RSS Chat #10 in Social & Sharing
Publish WordPress posts to the rss.chat network using the native chat post format, and get the replies back as comments.
by Matthias Pfefferle · github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chat · website
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3composer installs
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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/pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chat/archive/refs/heads/main.zipAlso on Packagist as pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chat:
composer require pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chatDeclares an update source (https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-rss-chat), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.
From the readme
RSS Chat
- Contributors: pfefferle
- Donate link: https://notiz.blog/donate/
- Tags: rss, chat, indieweb, social, feeds
- Requires at least: 6.4
- Tested up to: 6.8
- Requires PHP: 7.4
- Stable tag: 0.1.0
- License: GPLv2 or later
- License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Publish WordPress posts to the rss.chat network using the native chat post format, and get the replies back as comments.
Description
rss.chat is a small chat network by Dave Winer, built on RSS 2.0 feeds. This plugin connects your WordPress site to it using the WordPress you already have, your posts and comments. There is no separate chat app, no custom post type, and no local copy of the network.
It follows the POSSE + backfeed pattern:
Write a post and give it the built-in chat post format. When you publish it, the post is pushed to rss.chat.
Replies to it are pulled back on a schedule and stored as comments on that post, keeping the thread structure.
A comment you write on one of your synced posts is pushed back to rss.chat as a reply.
Your site is one identity on the network, the site owner. You sign in once with a passwordless link sent to your WordPress admin email; no password is st