[wp-hackers] WordPress.org and WordPress.com integration

[Stephane Daury]

While we're on the integration subject, would anyone happen to know  
if there is currently a project towards having integration between  
self-hosted blogs and wordpress.com/.org user accounts?

IE: Something like my upcoming wpDirAuth (LDAP/S) or the OpenID  
plugins that would let users with account on Wordpress.com/.org login  
to your self-hosted blog through an API handshake (could auto-create  
an account record locally, like other plugins do). When I say .org, I  
mean codex accounts, etc, not accounts from other self-hosted  
instances (allthough that's feasible too, but more complicated).

Although I understand the tech and security implications, I do think  
it'd be pretty cool.
The user base is obviously large enough to justify the effort (IMHO). :)

Stephane



On Aug 30, 2007, at 04:24, Jeremy Visser wrote:

> After installing the Automattic Stats plugin a week or two ago, I was
> very pleasantly surprised to see that on the top bar of every
> WordPress.com blog, the dashboard and Write Post links for my .org  
> blog
> 'jeremy.sunriseroad.net' also appeared there.
>
> I see that there is some level of integration going on there. What I
> would like to see in the future is the possibility of my blog being
> aggregated on WP.com and the ability for it to be included in WP.com's
> tag browser, and in the WP.com 'Hawt Post' sections.
>
> Is this feasible?
>
> One fear you may have is that WordPress.com is a community, and
> aggregating all the other WordPress.org blogs may turn it into another
> Technorati. However, I don't want to be left out of the action because
> of my decision to self-host a .org blog, and not use a .com blog.
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