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Webfinger plugin does not work

WebFinger · support · 2026-02-04T08:14:00+00:00

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Hi, When i installed the plugin and activate it, the plugin does not work. i get this message: missing "resource" parameter The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hey @marc1200 👋 you have to add a resource param like: http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:induro.tech@induro.tech but: it seems that your site does not have an SSL certificate and WebFinger requires https . https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7033#section-4 Hi Matthias, We have some maintainance now, with SSL certifcate included, is also showing that message. How do i add a resource? This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by marc1200 . As I showed in the example above http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:induro.tech@induro.tech See the ?resource= ! What exactly are you trying to do? Where do you see the error? i’am trying to set up auth0 with webfinger, we want to create a account at tailscale using OIDC. What do i have to put into the webfinger and where? You do not have to add anything anywhere, it works out of the box! You simply checked the URL without a resource GET param. The resource represents a user on your blog. Here is an example of your support user: http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Asupport%40induro.tech The resource of this user is acct:support@induro.tech . Check the user profile settings in WordPress to check the WebFinger resources for the other users. This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by Matthias Pfefferle . I am having a similar struggle with this webfinger appearing/ being missing. I just worked with the dev’s at WPMU to test it out. We tested with the ActivityPub plugin, without it. With security plugins, without them. With XML on/off. Changing pretty print permalinks from one to another. Adding .well-known directory in file system. All same result of “403 – Forbidden access” View post on imgur.com we moved the discussion to GitHub https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger/issues/53

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Matthias Pfefferle 2026-02-04T09:33:00+00:00

Hey @marc1200 👋 you have to add a resource param like: http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:induro.tech@induro.tech but: it seems that your site does not have an SSL certificate and WebFinger requires https . https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7033#section-4

marc1200 2026-02-04T09:45:00+00:00

Hi Matthias, We have some maintainance now, with SSL certifcate included, is also showing that message. How do i add a resource? This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by marc1200 .

Matthias Pfefferle 2026-02-04T10:06:00+00:00

As I showed in the example above http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:induro.tech@induro.tech See the ?resource= ! What exactly are you trying to do? Where do you see the error?

marc1200 2026-02-04T10:53:00+00:00

i’am trying to set up auth0 with webfinger, we want to create a account at tailscale using OIDC. What do i have to put into the webfinger and where?

Matthias Pfefferle 2026-02-04T11:05:00+00:00

You do not have to add anything anywhere, it works out of the box! You simply checked the URL without a resource GET param. The resource represents a user on your blog. Here is an example of your support user: http://induro.tech/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Asupport%40induro.tech The resource of this user is acct:support@induro.tech . Check the user profile settings in WordPress to check the WebFinger resources for the other users. This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by Matthias Pfefferle .

Craig Lambie 2026-03-25T02:30:00+00:00

I am having a similar struggle with this webfinger appearing/ being missing. I just worked with the dev’s at WPMU to test it out. We tested with the ActivityPub plugin, without it. With security plugins, without them. With XML on/off. Changing pretty print permalinks from one to another. Adding .well-known directory in file system. All same result of “403 – Forbidden access” View post on imgur.com

Matthias Pfefferle 2026-03-25T05:55:00+00:00

we moved the discussion to GitHub https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger/issues/53