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WP Pubsubhubbub
Implements a Pubsubhubbub Real Time Publisher informing Planet Earth of your updates now, not later!
The facts
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 23 Aug 2009
- Added
- Aug 2009
- Requires WP
- 2.5
- Tested up to
- WP 2.8.4
- Downloads
- 10,358
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Pubsubhubbub is a WordPress plugin that implements the Pubsubhubbub protocol, allowing your blog to notify Hub Servers of updates. This enables subscribers to receive almost immediate notifications of changes to your content through various feed formats such as RSS and Atom.
The plugin supports multiple Hubs, pings all configured Hubs when you publish or edit posts, and adds necessary link elements to your feeds. It is suitable for bloggers and publishers who want to enhance the distribution of their content to subscribers using the Pubsubhubbub protocol.
Best for: This plugin is best for bloggers and publishers looking to improve their feed update notifications.
What it does well
- ✓Implements the Pubsubhubbub protocol for timely updates
- ✓Supports multiple Hub configurations
- ✓Pings Hubs on post publication or editing
- ✓Adds links to Hubs in various feed formats
- ✓Decentralised and free protocol
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in August 2009
- •Tested only up to WordPress version 2.8.4
- •Directory score indicates potential reliability issues
Verdict
WP Pubsubhubbub offers a specific functionality for content distribution but may not be suitable for modern WordPress versions due to its age and limited updates.
From the developer
padraic's own description of WP Pubsubhubbub, lightly tidied.
Implements the Pubsubhubbub protocol based on the current PubSubHubbub Core 0.1 Specification and any changes since its publication. PubSubHubbub is an open, simple web-scale pubsub (publish/subscribe) protocol capable of notifying one or more Hub Servers (e.g. the reference open source implementation on Google App Engine) of your blog updates so they may be forwarded to any of your feed’s Pubsubhubbub enabled Subscribers as quickly as possible.
Any Pubsubhubbub enabled Subscriber can then receive an almost immediate update from any of your Hubs containing the actual update for immediate use. Subscribers know what Hubs to use when subscribing to your RSS 0.92, RDF/RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, or Atom 1.0 feeds since this plugin will insert one or more links to your configured Hubs into these feeds.
WP Pubsubhubbub has the following features:
- Supports multiple Hubs configured from the settings page
- Pings all Hubs whenever you publish/edit a blog post
- Adds suitable Atom namespaced link elements for each configured Hub to the top of your RSS 0.92, RDF/RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, or Atom 1.0 feeds
- Maintains compliance with the Pubsubhubbub 0.1 Core Specification and any outstanding amendments
- WP Pubsubhubbub utilises a Pubsubhubbub Publisher implementation which is fully unit tested for reliability and specification conformance, based on Zend Framework’s upcoming Pubsubhubbub component for which I am the lead developer.
- Where no replacement Hubs are configured, WP Pubsubhubbub defaults to the reference Hub hosted on Google App Engine. This is a very reliable Hub. We also default to using the Superfeedr Hub as an alternative to ensure reliable service. You may replace or add to this list as needed.
- Version 1.1.0 also enables Hub notification of changes to your RSS 2.0 Comment Feeds
As the specification authors state on the main Pubsubhubbub site, the protocol is decentralized and free. No company is at the center controlling it. Anybody can run a hub, or anybody can ping (publish) or subscribe using open hubs.
Tagged as
purpose
RSS, Feeds & Aggregation
audience
Bloggers & Publishers
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