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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Committed [3411109] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.7.1 from GitHub
12 hours ago
Posted a reply to WP 6.9: Notes are published in Fediverse!?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @pmmueller 👋 was this before the 7.7.0 update? We are very sorry about that,…
16 hours ago
Committed [3409851] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.7.0 from GitHub
1 day ago
Posted a reply to Comment with a (failed) mention not federated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thevoidtlmb 👋 I just checked your comment and that seem to be properly marked…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to GIF animation header section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @ltnrkns 👋 I just checked your profile and it seems that you were able…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Strange hash tag added to post in fedi, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, I see! We switched from using the tag-name to using the slug and WordPress…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Technical docs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nice! And sorry for missing that (very important) detail in the first place 🫣 Happy…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to How to delete federated posts., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FYI: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/2566
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Technical docs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, I think I have not read your initial post carefully enough! Have you tried…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to How to delete federated posts., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@rolfbly sorry for coming back late! I will add the "delete from the fediverse but…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Trouble shooting guide, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@earl_d can you share your webfinger handle? so that I can check it?
4 days ago
Posted a reply to followers don’t get accepted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@courage65 sorry for the late reply! you can contact strato to ask if they maybe…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Strange hash tag added to post in fedi, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thevoidtlmb 👋 Can you share a specific post you had this issues on?
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Reset Plugin Settings?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a bug and we removed for the next version. You do not have…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Reset Plugin Settings?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @schoenswetter 👋 and it’s written, that i have to post in ‘notes’ mode out…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You mentioned that the profile you @-replied to was blocked by your hosting provider: I…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am sorry for the lack of context. My last reply was meant as an…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog is not found on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I forgot to mention another important point: If you use a user facing URL as…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog is not found on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can provide you an option that makes the change to pretty-permalinks as IDs, but…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog is not found on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is your comment to it being a security risk to allow ?author=0 ? These…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I limit the content length when federating to Mastodon?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, there is a forth thing: The post you shared has less than 500 chars,…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I limit the content length when federating to Mastodon?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you share an example post with us?
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I limit the content length when federating to Mastodon?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you see a "Post content" section in your ActivityPub settings, that shows a textarea…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmmm... That is a tricky one! ActivityPub is a very "spammy" protocol, so there might…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How can I limit the content length when federating to Mastodon?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @jackbaty 👋 The plugin supports several ways to limit the post: Add an excerpt…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog is not found on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The error looks like it was thrown by the Webserver, so I would assume that…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog is not found on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jeppeb do you use WordFence or a similar security plugin? https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-url-is-not-accessible-5/
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@talksina can you check if there are blocking/hanging wp-cron schedules?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@talksina can you update your latest post for example?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to hashtags are modified when published to mastodon with Version 7.6.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @inselit 👋 Because Mastodon does not support "Umlaute", the plugin uses the slug for…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I also just published a test post with an @-reply and was even pinged properly…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ActivityPub 7.6.x slows site down and does not federate contents, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not that I am aware of! I also just re-checked and my @-replies show up…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cannot see followers in Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I found and fixed the issue: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/2473 I still think this should be (also) fixed…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cannot see followers in Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I found this issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35311
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cannot see followers in Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @mrakw 👋 I've also experienced that and reported it to Mastodon in an internal…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Errors on friendica, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have to click the "Screen Options" on the settings page and enable the "Advanced…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Errors on friendica, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there was an interraction on friendica, such as a like, since wordpress events don’t…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Errors on friendica, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @plord12 👋 there could always be issues because WordPress may not support every type…
3 weeks ago
Committed [3394447] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.6.1 from GitHub
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Boosts/Reposts not working in Pixelfed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I found this issue: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/4628
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Boosts/Reposts not working in Pixelfed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@carloher I could fix likes (https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/2448), but it seems that boosts/announces are generally not working.…
3 weeks ago
Committed [3393739] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.6.0 from GitHub
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Reply to a reply to an event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, the problem is not the email then, but that the comment was not added…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can’t set posts to public on fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @dekay I found the issue and it will be fixed with the next version…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Author url is not accessible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mrakw I've seen that you had a chat with the WordFence team, is the ActivityPub…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Boosts/Reposts not working in Pixelfed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So the pixelfed team told me that the likes and boosts are compatible with Mastodon,…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @techlifebio 👋 I am sorry that you had troubles, feel free to ask for…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Reply to a reply to an event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
(The first email is from friends, you have to ask @akirk about that.) RE the…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Reply to a reply to an event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @plord12 👋 you should see a "Reply with federation" button under the comment in…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fediverse Reactions aren’t shown, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@epunc when you select the content block in the site-editor, you should see an ActivityPub…
4 weeks ago