#gatherpress — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://gatherpress.org/i-wanted-a-button-to-switch-off-and-got-an-impressive-event-plugin-creation-suite/

I took the chance to write about some cool new post_type_supports in the latest release of #GatherPress, here is the post:

It’s getting better and better: @amberhinds announced, that she’s going to help with #GatherPress roll-out on #Wordpress.org too.

That’s so cool, thank you @amberhinds !!

UPDATE: Eight #WordPress core developers are going to help #GatherPress with the w.org integration.

The @community plugin is getting orchestrated support by 6(!) core devs to bring the whole idea into play on wordpress.org

Read the announcement comment here:

https://make.wordpress.org/project/2026/07/09/meetup-com-gatherpress/#comment-765

#WordPress, #GatherPress

„Event Card with RSVP“ soll übersetzt werden.

„Veranstaltungsübersicht mit Anmeldemöglichkeit“ ist mein Vorschlag. Liest sich aber scheisse und ist bald doppelt so lang.

So ein #GatherPress Käse.

I can’t believe … it’s out … after 6 months. #GatherPress

@dvk cool. Even I will not (have to) use it, because I’m happy with Koko Analytics for years now.

I had to smile, because I cooked something very similar for #GatherPress recently

I’d call it great news, when the current #WordPress release lead wants to join our #GatherPress meeting tomorrow, to speak about and create a plan to finally replace meetup.

We’ll welcome Anne McCarthy happily and you can join the show, too. It’s Friday 15:00 UTC, like every week.

@wpletter wenn dir tatsächlich die News ausgehen, kannst du ja schonmal einen Blick in die Vorab-Release-notes der neuen #GatherPress Version werfen.

Nach 6 Monaten gibt’s da einen ganzen Strauß cooles Zeug. Wir sortieren das changelog aber nochmal, bevor es dann in den nächsten Tagen wirklich live geht.

https://github.com/GatherPress/gatherpress/releases/tag/0.34.0-beta.1

@hgg Danke für die Erinnerung! Das werden dann wohl 2-3 neue Aufgaben für das #GatherPress Team.

So this made yesterday a lot more interesting than it perhaps needed to be:

Security issue reported and solved – GatherPress
https://gatherpress.org/security-issue-reported-and-solved/

#WordPress #GatherPress #security #OpenSource

“GatherPress, a WordPress-native event management tool being evaluated as the future of meetup coordination. If you’ve tested it, used it, or just have questions, come share your experience. Organizer feedback is exactly what the project needs.”

https://make.wordpress.org/community/2026/05/27/%f0%9f%8c%8d-wceu-2026-contributor-day-community-team-agenda/

#GatherPress #WordPress #wceu26

@therepository Maybe it's a good time to promote that #GatherPress is already capable of importing „The events calendar“ data. Just as an idea, if someone here is also active on the Post Status Slack.

@leoskull cool, na dann bleibe ich gespannt. Ich bin neugierig, weil ich an #GatherPress mitwirke und die „anderen“ event plugins immer die Basis dessen sind woran sich ein neues Plugin messen lassen kann.

Ich habe mir GigPressReborn jetzt auch mal angesehen und würde euch dringend empfehlen mal in GatherPress zu schauen. Auch wenn ich persönlich befangen bin, glaube ich, dass es die stabilere Basis bietet.

Dear @andyfragen , I’m wondering if any plugin could provide its own betas through the „#WordPress Beta Tester“ plugin in any way. Wondering for a #GatherPress community.

Have you been locked in? Vendor locked in? By a #WordPress event plugin?

Now is the time to escape, tell me the plugin you like to escape from, as I’m working on importers for #GatherPress.

@DianaThompson @111 In my wildest dreams: A public announcement about the re-opening of the core sustainability team, funded by the money, that was recently given to meetup and can be saved now thanks to the community-powered sustainable alternative #GatherPress .

@DianaThompson @111 (Damn, sometimes #depression rules my sayings. I could have also answered in the first place:)

Hey, nice you are interested in one of the coolest event plugins in the #WordPress space! We the people - working on #GatherPress, not as sponsored contributors, but as volunteers next to family and job, do 💯 appreciate that! It‘d be great if you find the time took test the plugin, add your thoughts to open discussions or even contribute some time coding or in the weekly meetings.

@DianaThompson @111 Thanks for both of your replies!
I want to clarify, that the #GatherPress itself is ongoing; it was just yesterday that the main maintainer opened a PR with 4000+ lines changed. Things are moving, but silently and with no more public involvement, other than Claude code.
I still believe that GatherPress is already a matured alternative to the most of event-calendar functionality in w.org/plugins, but its lack of visibility AND missing people contributing, is its real problem.

@111 @DianaThompson I can confirm #GatherPress is kind of stuck. But it’s far away from being an Automattic project.

I tried to contribute a lot to this project and idea, but for me personally it wasn’t a success story, even that I still try to flip the coin.

I wrote a lot of issues, created ideas, opened PRs, but I was not able (and willing) to join their weekly online meetings and so became ghosted more and more. I would have loved to contribute more.

@pintoch I needed some time to realise that your ideas and thoughts align perfectly, with what - I believe - not only #WordPress, but also #GatherPress needs, two projects, I tried to contribute to. With all the hassle, you described.

So here is my question (to everybody): How have you tried proposing a NEW governance model to your beloved #FOSS projects?

I really need to try.

@leobard @burners.at I had the same need and created an issue https://github.com/GatherPress/gatherpress/issues/682, would be cool if you would add your need here too, maybe we can get or create or solution for #GatherPress.

Until then I created myself a small helper plugin, which is referenced in the last comment. It isn’t perfect, but does the job for now.

J'animerai la table de l'équipe Community du projet open source #WordPress lors de la journée de contribution 5 mars, organisée par l'Association WordPress Francophone @wpfr le jour précédent le #WordCamp Nice le 6 mars, où je serai aussi bénévole.
Merci à #Polylang qui sponsorise mon déplacement, et à #Themeisle qui sponsorise 5 heures/semaine de ma contribution à WordPress. On parlera Community, évènements, #GatherPress, WP Credits, Campus Connect (+chocolat suisse?😉🍫)
https://wpfr.net/journee-de-contribution-nice-2026-presentation-des-tables-episode-3/

Congrats for the new website @leobard

I was wondering how you‘re doing the event slugs at @burners.at . Are you setting them manually?

I was just reminded about a #GatherPress idea about customising the event slug.

@pmmueller @bph

Some time ago I wanted to do the same for #GatherPress. But because the export-replace-paths-reimport steps seemed not very intuitive, I created a Playground to help.

https://github.com/carstingaxion/crud-the-docs-playground

Create a new repo from that template-repo, open the provided playground, create, edit and update your demodata. Save it using a special little button on the admin bar directly into a PR on your repo. Merge the PR.

You’ll get a ready prepared wordpress export stored in your repo.

I like it more transparent.
Just saying.
https://github.com/GatherPress/gatherpress/pull/1237#pullrequestreview-3616806172

#gatherPress , #wordPress

@tchambers Things that also come 2026 thanks to #NLnet:

#WordPress users will be able to create polls for the Fediverse.

WordPress in combination with #GatherPress will offer federated RSVP for events.

Interoperability of Events will improve, e.g. Mobilizon will be able to receive events from other applications.

#Lauti, an event management tool for medium sized communities, will join the Fediverse.

@lordmatt Cool and interesting article.

I like the idea with a custom comment type the most. It is the same way, that I suggested, how #GatherPress is handling RSVPs in the future.
And it can be done as a logged-in user or anonymously, like you described your AMA idea too.

Events, WordPress und das Fediverse

https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/12/07/events-wordpress-und-das-fediverse/

@montag Schau Dir mal #GatherPress an, es ist ein community Projekt und wirklich frei. Keine Abos, kein upselling, keine Werbung.
Aber auch noch nicht so richtig super.

Ich habe persönlich schon einige Zeit in dieses Projekt investiert und werde demnächst auch mehrere Websites darauf umbauen.