Rub-a-Dub-Dub in the PubSubHubbub
From the tongue twisting name department we welcome PubSubHubbub, or as some people have shortened it to: PuSH. Like rssCloud, PuSH is a way for services that subscribe to updates from your blog (think Google Reader, Bloglines or Netvibes) to get updates even faster. In a nutshell, instead of having to periodically ask your blog if there are any updates they can now register to automatically receive updates each time you publish new content. In most cases these updates are sent out within a second or two of when you hit the publish button.
Today we’ve turned on PuSH support for the more than 10.5 million blogs on WordPress.com. There’s nothing to configure, it’s working right now behind the scenes to help others keep up to date with your posts.
For those using the WordPress.org software we are releasing a new PuSH plugin: PuSHPress. This plugin differs from the current PuSH related plugins by including a built-in hub.
For more PuSH related reading check out the PubSubHubbub project site and Google Group. And if you really want to geek out there’s always the PubSubHubbub Spec
Mar 3rd at 4:55 pm
Wow, the new ping-o-matic!
Mar 3rd at 4:56 pm
Will this be incorporated into the core of WP 3.0?
Mar 3rd at 5:06 pm
I don’t think there are any plans for that.
Mar 3rd at 4:56 pm
Just can’t wait to see some feedback, phenomenal counter hit, crushing my blog chart 8-OOO
Mar 3rd at 5:01 pm
So if I hit ‘Publish’ by mistake instead of ‘Save Draft’ it’s too late already… never mind: awesome! Cheers guys!
Mar 3rd at 5:09 pm
Excellent! I’m looking forward to seeing this in action.
Oh and you had me with “there is nothing to configure”.
Mar 3rd at 5:11 pm
Congrats, that is an awesome news!
Mar 3rd at 5:37 pm
So Google Reader et all will automatically be able to grab these pushes “out of the box” if you will? Sweet.
Mar 3rd at 5:48 pm
As long as Google Reader subscribes to updates via PuSH, yes.
Mar 3rd at 5:54 pm
If you revise a post, does this mean the revisions/changes are picked up each time?
Mar 3rd at 6:06 pm
Yes, it sends updates in the same RSS or Atom format that your feeds use.
Mar 3rd at 7:29 pm
I can’t imagine what will WordPress.com become in 2020. It’s like developers and people behind the site has given up sleeping and working 24×7 to get new features pushed on WordPress.com.
I wonder why google still competes with WordPress with its horrible blogging engine a.k.a Blogger. I think it would be a great step for Google if it joins in with WordPress (I don’t mean acquiring WordPress, of course.).
The fact that makes me sad is, I’ll be ten years older on 2020 to see what WP.com turns into.
I wish I was born 10 years later from the day I actually was born.
Mar 3rd at 7:34 pm
Wowee kazowee! Thanks, WordPress!
Mar 3rd at 7:42 pm
WordPress getting better by the minute. Wow!
Mar 3rd at 9:14 pm
I use Windows Live Mail at the moment for my RSS feeds, so I was just wondering, do normal (non PuSH feeds) usually update the content that the feed reader sees? Because in WLM, once the post has been downloaded, it won’t change even if the post is revised. Is that normal across all current feed readers?
Mar 3rd at 9:24 pm
I guess that means I gotta stop going back and tweaking my original post.
Mar 3rd at 10:55 pm
I see Google Reader listed quite often in my stats these days. It will be interesting to see the effect of this. Thanks for working on it!
PuSH it real good!
Mar 3rd at 11:05 pm
I love that WordPress is always on the lookout for more innovations! Thanks so much WP!!
Mar 3rd at 11:59 pm
I’m already seeing improved results. Thanks for tackling something that was starting to bug me. Great job.
Mar 4th at 12:02 am
Great news
Mar 4th at 12:29 am
Wow, that’s really neat and timesaving. I can see myself using this. I like the tongue twisting name- as of right now I’m trying to say it 5 times in a row
Mar 4th at 12:52 am
Cool. I didn’t even know about it and now I have it
Mar 4th at 1:02 am
I am glad to know of this because I often publish late at night and then tweak, revise, edit my post several times – before my usual visitors would visit. So – I guess I better stop doing that
I don’t want to annoy any subscribers (not that I have that many yet). Still, I think this is a great feature – thank you WordPress, your service is awesome and I really enjoy using it.
Mar 4th at 1:17 am
I love it… Keep it coming, WordPress!!!
Mar 4th at 1:39 am
Oh, wow! This is great! I’ve been using Google Reader before but I’ll try this one.
Mar 4th at 1:48 am
Um, I can’t even manage a pingback properly – what makes you think I’ll be able to PuSH anything….other than this pencil….through my eyeball.
Mar 4th at 2:08 am
It means that my blog can be more popular?
Mar 4th at 2:29 am
Good news; thanks for keeping up!
Mar 4th at 2:47 am
This is gonna sound silly—but anyway: do subscribers to wordpress.com blogs feeds need to re-subscribe to have this feature, or is it done automattically®?
Mar 4th at 3:01 am
I’ve noticed my stats go up in recent days, after a few days of flatlining. Thanks so much, WP!! Keep it up!
Mar 4th at 3:14 am
Thank you very much.
Mar 4th at 3:21 am
I’m sure glad I switched from WordPress.org to WordPress.com. I love having these automatic updates! I tried other blogs, but WordPress is the absolute best!!!
Mar 4th at 3:44 am
sweet. and the name is great!
Mar 4th at 3:59 am
This is great! Now users of Ident.ca and other StatusNet sites and also Google Buzz users can subscribe to our updates. Thanks!
Mar 4th at 4:07 am
not really sure if this works, I could not find the menu
Mar 4th at 4:22 am
That’s great! On the other side, is there anything I need to do to my Bloglines account to pick this feed up?
Mar 4th at 5:08 am
I don’t know if Bloglines has added PuSH support yet. When they do you won’t need to do anything to your account.
Mar 4th at 5:12 am
Fantastic – downloading the plugin now!
Mar 4th at 5:15 am
Neophyte here…I hit the download button. Anything else to do?
Mar 4th at 7:54 am
Can’t keep up with all the new features WordPress.com is rolling out!
But seriously, how will this affect subscribers if PuSH also delivers updates on old content, even nearly instantaneous updates like adding social bookmarking links to new posts, which require publish/update?
Mar 4th at 8:06 am
Now that we mention the reader… how come it doesn`t count a new WP page as an update?
Mar 4th at 8:49 am
I am a habitual tweaker. Does that mean the initial post is the only one that is sent or do the later tweaks also get sent each time we publish? Or is it synchronised?
Mar 4th at 9:19 am
Do not quite get the actual gist of new PuSH support but it does sound a really good idea anyway! Could do with it explained to me in relatively simple and easier terms. Cheers anyway!
Mar 4th at 11:52 am
What about the danger that the scrappers would get your content before search engine index it ?
Mar 4th at 1:45 pm
Fan-freaking-tastic! Thanks
Mar 4th at 4:24 pm
I’m sure glad I’ve chosen WordPress as my blog to support my Recruiting business. I’ve already had 12,000 views of a variety of articles that help the job seeker, and have received some excellent comments too. Joseph, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy seeing new innovations that make it GREAT for all WordPress users. Keep up the good work!
Mar 4th at 5:01 pm
What about the comments, are they using this or is it just posts?
Mar 4th at 7:17 pm
Currently just for the RSS2 and Atom post feeds.
Mar 4th at 8:46 pm
This sounds awesome.
Mar 5th at 8:06 am
The name is strange and funny to me. However, the real function is sound great !
Mar 5th at 11:24 am
now, that thing has one amazing name
Mar 5th at 9:26 pm
So am I to understand that updates to Pages are not going to be Pushed? Just posts?
Mar 6th at 6:33 am
Hmmm, I commented on a blog that asked for my URL and this page linked to my blog instead for some reason. Not cool!
Mar 6th at 5:54 pm
I’m already seeing improved results. Thanks for tackling something that was starting to bug me. Great job.
thankssss to much
hatems
Mar 8th at 7:53 pm
Sounds great, time for my new post then
Mar 9th at 1:10 pm
thank you WordPress!
Mar 10th at 8:16 am
i like that
Mar 10th at 4:42 pm
Thanks WordPress! Much appreciated.
Mar 10th at 5:46 pm
Must start posting
Mar 10th at 9:18 pm
who can say that three times fast??
Mar 11th at 2:47 pm
Many Thnx for constantly and relentlessly helping us all become more successful bloggers…
Mar 12th at 9:45 am
Thanks WP team. This is superfast, and much appreciated. Keep up the awesome work.
Mar 14th at 3:09 am
Sounds good, whatever it is…
I guess it’s more a benefit to blog readers than to blog writers…
Mar 14th at 5:14 pm
Does this hub thing mean that there will be built in Stumble, delicious, Digg etc buttons so readers can push our posts out there?
Mar 14th at 6:47 pm
No, that’s not part of this announcement.
Mar 14th at 10:01 pm
Great update
Thanks, WordPress!
Mar 15th at 11:57 am
I don’t think that this is a tongue twister
Mar 15th at 8:21 pm
And still the refinements come – good job and thanks all at WordPress!
Mar 15th at 11:55 pm
Awesome! Now what exactly will it do for me?
Mar 16th at 6:08 am
i don’t understand