@DianaThompson @111 (Damn, sometimes #depression rules my sayings. I could have also answered in the first place:)

Hey, nice you are interested in one of the coolest event plugins in the #WordPress space! We the people - working on #GatherPress, not as sponsored contributors, but as volunteers next to family and job, do 💯 appreciate that! It‘d be great if you find the time took test the plugin, add your thoughts to open discussions or even contribute some time coding or in the weekly meetings.

@111 @DianaThompson I can confirm #GatherPress is kind of stuck. But it’s far away from being an Automattic project.

I tried to contribute a lot to this project and idea, but for me personally it wasn’t a success story, even that I still try to flip the coin.

I wrote a lot of issues, created ideas, opened PRs, but I was not able (and willing) to join their weekly online meetings and so became ghosted more and more. I would have loved to contribute more.

@pintoch I needed some time to realise that your ideas and thoughts align perfectly, with what - I believe - not only #WordPress, but also #GatherPress needs, two projects, I tried to contribute to. With all the hassle, you described.

So here is my question (to everybody): How have you tried proposing a NEW governance model to your beloved #FOSS projects?

I really need to try.

@leobard @burners.at I had the same need and created an issue https://github.com/GatherPress/gatherpress/issues/682, would be cool if you would add your need here too, maybe we can get or create or solution for #GatherPress.

Until then I created myself a small helper plugin, which is referenced in the last comment. It isn’t perfect, but does the job for now.

@pmmueller @bph

Some time ago I wanted to do the same for #GatherPress. But because the export-replace-paths-reimport steps seemed not very intuitive, I created a Playground to help.

https://github.com/carstingaxion/crud-the-docs-playground

Create a new repo from that template-repo, open the provided playground, create, edit and update your demodata. Save it using a special little button on the admin bar directly into a PR on your repo. Merge the PR.

You’ll get a ready prepared wordpress export stored in your repo.

@tchambers Things that also come 2026 thanks to #NLnet:

#WordPress users will be able to create polls for the Fediverse.

WordPress in combination with #GatherPress will offer federated RSVP for events.

Interoperability of Events will improve, e.g. Mobilizon will be able to receive events from other applications.

#Lauti, an event management tool for medium sized communities, will join the Fediverse.