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

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Posted a reply to Follow button redirect from Mastodon not recognized, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I implemented backwards compatibility with Mastodons hardcoded URL feature: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/2922 It will be released with…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Follow button redirect from Mastodon not recognized, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let’s see if we can als support the authorize_interaction path with WordPress!
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Follow button redirect from Mastodon not recognized, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, then I should file an issue for Mastodon, to follow the more generic process…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Follow button redirect from Mastodon not recognized, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @magicalcat 👋 where have you started this process? This is very mastodon specific and…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to WebFinger points to ?author=1 which returns 404 on OpenLiteSpeed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think it is Wordfence! Can you check if that helps: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-blocks-activitypub/
6 days ago
Posted a reply to WebFinger points to ?author=1 which returns 404 on OpenLiteSpeed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @frankpanduh 👋 have you checked the Site-Health site? do you maybe have security plugins…
6 days ago
Posted a reply to “Erwähnungen” erscheinen nicht in den WordPress-Kommentare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Gerne gerne ☺️ Wenn du mir ne Freude machen willst, dann kannst du es bei…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to “Erwähnungen” erscheinen nicht in den WordPress-Kommentare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ich hab mal geschaut und ein captcha Plugin gefunden! Das Problem mit solchen Plugins ist…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to “Erwähnungen” erscheinen nicht in den WordPress-Kommentare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
hey @ostermeiernet 👋 benutzt du eventuell ein captcha Plugin oder etwas ähnliches für deine Kommentare?
1 week ago
Committed [3457107] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.9.1 from GitHub
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Social web not showing anything, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @rikdb 👋 The feature is still in a very early state, so there is…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post Type – Hashtags don’t federate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If it works 😉
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WordPress / Mastodon “Display Name not valid”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for taking care and filing the issue!!! 🙌
2 weeks ago
Committed [3454399] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.9.0 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post Type – Hashtags don’t federate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I wouln't say "more important", but that it get's tricky to have several different implementations…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post Type – Hashtags don’t federate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Then this is currently not possible and needs to be implemented.
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post Type – Hashtags don’t federate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @pmmueller 👋 just to be clear: "Hashtags für Fotos" is a custom taxonomy, especially…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Webfinger plugin does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You do not have to add something anywhere, it works out of the box! You…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Webfinger plugin does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As I showed in the example above http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:[email protected] See the ?resource=! What exactly are you…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Webfinger plugin does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @marc1200 👋 you have to add a resource param like: http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:[email protected] but: it seems…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog discloses Followers (“Hide Followers and Following on Profile”), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot ☺️ I also made a little change, to not show the pager…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog discloses Followers (“Hide Followers and Following on Profile”), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems to be a caching issue on Mastodon. I checked your endpoint directly and that…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blog discloses Followers (“Hide Followers and Following on Profile”), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @nexxtpress 👋 I can not reproduce your issue. I checked with Actors and Blog-User…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Enumerated author profile URLs blocked by web host, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Normally it works like: You put the post in the trunk and WordPress federates the…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 3 new post types, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
oh the menu items!? they definitely should not show up! we use these only for…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 3 new post types, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @iamkingsleyf 👋 these post types are required for the plugin to work!
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Enumerated author profile URLs blocked by web host, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, I see! This is the first time I hear that a hoster is blocking…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Enumerated author profile URLs blocked by web host, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @whatwhere 👋 I am a bit confused by the Note. Does the senior engineer…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 1 image in post, 2 media attachments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @optimizingmatters 👋 oh, this seem to be a bug! I created an issue an…
4 weeks ago
Committed [3444728] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 4.0.0 from GitHub
4 weeks ago
Committed [3444722] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Follow requests not going through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @earl_d 👋 The request is sent via WP_CRON. You should check if these are…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to webfinger endpoint setup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @optimizingmatters 👋 (a) the missing trailing slash is the default: https://notiz.blog/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Apfefferle%40notiz.blog
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Profil and Posts Not Visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@krebirth1 sorry, but I can't reproduce your issues. I can find your blog in both…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Profil and Posts Not Visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, you changed your domain! I forgot about that. Will check the new domain!
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Profil and Posts Not Visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I had a quick check but I can't access the whole site: "Server Not Found"!
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Profil and Posts Not Visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @krebirth1 👋 sorry, but I had some days off and am about to catch…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Quotes make WordPress to stand still., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @nexxtpress 👋 I would assume it is because of the many requests from the…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to All Fediverse like/boost meta information disappeared from post views, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I fixed it in 7.8.5! Thanks for reporting (as always ☺️)!
1 month ago
Committed [3439453] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.8.5 from GitHub
1 month ago
Posted a reply to All Fediverse like/boost meta information disappeared from post views, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you then deinstall the classic editor plugin? Then your blocks should come back! Sorry…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to All Fediverse like/boost meta information disappeared from post views, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @solarbird 👋 do you use the Classic Editor, but a theme that supports blocks?
1 month ago
Committed [3438484] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.8.4 from GitHub
1 month ago
Committed [3438374] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 7.8.3 from GitHub
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Mona App (iOS) rest_invalid_param (400), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Kein Problem 😉 Es ist auch etwas verwirrend bei all den Plugins 🫣
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Mona App (iOS) rest_invalid_param (400), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Es betrifft zwar haupsächlich die gleichen Leute die auch hier mit lesen, aber es ist…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Mona App (iOS) rest_invalid_param (400), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, dann bist du nur im falschen Forum ☺️
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Mona App (iOS) rest_invalid_param (400), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @ostermeiernet 👋 das ActivityPub Plugin bietet keinen support für die Mastodon API an. Um…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Die Autor-URL ist nicht erreichbar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
🤔 I just checked the code and the check should only happen for authors that…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to WordPress post not found on mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perfect :) I recommend use both, a manual cron via crontab and to not set…
1 month ago