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WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub

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

ActivityPub allows social networks to talk across platforms, meaning users can see and engage with content on other platforms from where they are without making a new account. WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired the ActivityPub for WordPress plug-in earlier this year, and the feature is now available for anyone to install through WordPress settings.

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The ActivityPub plug-in is available for WordPress.com plans.

In the case of a WordPress.com blog, audiences will be able to follow a publisher through other…

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