Best federation plugins for WordPress
The most popular federation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pterotype leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of WhisperFollow (10+) and WP-LDP (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “federation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 federation plugins
- 1.
PterotypeThe most installed federation plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 2.
WhisperFollow10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.
WP-LDP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
Axismundi Object ProjectionsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
- 5.
Peace ProtocolFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Axismundi ActorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
- 7.
UnifeedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 7 plugins tagged “federation”
Pterotype
#41,991by jdormit7 years ago
Pterotype expands your audience by giving your blog an ActivityPub stream, making it a part of the Fediverse.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WhisperFollow
#42,366by acegiak12 years ago
Use your wordpress blog to aggregate and reblog all friends and sites from across the web.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-LDP
#48,527by balessan9 years ago
This plugin aims to emulate the default caracteristics of a Linked Data Platform compatible server.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Axismundi Object Projections
Up in the last 7 days:9,194#50,622by Jiwoon Kim1 day ago
Projects WordPress objects into ActivityStreams JSON-LD through a transformer registry and one renderer.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Peace Protocol
Down in the last 7 days:8,069#63,346by Billy Wilcosky1 year ago
A secure, decentralized protocol for WordPress administrators to connect their sites and build a network of trust through cryptographic handshakes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Axismundi Actors
Up in the last 7 days:4,580#66,039by Jiwoon Kim1 day ago
Identity registry for Axismundi: one immutable actor URI and one profile hub per identity.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Unifeed
#71,485by a1b11 year ago
Unifeed is a decentralized news aggregation plugin. With the client plugin, you can:
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day