webfinger

WebFinger

WebFinger for WordPress

39.5 opportunity score Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org

1.0Kactive installs

22.6Kdownloads

3.7rating

0unresolved threads

13complaints analyzed

2praise analyzed

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Download Momentum

180 days

266recent 30 days 295previous 30 days -9.8%movement 1.8Kshown total

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0

‘Webfinger end point not accessible’ but no explainer

‘Webfinger end point not accessible’ but no explainer: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Activitypub plugin 2.2.0 installed.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97

Cant Make It Work

Cant Make It Work: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Cant Make It Work WebFinger endpoint is not accessible I have spent hours trying to get this to work, I have spent hours and a few days reading every posted solution, I have debugged and got no errors, I have verified every permission every security setting, nothing makes this work, curl -X GET “ https://2ndshot.photos/.well-known/webfi nger?resource=acct:pa

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.96

htaccess rules for blog hosted in subfolder

htaccess rules for blog hosted in subfolder: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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So I change it to RewriteRule "^\/.well-known/(webfinger|nodeinfo|x-nodeinfo2|activitypub)(.*)$" /blog/index.php?well-known [QSA] But I get an error: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method WP_Error::get_url() in /srv/home/blog/domains/blog.com/htdocs/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/activitypub/integration/class-webfinger.php:36 Stack trace: #0 /sr

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.84

Webfinger not working?

Webfinger not working?: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hi, Still testing the various indieweb resources… The WebFinger plugin seems broken on both WP blogs: https://webfinger.net/lookup/?resource=cybeardjm%40amf.didiermary.fr https://webfinger.net/lookup/?resource=cybeardjm%40www.didiermary.fr Request Log 15:42:12 Looking up WebFinger data for acct:cybeardjm@www.didiermary.fr 15:42:12 GET https://www.didiermary.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.79

WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible

WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

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WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible Since the last update to the ActivityPub plugin I get this critical issue in my Site Health: “WebFinger endpoint is not accessible” Assistance would be appreciated.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.93

Site Health Json error

Site Health Json error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Site Health Json error I am getting this error on my Site Health, and I understandably can’t find myself on Mastodon or Webfinger search either.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92

should support email usernames

should support email usernames: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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should support email usernames The get_user_by_uri() static functiopn should support useranmes which are email addresses I patched it by adding: `case ‘acct’: // check acct scheme if ($the_user = get_user_by(‘login’, $host)){ return $the_user; } Woocommerce and plenty of other plugins use the email address as the username.

complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.81

Didn’t work.

Didn’t work.: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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There’s no admin panel and the documentation isn’t clear about how to configure the plugin.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75

[Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU

[Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU Is there a way to make this work with multiblog installations?

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75

adding an alias

adding an alias: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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adding an alias The WordPress plugin ActivityPub has got a great version 1.

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ActivityPub praise owner · intel 76.8 · weakness 66.3

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9 unresolved support thread(s) 18 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check indieweb publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Enable Mastodon Apps praise owner · intel 63.6 · weakness 48.0

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below-average rating 15 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Evidence only

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NodeInfo(2) praise owner · intel 25.3 · weakness 17.2

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1 source link Evidence only

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question Webfinger plugin does not work support · 2026-02-04T08:14:49+00:00 · low severity · activitypub

The user thinks WebFinger does not work because they are testing the endpoint without the required resource parameter and needs setup guidance.

Evidence: i get this message: missing "resource" parameter

setup support WebFinger resource parameter Evidence only

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complaint webfinger errors out, but works in troubleshooting mode support · 2025-12-16T10:04:12+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

A WebFinger request for an invalid user caused a critical error, and the maintainer confirmed and fixed the error-handling bug.

Evidence: There has been a critical error on this website

bugs support invalid user handling Evidence only

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complaint Cant Make It Work support · 2024-12-11T01:22:23+00:00 · high severity · activitypub

Cant Make It Work: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Cant Make It Work WebFinger endpoint is not accessible I have spent hours trying to get this to work, I have spent hours and a few days reading every posted solution, I have debugged and got no errors, I have verified every permission every security setting, nothing makes this work, curl -X GET “ https://2ndshot.photos/.well-known/webfi nger?resource=acct:pa

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complaint ‘Webfinger end point not accessible’ but no explainer support · 2024-04-07T12:46:34+00:00 · high severity · activitypub

‘Webfinger end point not accessible’ but no explainer: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Activitypub plugin 2.2.0 installed.

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complaint WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible support · 2024-01-11T21:34:25+00:00 · high severity · activitypub

WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: WebFinger Endpoint Not Accessible Since the last update to the ActivityPub plugin I get this critical issue in my Site Health: “WebFinger endpoint is not accessible” Assistance would be appreciated.

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praise Does as expected. (5 stars) review · 2023-11-11T18:27:38+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Does as expected.: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I installed Webfinger and typed in the domain for my website into Mastodon instance photog.social.

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complaint htaccess rules for blog hosted in subfolder support · 2023-10-25T13:32:10+00:00 · high severity · activitypub

htaccess rules for blog hosted in subfolder: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: So I change it to RewriteRule "^\/.well-known/(webfinger|nodeinfo|x-nodeinfo2|activitypub)(.*)$" /blog/index.php?well-known [QSA] But I get an error: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method WP_Error::get_url() in /srv/home/blog/domains/blog.com/htdocs/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/activitypub/integration/class-webfinger.php:36 Stack trace: #0 /sr

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complaint Webfinger to share Mastodon when I’m an ActivityPub/Friends plugin user support · 2023-10-13T03:02:16+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Webfinger to share Mastodon when I’m an ActivityPub/Friends plugin user: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Trying to wrap my head around how .well-known works.

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complaint Webfinger not working? support · 2023-10-12T15:47:03+00:00 · high severity · activitypub

Webfinger not working?: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hi, Still testing the various indieweb resources… The WebFinger plugin seems broken on both WP blogs: https://webfinger.net/lookup/?resource=cybeardjm%40amf.didiermary.fr https://webfinger.net/lookup/?resource=cybeardjm%40www.didiermary.fr Request Log 15:42:12 Looking up WebFinger data for acct:cybeardjm@www.didiermary.fr 15:42:12 GET https://www.didiermary.

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complaint adding an alias support · 2023-09-30T09:18:55+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

adding an alias: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: adding an alias The WordPress plugin ActivityPub has got a great version 1.

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question Help getting WebFinger plugin to work support · 2023-08-17T14:15:34+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Help getting WebFinger plugin to work: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Help getting WebFinger plugin to work I have just set up a wordpress website and I need a webfinger to work on it.

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neutral Users privacy violation support · 2023-07-09T20:07:52+00:00 · low severity · activitypub

Users privacy violation: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: When users add a private email address, this will be revealed by webfinger.

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praise No config easy way to add webfinger for your existing users (5 stars) review · 2023-01-20T22:18:53+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

No config easy way to add webfinger for your existing users: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No config easy way to add webfinger for your existing users Adding this plugin adds handling for the WebFinger protocol for your existing users.

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complaint Didn’t work. (1 star) review · 2023-01-15T13:03:44+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Didn’t work.: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: There’s no admin panel and the documentation isn’t clear about how to configure the plugin.

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complaint Site Health Json error support · 2022-12-21T18:21:58+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Site Health Json error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Site Health Json error I am getting this error on my Site Health, and I understandably can’t find myself on Mastodon or Webfinger search either.

bugs compatibility missing feature support Evidence only

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complaint should support email usernames support · 2022-11-25T04:36:21+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

should support email usernames: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: should support email usernames The get_user_by_uri() static functiopn should support useranmes which are email addresses I patched it by adding: `case ‘acct’: // check acct scheme if ($the_user = get_user_by(‘login’, $host)){ return $the_user; } Woocommerce and plenty of other plugins use the email address as the username.

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complaint Usage support · 2014-02-25T17:36:42+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

Usage: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I have a stupid question : I installed and activated the plugin but now I wonder how to use it.

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complaint [Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU support · 2012-01-26T01:46:24+00:00 · medium severity · activitypub

[Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: Webfinger] WPMU Is there a way to make this work with multiblog installations?

missing feature setup Evidence only

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