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Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Carighan to c/fediverse

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So... if the backend gets moved over to Wordpress, and Wordpress can already federate, I guess this means Tumblr is coming to the fediverse? 😮

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess this means Tumblr is coming to the fediverse?

There has been some signs and rumours to that effect since Mastodon started taking off; I believe Automatttic specifically advertised for ActivityPub developers to work on Tumblr?

But Tumblr moving on to a Wordpress base only opens for the option of federation, if that is even accessible in the Wordpress installation that will drive Tumblr — as I understand it. Or has the WP-ActivityPub plugin been rolled into core WP without me noticing?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The AP plugin isn't in core but it's developed by Automattic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

True. All I'm saying is, it's not a given that a WPified Tumblr will use it as a default.