## Independent Media Center  

A ready‑to‑run codebase for a fully‑featured **IndyMedia** hub, rebuilt from the archived version of [indymedia.org](https://web.archive.org/web/*/indymedia.org).  

### Features  

1. **Newswire** – Publish and aggregate short news items.  
2. **Open Publishing Form** – Front‑end submission for articles, podcasts, and videos.  
3. **Media Archive** – Store and browse images, audio, and video with searchable metadata.  

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## Included Plugins  

When you run `composer install` the plugins below are fetched from **WPackagist** (a Composer mirror of the WordPress.org plugin directory) and installed into `wp‑content/plugins/{$name}/`.  

1. **indymedia/indymedia-wordpress** – Core IndyMedia functionality.  
2. **activitypub** – Federated social publishing (ActivityPub).  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/>  
3. **antispam-bee** – Spam protection for comments/forms.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/>  
4. **archiveo-importer-wayback** – Import Wayback Machine archives.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/archiveo-importer-wayback/>  
5. **easyfonts** – Simple font management.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/easyfonts/>  
6. **embed-privacy** – Privacy‑friendly embeds (YouTube, etc.).  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-privacy/>  
7. **exif-remover** – Strips EXIF data from uploaded images.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/exif-remover/>  
8. **frontend-post-submission-manager-lite** – Front‑end post submission handling.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-post-submission-manager-lite/>  
9. **indieweb** – IndieWeb micro‑formats, endpoints, webmentions.  
   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieweb/>  
10. **lh-wayback-machine** – Wayback Machine integration.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-wayback-machine/>  
11. **og** – Adds Open Graph meta tags.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/og/>  
12. **pretty-rss-feeds** – Cleaner RSS feed output.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-rss-feeds/>  
13. **remove-ip** – Anonymizes IP addresses in comments.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-ip/>  
14. **safe-paste** – Secure paste‑bin functionality.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-paste/>  
15. **syndication-links** – Auto‑generates syndication links (Twitter, Mastodon, etc.).  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/syndication-links/>  
16. **unpredictable-image-filenames** – Randomizes uploaded image filenames for privacy.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/unpredictable-image-filenames/>  
17. **webmention** – Webmention support (IndieWeb).  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/>  
18. **wp-super-cache** – Page‑caching to improve performance.  
    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/>  

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## Installation  

1. Clone or download the repository.  
2. From the project root run:  

   ```bash
   composer install
   ```  

   Composer pulls all listed plugins from WPackagist and places them in `wp-content/plugins/`.  
3. In WordPress admin go to **Plugins → Installed Plugins** and activate the plugins you need.  

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## Base Theme  

The project uses the **Twenty Twenty‑Five** theme (GPLv2+).  

```
Contributors: wordpressdotorg
Requires at least: 6.7
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.2
Stable tag: 1.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
```  

### Copyright & License  

Twenty Twenty‑Five WordPress Theme, © 2024‑2025 WordPress.org and contributors.  
Distributed under the **GNU GPL v2 or later**.  

The theme also incorporates code from **Twenty Twenty‑Four** (GPLv2+).  

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## Contributing  

- Fork the repo, make changes, and submit a pull request.  
- Keep `composer.json` up‑to‑date when adding or updating plugins.  
- All contributions are accepted under the same GPL license.  

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*Additional developer notes are in the `docs/` folder.*