Connecting Self-Hosted WP Site to Tags.pub
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Yesterday I shared Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub in my Pook-Emu Bee links for the day. The post introduces a new feature for the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin: Subscribing a site to the tags.pub relay for hashtag boosting. It provides the following instructions for self-hosted WordPress sites such as this one:
For self-hosted WordPress sites, head to Settings → ActivityPub → Settings and scroll to the Relay section. Add one of these URLs:
- Inbox: https://tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/inbox
- Shared Inbox: https://tags.pub/shared/inbox
The instructions offer two URLs and say “[a]dd one.” I added the second because it is more aesthetic. But I did wonder what the difference was between the two URLs. So too did commenter bocops:
Could you explain the difference between the “Inbox” and the “Shared Inbox” relay URLs?
Post author and ActivityPub for WordPress developer Matthias Pfefferle answered the question:
from a user perspective there is none. you can use either one of them!
While the instructions do say “[a]dd one of these URLs” and I interpreted the instructions correctly in the first instance, I will offer my two-cent take that it does raise a question why there are two URLs and how they may differ. I dealt (and will deal again) with this issue regarding site feeds. On NLJ, I make a point of promoting various feed formats, namely RSS, ATOM, RDF, and JSON. However, I am sensitive to the fact that many readers may not be familiar with feeds, much less different formats. Thus, I explain that RSS (our default) and ATOM should work in all feed readers, so most people should use one of those formats (usually RSS since that is the WordPress default at /feed/) unless they have a specific reason to use JSON (which I use to subscribe to NLJ in Miniflux) or RDF (that seems less likely but maybe there are some RDF fans out there). Regarding the tags.pub post, I would recommend offering one link as a sort of “default” while adding a note (or footnote) on the distinction (if any) for people who may be interested.
All that aside, tags.pub works for me and is a very nice feature for WordPress sites (both .com and .org) taking advantage of new Fediverse features. I tip my hat to Mr. Pfefferle and everyone who is working on it.
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