RE: https://activitypub.blog/2025/10/01/7-5-0-follow-the-feed-quote-the-lead/@davew we just released our Mastodon to RSS bridge.

[davew@mastodon.social]

@shadowwwind

Yes I know all about that. I’m asking a specific question about the work that Matthias announced earlier.

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@davew sure `https://mastodon.social/@davew.rss`

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@davew @shadowwwind we check the profile URL for the rel-alternate header. this works for most of the current platforms.

[darnell@one.darnell.one]

@pfefferle @davew This is awesome! I am excited about this! For now, is this web only or do you have plans to export this to the #WordPress app‽ Also, if someone runs multiple blogs, will all of their follows appear in the reader‽

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

thanks @darnell 😊

There are no plans for the WordPress App yet. But this is mainly because this is a different team with a different timeline.

Regarding the Reader: Yes, all feeds of all blogs will end up in the reader.

[davew@mastodon.social]

@pfefferle

Yes, I know about that, not sure what your new feature does, is it only for connecting with WP’s feed reader?

[nickbohle@mastodon.social]

@pfefferle @darnell

I like it, but will not use it. This will trigger the German ANTI wp.com / Automattic front.

What can you tell them, not deleting the plug-in because of possible connections to JetPack and WordPress.com.

And again, thank you for your great work.

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@davew yes, for now. but it can be generalized to be able to connect any kind of feed reader.

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@NickBohle @darnell there is no need to be triggered in any way, because the ActivityPub plugin will not force you to install Jetpack nor will make any connections itself.

This is a simple: If you are on DotCom or if you already use Jetpack, you can use this feature, otherwise you have to wait until we have the built in reader ready :)

[nickbohle@mastodon.social]

@pfefferle @darnell

well, it does not trigger me, but does the plug-in send requests to jetpack/wp.com to check if the user is known? and if, what does Automattic do with the requests?

Sorry for asking, but I'm afraid that the plug-in might be cancelled due to lack of transparency.

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@NickBohle @darnell The ActivityPub plugin simply checks if Jetpack is installed on your blog. If not, it will do nothing ☺️

No lookups, no pings, just a local check for another plugin.

https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/5a4241a72bc6d6932867103c748e5297bcbde984/integration/load.php#L65

[obenland@mastodon.social]

@darnell @pfefferle @davew No need to export it to the Jetpack app, it works the same there!

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@obenland @darnell @davew Ah, it is about the reader? I thought about quoting ☺️

sorry 🫣

[davew@mastodon.social]

@pfefferle @obenland @darnell

i'm really confused, but that's nothing new. ;-)

i just figured since i was cc'd on the announcement and it pertained to RSS that there would be a feed in there somewhere i could brag about.

I do most of my feed reading in FeedLand, of course.

[strk@floss.social]

@pfefferle how about the other way around, to follow WordPress blogs from the #fediverse ?

@davew

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@strk @davew that was the first feature we implemented 6 years ago 🙂

[strk@floss.social]

@pfefferle do you have a link to a guide about enabling that from a WordPress.com hosted blog ?

@davew

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@strk @davew I think this is a nice starting point: https://wordpress.com/social-web/

[davew@mastodon.social]

@pfefferle @strk

matthias -- i had not seen this, it's really well conceived and written. tells the story. now how do we get people to believe it's for real! 🙂

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@davew @strk spread the word? ;)