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

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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 Following possible, but no new post appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @inselit 👋 I would challenge the "I successfully tested following @[email protected]". I checked your…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Possible to prevent comment federation?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is why I asked ☺️ We invested quite some time, to do comment right…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Possible to prevent comment federation?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @msaari 👋 Do you respond in a thread (directly to the comment) or using…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to WP Posts are not visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So many questions :) I switched back to the Blog profile a pinned post and…
6 days ago
Posted a reply to WP Posts are not visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Matthias hello and thanks for reply…. I followed and unfollowed my site with my Mastodon…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to WP Posts are not visible on Mastodon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @ltnrkns 👋 I checked your site and it seems that I am your first…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to Using A Different Profile Domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @puffidredz 👋 This is not that easily possible, because how Mastodon is handling E-Mail…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to Federated replies not reaching the blog, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @joxe 👋 is it possible to write local comments?
7 days ago
Committed [3250277] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.4.1 from GitHub
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Version 5.4 broke publishing new posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @msaari 👋 I am so sorry about that! Working on a fix: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/1406
1 week ago
Posted a reply to RSS Insert Open Graph Metadata?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @beachholiday 👋 The plugin currently only adds data to the HTML page. Is OGP…
1 week ago
Committed [3249835] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.4.0 from GitHub
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Link to “More posts” shows as JSON error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not yes, but this should be doable! Thanks for the feedback!
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Link to “More posts” shows as JSON error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @audunmb 👋 I am sorry about that, but there is currently a bug with…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Embeds do not show up on single posts with 5.3.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We just released 5.3.2 with the fix!
2 weeks ago
Committed [3247888] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.3.2 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Embeds do not show up on single posts with 5.3.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @janvandenberg 👋 we are very sorry about that, it will be fixed with the…
2 weeks ago
Committed [3247189] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.3.1 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not working in linkedin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @anwebdesign 👋 I don't know why so many sites have chosen to use the…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to OG Picking 3 Images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I added an option to define the number of images in the wp-config.php like that:…
2 weeks ago
Committed [3246616] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.0.2 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Committed [3246599] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.3.0 from GitHub
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Excellent plugin which increases traffic and interaction, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for the kind words and even more for your translations!!!
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Profile not discoverable after initial verification steps on the fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh nice! I am happy that thanks for reporting it back! I think we might…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@obenland I think these are the long running ones, that were already started when @solarbird…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird there seem to be still some old ones running, that delay the queue (all…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird nice! it seems that the queue is nearly up to date now! maybe still…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird I just received the Are we federating again?Let’s find out! post on Mastodon.social!
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird It seems that my Follow request got an accept!
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird perfect, that's why I asked ☺️
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird then let's wait a sec! have you disabled WP_CRON in the wp-config?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird this CLI command will remove the outbox items from the queue limited to 500…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@obenland what about setting the outbox items to publish using the CLI? these are historical…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird maybe also delete activitypub_reprocess_outbox !
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird shouldn't make any difference! @obenland with the reprocess task, the outbox makes a difference…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird ok, this blocks the queue massively! can you delete all entries named activitypub_async_batch ?…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@solarbird I have enabled a view on the outbox custom post type, that will be…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@obenland @solarbird went through old posts and updated them, so the Outbox and Schedulers might…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is now also be queued... So if the queue is stuck, it blocks everything…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Also cannot follow my WordPress site – stuck on follow request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nice :)
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Also cannot follow my WordPress site – stuck on follow request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not necessarily, you can try to simply put the URL of one of your Posts…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Also cannot follow my WordPress site – stuck on follow request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try adding define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_SEND_VARY_HEADER', true ); to your wp-config.php ?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Links gone ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @plord12 👋 You seem to use the "Automatic" Activity-Object-Type setting. This setting tries to…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Profile not discoverable after initial verification steps on the fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @kralcazar 👋 you have done a pretty good job setting everything up properly. I…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Also cannot follow my WordPress site – stuck on follow request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you use Cloudflare?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Finally, I’m confused – I don’t see how disabling pingback/trackback on posts and not sending…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to wp_mail started sending extra mails after AP 5.7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can try: if ( 'ap_outbox' === $post->post_type ) { return;} Copy that as first…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Accidental maximum stress test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @solarbird 👋 oh no! 🫣 you should do two things: clear the scheduler list.…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to wp_mail started sending extra mails after AP 5.7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We define a custom post type in the plugin, so technically the outbox items are…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to wp_mail started sending extra mails after AP 5.7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @lakeoftearz 👋 with the 5.X.X the plugin is using an outbox queue to better…
3 weeks ago