Our work consists of multiple parts:
WordPress Plugin: ActivityPub Event Bridge
2022 – ongoing
We are developing a WordPress plugin that is integrating popular event plugins with the ActivityPub plugin. For more information visit the plugins git repository or the WordPress.org plugins site.
Interoperability of Events in the Fediverse
We are working on standardizing events in the Fediverse, taking into account as many stakeholders as possible, serving as a hub in the community, and writing FEPs (Fediverse Enhancement Proposals) as a result.
Contributions
Active involvement in the GatherPress project — a modern and truly FLOSS community oriented WordPress event plugin — to ensure full ActivityPub compatibility, including RSVP support and advanced federation features.
Furthermore we will try to push forward event compatibility within Fediverse applications that have paid little to no attention on events so far.
Community engagement and outreach
Participation in conferences, public talks, and direct conversations to foster knowledge exchange, gather feedback, and grow the ecosystem around federated events.
Acknowledgements
2022-2025
Our work (community work, research, contributions, standardization efforts, and the development of the Event Bridge for ActivityPub WordPress Plugin until version 1.1.0) was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement number 101069594.
2025 – ongoing
Our work (further development Event Bridge for ActivityPub WordPress Plugin from version 1.1.1 on, community work, further standardization efforts, contributions to other projects) is funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).