OStatus for Wordpress turns your blog into a federated social network. This means you can share and talk to everyone using the OStatus protocol, including users of
Status.net/Identi.ca, gnu.social, Friendica and Mastodon.
For more information about OStatus visit the
OStatus Community Group
This plugin bundles a few other plugins it requires to work, theses are installed automatically unless you have them already installed.
Compatibility:
- GNU.social
- Mastodon
- Friendica
Plugin requirements:
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/
directory
- Activate the plugin through the \'Plugins\' menu in WordPress
- Check all the needed plugins are there and activated through the settings-page
== Installation ==
Follow the normal instructions for
installing WordPress plugins.
Automatic Plugin Installation
To add a WordPress Plugin using the
built-in plugin installer:
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- Type "
ostatus
" into the Search Plugins box.
- Find the WordPress Plugin you wish to install.
- Click Details for more information about the Plugin and instructions you may wish to print or save to help setup the Plugin.
- Click Install Now to install the WordPress Plugin.
- The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install.
- If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions.
Manual Plugin Installation
There are a few cases when manually installing a WordPress Plugin is appropriate.
- If you wish to control the placement and the process of installing a WordPress Plugin.
- If your server does not permit automatic installation of a WordPress Plugin.
- If you want to try the latest development version.
Installation of a WordPress Plugin manually requires FTP familiarity and the awareness that you may put your site at risk if you install a WordPress Plugin incompatible with the current version or from an unreliable source.
Backup your site completely before proceeding.
To install a WordPress Plugin manually:
- Download your WordPress Plugin to your desktop.
- Download from the WordPress directory
- Download from GitHub
- If downloaded as a zip archive, extract the Plugin folder to your desktop.
- With your FTP program, upload the Plugin folder to the
wp-content/plugins
folder in your WordPress directory online.
- Go to Plugins screen and find the newly uploaded Plugin in the list.
- Click Activate to activate it.