Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
just checked the GitHub issues and it seems that I already provided one :) https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/583#issuecomment-2517004735
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags in Fediverse Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
kind of! so the templating feature (the shortcodes) only modify the content part of the…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Posts not seen in Pixelfed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The featured image should already be included for every platform (the plugin does not have…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fediverse Reaction Block loads huge images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @philippdgr 👋 oh, that is bad... I assumed that other servers also look after…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comment shared in the Fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Argh. It has nothing to do with @name. It seems that a local comment is…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Comment shared in the Fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @unmus 👋 the comment normally inherits the same content visibility as the post itself.…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags in Fediverse Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @unmus 👋 there is a difference between the hashtags shortcode and the hashtags meta…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Display custom fields in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for sharing your solution! 👍
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Posts not seen in Pixelfed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do these posts have images? Pixelfed only shows posts with Image Attachments!
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Video Post Mastodon ActivityPub, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So the problem is, that this is special to mastodon and we can't force them…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Display custom fields in fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no "generic" shortcode to do that, but the plugin supports any kind of…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Remove post from fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You could also put the post into trash until it was removed from the fediverse…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to What triggers the publication?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is a problem how Mastodon/the fediverse handles a Delete. A Delete is irrevocable on…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to What triggers the publication?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What exactly does not work for you?
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Video Post Mastodon ActivityPub, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So the output looks good, maybe it is because of the length/size of the video…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Remove post from fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It will be fixed in the next version: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/1481
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Filter by category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can find a discussion with some possible ways in the issues on GitHub: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/707
1 month ago
Posted a reply to What triggers the publication?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin is triggered by every state change of a post and tries to reflect…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Filter by category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not out of the box!
1 month ago