Heckl Tools
| 开发者 |
automattic
mikachan onemaggie |
|---|---|
| 更新时间 | 2026年7月6日 17:53 |
| PHP版本: | 8.0 及以上 |
| WordPress版本: | 7.0 |
| 版权: | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| 版权网址: | 版权信息 |
详情介绍:
- Follow people across the Fediverse (Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, …) via the optional ActivityPub plugin, via RSS / Atom feeds (with WebSub push when the publisher supports it), and via WordPress.com Reader subscriptions.
- A unified Following timeline that merges every source into one stream — with ActivityPub posts rendered as social-style cards (avatar, display name, handle, relative time, "Reposted by …") so they don't look like blog entries dropped into a feed.
- A Favorites list so you can bookmark items permanently — they survive after the live feed rolls them off.
- A lightweight Custom Bar that replaces the WordPress admin bar on the front end with Home / Create / Profile shortcuts — the site feels like an app, not a CMS.
- Frontend post composer (a small inline editor) that publishes via the REST API.
- OPML import / export for moving in and out of other feed readers, plus a one-shot "import follows from a Mastodon account" tool.
- Block-theme-friendly: ships a Social Menu block, Following / Favorites link blocks for any Navigation block, and plugin-default block templates so the Following and Favorites archives have a working layout on any active theme.
- No extra database tables — everything lives as standard WordPress posts and meta, so it survives backups, exports, and WP-CLI.
安装:
- Install and activate Heckl Tools.
- (Optional, recommended) Install and activate the ActivityPub plugin so you can follow Fediverse accounts and let your own posts federate.
- Visit Heckl Tools in the admin sidebar to set up your profile and connect feeds.
- Install the Heckl theme (optional, recommended) for a better experience.
屏幕截图:
常见问题:
Do I need a Mastodon account or my own ActivityPub server?
No. With the optional ActivityPub plugin installed, your WordPress site itself becomes a Fediverse identity. You can follow people from Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, etc., without joining any other server.
Is the ActivityPub plugin required?
No, it's optional. Heckl Tools works without it — you can still follow RSS feeds and WordPress.com Reader subscriptions, import archives, manage favorites, and use the unified timeline. Without ActivityPub, the only thing you lose is Fediverse follows (and the ability to federate your own posts outward). If you later install the ActivityPub plugin, Fediverse functionality lights up automatically.
Does it support feeds without ActivityPub?
Yes. RSS / Atom feeds (with WebSub push when the publisher supports it) and WordPress.com Reader subscriptions work alongside ActivityPub follows on the same timeline.
Where does my data go?
It stays on your WordPress site. There's no Heckl Tools cloud service. The plugin contacts the third-party services listed below — and only those — only when you take an explicit action.
Will I lose my data if I deactivate the plugin?
Your feed items, follows, and favorites are stored as standard WordPress posts and meta, so they remain in the database after deactivation. Cron schedules and WebSub subscriptions are cleaned up on deactivation.
What about when I uninstall the plugin entirely?
By default, uninstall preserves your feed items, favorites, and follow lists — Heckl Tools is often used as a personal archive of content you've collected, so silently wiping that on uninstall would be a data-loss surprise. Only plugin-internal flags (cron coordination, transients, OAuth tokens) are removed. If you'd rather have a clean wipe on uninstall, turn on Settings → Following → "Delete all data when the plugin is uninstalled" before removing the plugin. With that toggle on, uninstall also removes the feed items, follow records, favorites, custom taxonomies, and all plugin options.
Will activating the plugin change my permalink settings?
Only if you're still on the WordPress default ("Plain"). Pretty permalinks are required for the ActivityPub WebFinger endpoint and for our own /following/ and /favorites/ URLs to resolve, so on activation we set the permalink structure to /%postname%/ when none is set. Any non-default permalink structure you've already chosen is left alone.
更新日志:
- Initial WordPress.org directory release.
- Improved ActivityPub defaults so Heckl Tools works simply on new sites without overwriting ActivityPub's own saved settings.
- Tightened escaping and release packaging for WordPress.org distribution.
- Activation no longer changes the site's permalink structure automatically; pretty permalinks are only applied when explicitly enabled.
- Heckl blocks are now loaded conditionally.
- Fixed an error message shown in the frontend editor.
- Build and packaging improvements.
- First stable release.
- Unified Following timeline merging RSS / Atom (with WebSub push when the publisher supports it), WordPress.com Reader subscriptions, and ActivityPub follows.
- ActivityPub posts render as self-contained social cards (avatar, display name, handle, relative time, optional "Reposted by …" line) — independent of the active theme.
- Favorites: bookmark feed items permanently as a separate custom post type so they survive feed rotation.
- Frontend post composer that publishes via the REST API.
- Custom Bar (collapsible vertical rail on desktop, fixed bottom strip on mobile) replacing the WordPress admin bar for logged-in visitors.
- OPML import / export plus a one-shot "import follows from a Mastodon account" tool.
- Plugin-default block templates for the Feed and Favorites archives so any active theme has a working layout out of the box; site editors can override either template per the standard WordPress flow.
- Following / Favorites navigation-link blocks hooked into core/navigation, plus a like-button hooked into core/post-template.
- Compact admin under Heckl Tools with Profile and Following tabs.
- Onboarding wizard with one-click ActivityPub plugin install and add-feed flows.