#Phanpy failed at saving alt-text to an image on a new post for a logged in #WordPress #ActivityPub account.

[paul@oldfriends.live]

#Phanpy failed at saving alt-text to an image on a new post for a logged in #WordPress #ActivityPub account. I must do more testing and investigate why tomorrow. It may be my settings or it could be Phanpy. I shall see.

[lascapi@social.tchncs.de]

@paul wait... We can use #phanpy with #WordPress ?!!! 🤩

Sounds amazing !

[paul@oldfriends.live]

@lascapi With the "Enable Mastodon Apps" on an ActivityPub enabled WordPress blog, you need the "enable Mastodon Apps" plugin.
"https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-mastodon-apps/"

ActivityPub

Connect your site to the Open Social Web and let millions of users follow, share, and interact with your content from Mastodon, Pixelfed, and more.

WordPress.org (wordpress.org)

[lascapi@social.tchncs.de]

@paul thank's I'm going to try with my blog !

[nyquildotorg@gts.nyquil.org]

@paul the issue is almost certainly in the WordPress plugin. The author says they implemented the Mastodon client API "exactly as specified" on Mastodon's API documentation page, except the documentation page leaves out the place you would put alt text!

It is present in the "edit status" API documentation, but not in the "create status," so I bet if you were to edit a post that has an image and add/change alt text it will work...

[paul@oldfriends.live]

@nyquildotorg Nice to know. I will try that in a bit and let you know how it turns out!