This project will develop an ActivityPub-based poll plugin for WordPress that integrates with the WordPress ActivityPub plugin. The plugin will feature a modern editor interface using Gutenberg blocks, a public-facing view for displaying polls and results, and robust ActivityPub vote handling. While the WordPress ActivityPub plugin originally focused on broadcasting content to the Fediverse, it is increasingly becoming a foundation for interactive features. This project will contribute to this evolution by enhancing internal APIs where necessary to support third-party extensions.
The goal is to strengthen WordPress as a sovereign platform for online identity, enabling to host polls natively without creating additional identities/accounts on other platforms for common Fediverse activities. As WordPress is by far the most widely used libre content management system and serves all kinds of websites, especially those belonging to small to medium-sized associations and organizations or individuals, additions to the WordPress ecosystem have a significant impact.