Author: Alex Kirk
Published: June 23, 2023

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June 23, 2023

I just released the WordPress Friends Plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/)
version 2.6.0. Biggest change: no local user will be created anymore when just following
someone (via RSS, Mastodon, etc.). Other improvements include an improved status
view on your local friends page, share posts on your friends page and more. For 
more screenshots see [https://github.com/akirk/friends/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed](https://github.com/akirk/friends/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)

![](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/status-styling-1024x658.
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## 2 responses to “”

 1. ![Tim Chambers Avatar](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/activitypub/
    actors/1879714/001033ff0a26ac354b442abc101bde28.webp)
 2. [Tim Chambers](https://indieweb.social/users/tchambers)
 3. [June 24, 2023](https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/110597062393622021)
 4. [@alex](https://alex.kirk.at/author/alex/) Does this plugin connect to Mastodon
    via the WordPress ActivtyPub plugin or on it's own?
 5. ![Neil Batchelor Avatar](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/activitypub/
    actors/2826300/a71908850ef6ea3c7b632125f4f723e2.webp)
 6. [Neil Batchelor](https://infosec.exchange/users/nbwpuk)
 7. [June 24, 2023](https://infosec.exchange/@nbwpuk/110599798658874198)
 8. [@alex](https://alex.kirk.at/author/alex/) That looks like a great release. The“
    creating local user” feature is what was putting me off testing. 👍

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