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what do we have to do to make the plugin attractive to more users? We are currently at 4000+ active users on WordPress.org + the WordPress.com users.

@pfefferle
I've attempted to get it working on a couple of different sites, and for some reason, I'm having issues with it (and getting verification to work at all)...

Tried some trouble shooting, but basically anything that makes it quicker, easier and requires less technical input to get it up and running would make it much easier to recommend (especially to clients, who might not be convinced by Mastodon enough to devote lots of time and energy until they have something up and running)

@badgergravling that's totally true, but the current (shared) hosting environments are playing a significant role in that "game". Quite a lot of tweaks are required because of caching, limited mod-rewrite possibilities because of custom letsencrypt setups, blogs in subfolders or traffic limitations.

Dan Thornton

@pfefferle
Yeah, I've worked on a large scale WordPress plugin in the past (on the marketing/content/product dev side, not code), so I appreciate how difficult it is to account for hosting/other plugins etc...

So I can understand why it's not easier, but at the same time, with my marketing hat on, it's the main reason why it's not more widely adopted...

If I can't get it working after going through all the help files I can find, I can safely say no client is going to bother...