StellarPress Federation

StellarPress Federation: the easy way to host a Stellar Federation server

Addresses in the Stellar network are usually long strings of numbers & characters, not easy to remember. With the StellarPress Federation others can use a simple address like “user*yourdomain.com” to send money to you. It implements the standardized Stellar Federation Server protocol so it is supported by all wallets for the Stellar network. Normally, to host a Stellar Federation server, you will need a server with direct root access. But with this plugin you can run your own Federation server within WordPress, all using minimal overhead and resources!

Settings

The StellarPress Federation plugin adds fields to your backend users. Every backend user with a provided Stellar address will automatically be provided through StellarPress Federation.

Requirements

Your WordPress site must satisfy the following conditions for this plugin to work: 1. It must be hosted using HTTPS, with a valid and trusted certificate 2. In addition, it must be hosted in the root of your domain, not in a subfolder.

Bug reports

Bug reports for StellarPress Federation are welcomed on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that are not properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

Further Reading

For more info, check out the following articles:

• The official Stellar homepage
• The Stellar Federation concepts explained
• Lumens FAQs

From within WordPress

1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
2. Search for ‘StellarPress Federation’
3. Activate StellarPress Federation from your Plugins page.
4. Go to “after activation” below.

Manually

1. Upload the stellarpress-federation folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the StellarPress Federation plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to “after activation” below.

After activation

1. Add the Stellar address in the backend user management
2. You’re done!