Post #4151042
2026-07-19 08:43 UTC
WordPress and ActivityPub: my first fail
@selfhosted
I've already posted about my success and fail in the past, but I have something else to talk about: ActivityPub fails in my self hosted WordPress (hostinger vps).
Setup: YunoHost, WordPress multisite. For a multisite network, YunoHost requires WordPress to reside in a folder. Such as "domain .ext /folder" and not "site1 . domain .ext" or "site2 .domain .ext"
Started setup, the site apparently works. But, before involving a co-worker to help me with theme, I wanted to try installing ActivityPub plugin first.
Immediately WordPress health system, warned that endpoint webfinger wasn't accessible.
Watching the logs, it was YunoHost ssowat and I tried to comment it on domain's nginx file - /etc/nginx/config.d/domain.ext.conf
Result, from 302 error, it returned 500. "error establishing database connection".
The .well-known stays on /var/www/.well-known, while WordPress lives on /var/www/wordpress__3
I set all YunoHost's permissions to "visitors"
I really don't know where to go, at the moment.
#ActivityPub #AskFedi #FediHelp #selfhost #selfhosting #WordPress #YunoHost
Replies (2)
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@ju_ri@social.tchncs.de 2026-07-19 10:00
@elettrona@poliversity.it hi elena, you have to leave a "detour sign" at Folder your request lands. An explanation you find here: https://forum.yunohost.org/t/configuring-redirects/15038/3 good luck @selfhosted
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@thisismissem@activitypub.space 2026-07-20 17:13
@pfefferle @django fyi, this is probably an issue worth you both knowing about for wordpress activitypub.