Do you have a WordPress blog?
You can turn it into a Fediverse server using a simple plug-in. This means that people on Mastodon can follow it just like they follow any account on here.
Here's more info about how to do it:
https://fedi.tips/the-fediverse-beyond-mastodon/#WordPress
(NOTE: This doesn't work on free blogs hosted by wordpress.com)
The plugin is totally free. If you appreciate the plugin, remember to send its maker @pfefferle some donations at https://notiz.blog/donate
@feditips got it working yesterday morning but I needed to install his WebFinger plugin too, and if it's a multisite, you need to activate both plugins on each blog.
The docs for configuring it aren't very good unfortunately.
Being a blogger, of course I wrote a blog post about it, which you can find at my blog's Mastodon address of @[email protected] or on the boring old web at https://odd.blog/2022/11/06/how-to-add-your-blog-to-mastodon/ :)
@donncha @feditips @[email protected] This is awesome, game changer!
Thanks for sharing the specifics.I looked at doing this a while ago but got stuck.
What's the role of the Web Finger plugin?
@ScruffyDux @feditips @[email protected] I think it's to tell the network what resources are at @[email protected] - it creates a url in /.well-known/ that returns a json encoded lump of data. There's no need to manually create that directory, it's a dynamic one using wp-rewrite.
The last post in this support thread is how I figured out I needed WebFinger.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-blog-not-showing-on-mastodon/
Hello! I’ve tried to view my blog on Mastodon. INstalled your plugin, everything was fine. User page shows a “@[email protected].…
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