WebFinger

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ Khürt Williams

   2.8y ago

   I installed Webfinger and typed in the domain for my website into Mastodon instance photog.social. Mastodon immediately found ky ActivityPub endpoints.

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2. ★★★★★ ffpf

   3.6y ago

   Adding this plugin adds handling for the WebFinger protocol for your existing users. For example, when someone searches for you on Mastodon, your server will be queried for accounts using an endpoint that looks like this: GET ${MASTODON_DOMAIN}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:${MASTODON_USER}@${MASTODON_DOMAIN} So, if you have a WordPress blog with the URL blog.domain and that blog has a user (you can see users in the Users admin panel) named user1, then the webfinger URL for that user would be: blog.domain/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:[email protected] This plugin implements handling for such requests for any user on the WordPress site without any additional configuration.

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3. ★★★★★ sunriselane

   3.6y ago

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

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-07-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 62 days in tier
2. 2023-05-11 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-05-10 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-05-09 800+ → 900+ up after 52 days in tier
5. 2023-03-18 700+ → 800+ up after 32 days in tier
6. 2023-02-14 600+ → 700+ up after 33 days in tier
7. 2023-01-12 500+ → 600+ up after 14 days in tier
8. 2022-12-29 400+ → 500+ up after 12 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• host-meta 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• NodeInfo(2) 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Nostr Verify 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• ActivityPub 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Taboola 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Enable Mastodon Apps 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B

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WebFinger: 1K+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/webfinger