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

Posted a reply to Profile pictures not showing up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @sundancerge 👋 I will have a look if I can find a bug in…
15 hours ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin should do it automatically, maybe you have to deactivate and reactivate the ActivityPub…
16 hours ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let me know if it helps and if you miss something or if something does…
22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Moving an ActivityPub-enable blog to another domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let me know if that helps or not and if you have any feedback: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/trunk/docs/how-to/account-migration.md
22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have good experiences with Surge so far. I will work on a more detailed…
24 hours ago
Posted a reply to Moving an ActivityPub-enable blog to another domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have to trigger the move for every active account and you have to add…
24 hours ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you use frontend caching? Maybe that could also help!? Be sure to choose a…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The server actually has double the CPU cores and RAM. 12GB RAM. I noticed in…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To clarify, it isn’t taking a day to federate I know, but if you slow…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to How to add OpenGraph fediverse:creator tag to wordpress posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So this can not directly be controlled by the plugin. That is a Mastodon thing.…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to How to add OpenGraph fediverse:creator tag to wordpress posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You mean mentioning the Mastodon Account as a byline?
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Webfinger endpoint with umlaut domain possible? (Punycode), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thommienw 👋 I just checked your blog and you seem to have an issue…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Federation speed/server bottleneck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @happypwc 👋 I am experimenting with different distribution modes atm. https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/3044 but with 2400…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Moving an ActivityPub-enable blog to another domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @kelson 👋 is it a real move to a different domain or do you…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to How to add OpenGraph fediverse:creator tag to wordpress posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend you to use the https://wordpress.org/plugins/opengraph/ then. It adds a settings field (Fediverse (username@host.tld))…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to How to add OpenGraph fediverse:creator tag to wordpress posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It adds your blog’s fediverse handle as the creator, not your personal Mastodon handle. If…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to How to add OpenGraph fediverse:creator tag to wordpress posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @mrakw 👋 The plugin adds the WordPress ActivityPub handles automatically, so no need to…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Fediverse profile info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Consider changing “Joined” too. Mine says 2012 based on the oldest post, but the Fedi…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fediverse profile info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The fediverse profile (eg via mastodon.social) shows 36 posts, I wonder if that is expected…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to I can’t follow my blog from Mastodon, stuck in “Cancel Request”., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin should "heal" itself even for older instances. I am using it since 2018…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to missing federation, what am i missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am but sure why there are still plugins trying to hide the User-ID. The…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to I can’t follow my blog from Mastodon, stuck in “Cancel Request”., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @illustietor 👋 The "Cancel Request" state on Mastodon means your site received the Follow…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to missing federation, what am i missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @jo2sn 👋 the author page is still not accessible: https://www.o2sn.dk/?author=0
2 weeks ago
Committed [3494831] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.7.0 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to JSON returned instead of HTML on first click – Chrome and Firefox mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Bonjour @vbreton 👋 Sur mon site WordPress (vincentbreton.fr), j’ai remarqué qu’en cliquant sur un lien…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Mastodon Kommentare auto. genehmigen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @ostermeiernet 👋 ich hab dir ein kleines Snippet gebaut, das sollte genau das machen:…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I updated the Move code some versions ago, but missed to remove the filter, that…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You now have a 137 followers on Mastodon, so I think it worked!? https://mastodon.social/@jimmunroe/followers
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to When new images loaded the go:image tags do not change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I thought it would look at the html It checks the HTML inside of the…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check if you have removed the correct line from the move handler?? ActivityPub…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check in you settings if you have configured the URL using https? Go…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you used php wp-cli.phar activitypub move https://jimmunroe.net/?author=0 https://mastodon.social/users/jimmunroe with https for your domain? your…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Simply rename the function name to maybe deactivated__outbox_activity
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have an Object-Cache, please clear the cache then!
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you maybe also remove the outbox_activity function from includes/handler/class-move.php ???
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
something seem to replace your outbox items with a wrong target 🤔 https://browser.pub/https://jimmunroe.net/wp-json/activitypub/1.0/actors/0/outbox?page=1 do you…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You removed the line and ran php wp-cli.phar activitypub move https://jimmunroe.net/?author=0 https://mastodon.social/users/jimmunroe ???
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jimmunroe ok, it seems that I found the issue! can you remove the \add_filter( 'activitypub_get_outbox_activity',…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jimmunroe can you try to use https://mastodon.social/users/jimmunroe as target instead of https://mastodon.social/@jimmunroe ?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, I see! I think I mixed up following with followers when checking your Mastodon…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So it is mainly about the gap in followers?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I was able to move from mastodon.social to my WP site, but haven’t been able…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
that is fine! does the move command gets triggered properly?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to When new images loaded the go:image tags do not change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, but this might be because they are added to the bottom of the page?…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to When new images loaded the go:image tags do not change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This might be the problem. The plugin might not find these images, when they are…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
what is more interesting: can you start the Move in the plugin, without issues/errors?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to When new images loaded the go:image tags do not change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @lynnapp 👋 do you use a plugin for the image gallery?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
jimmunroe.net@jimmunroe.net and https://jimmunroe.net/?author=0 should be the same. so if you can only add jimmunroe.net@jimmunroe.net to…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Avoid updates for edits that do not actually change the fedi post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am aware of how words work :D That wasn’t meant as an excuse or…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to UnMigrate Followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you go a bit more into the details, what exactly is the problem!? I…
3 weeks ago