highly distributed.
An impossible Parisian café doorway opening onto Arctic ice beneath an aurora.
A field guide to the open social web
Stay independent. Go everywhere.

You are
here.
And elsewhere.

Connect your WordPress or Ghost site to the Fediverse, so readers can follow and reply from other platforms.

Find your starting pointCheck your connection
48.8566° N → 90.0000° NSkip to the tools NO BORDERS. JUST CONNECTIONS.
See the connection

Publish here. Meet readers elsewhere.

Walk through one post’s round trip.

Your WordPress or Ghost siteParis / the imagined starting point
A letter from Paris

Today’s story, published on your own domain.

Your reader’s appNorth Pole / somewhere unexpected
A reader is following

They chose your profile from their own app.

Your post starts at home.

A reader on another server has followed your publication. You publish a new public post on your own website.

An illustration of federation, not a live delivery test. Geography is a metaphor; delivery, formatting, and replies depend on both services and their settings.

Find my starting point
01 / Your point of departure

Your little corner.
The whole wide web.

Connect your website to the Fediverse, so people can follow and reply to your work beyond a single platform.

New here? Find your starting point
Connection check

Can the Fediverse find you?

Find out whether your public profile is discoverable, and what to do next.

A full @name@server handle gives the most reliable result.

No account needed. No posts or follow requests sent.
Your domain stays yours Built on open protocols Connect across platforms
02 / Choose your route

Start where you publish.

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WWORDPRESS · COMPLETE GUIDE

Turn your blog into
a followable profile.

Connect with the ActivityPub plugin, find your handle, and check that people can follow you.

Connect WordPress
GHOST · COMPLETE GUIDE

Take your publication
to the social web.

Find your publication’s social profile and start reading, sharing, and joining conversations.

Connect Ghost
03 / Pack the essentials

From connected to confident.

Useful tools for your next step.

01

Your publications

Separate progress for every site. Keep delivery-test history and back up your field notes.

Open your publications 02

Test your first post

Check delivery, formatting, and replies from a reader’s point of view.

Run a delivery test 03

Build your follow link

Turn your handle into a clear invitation. Copy a link for your website or newsletter.

Create your follow link
A connection that won’t connect?

Bring the symptom. Leave with a next step.

Work through a focused checklist and prepare useful notes for your host.

Get unstuck
A simple way forward

One website.
Many conversations.

You publish at home. Connected servers carry the conversation to readers, wherever they choose to be.

  1. 01
    Connect your publication

    Enable your platform’s social web features.

  2. 02
    Make a real connection

    Check discovery, then follow from another server.

  3. 03
    Publish. Reply. Repeat.

    Test a new post, then invite your readers in.

04 / Get your bearings

Independent.
But connected.

A few things worth knowing before you begin.

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What is the Fediverse?

A network of independently run social platforms that can exchange posts and interactions. ActivityPub is a shared protocol used by platforms such as Mastodon, WordPress, and Ghost. Supported features vary between platforms.

Do I need to move my website?

No. Supported publishing platforms can connect your existing website. Your articles keep their home, while people on other services can follow your publication.

What does the checker actually verify?

It checks public profile discovery and accessible ActivityPub profile information. It cannot prove that every server receives your posts. Follow from a second account and publish a test post to verify delivery.

Will my existing posts and replies appear everywhere?

Not necessarily. History, formatting, replies, and delivery depend on both platforms and their settings. Start with a new public post and test the interactions you need.