The content management system behind a large share of the web. It backs jws.news, which is where the articles counted on these pages are published.
I have built and maintained WordPress sites across multiple agencies, run my own long-running publishing site, and use its ActivityPub integration to participate in the Fediverse.
JWS News has used WordPress for more than a decade.
With ActivityPub enabled, a WordPress site can serve as a Fediverse profile, publish posts to followers, and receive federated replies as comments.
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