RSS Chat Routing
Companion for RSS Chat. Route posts to rss.chat by default post format, default Post Kind, or per post — and bring replies home as verified Webmentions.
by Courtney Robertson · github.com/courtneyr-dev/rss-chat-routing · website
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/courtneyr-dev/rss-chat-routing/archive/refs/heads/main.zipFrom the readme
RSS Chat Routing
Chooses which posts go to rss.chat — by default post format, by default Post Kind, or per post — and brings replies home as real, verified Webmentions.
Why
RSS Chat syndicates a post when it carries the core chat post format:
The handbook defines that format as "A chat transcript", which describes what a post contains. Sending a post to rss.chat is about where it goes. Using one for the other means a note has to claim it's a transcript to be syndicated, and Post Formats for Block Themes will badge it as one.
Upstream has been asked whether the check could be filterable: pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chat#6.
What it does
Settings → RSS Chat Routing, plus an rss.chat panel in the post sidebar.
Routing. Pick up to one default post format and up to one default post kind; either can be empty. A post matching either one is sent by default. Every post keeps a three-state override in the editor — Use the site default, Include in RSS Chat, Exclude from RSS Chat — and an explicit choice always wins. The panel shows the effective result and why ("Included because the post format is Status."). A fresh install defaults to the chat format, which is exactly what RSS Chat does a