**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-the-writefreely-category/120 "2018-11-05T01:20:31Z")
Discuss WriteFreely, the open source software behind Write.as. This is a place for questions, feedback, and discussions related to WriteFreely – including the Installation and Setup process and Themes. To report a bug, …
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## [My mathjax doesn't render](https://discuss.write.as/t/my-mathjax-doesnt-render/21029)
**Author:** [@ludrol](https://discuss.write.as/u/ludrol)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/my-mathjax-doesnt-render/21029 "2026-09-18T14:26:44Z")
I am trying to make my first blog post, but LaTeX doesn’t render. I am using obsidian for WYSIWYG editor and there things render correctly. I changed $$ … $$ to \\\[ …\\\] and $ … $ to \\( … \\) (I needed a plugin for obsi…
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## [WriteFree Linux Appliance](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefree-linux-appliance/20807)
**Author:** [@Anthony-kldload](https://discuss.write.as/u/Anthony-kldload)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefree-linux-appliance/20807 "2026-08-11T00:55:07Z")
I thought it would be fun to build a WriteFree Appliance.. So I made two. option 1 (server) simply burn the .iso to a USB, copy/boot and connect. option 2 (desktop) click, boot, and write. If your interested please ha…
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## [Social Icon for WriteFreely](https://discuss.write.as/t/social-icon-for-writefreely/17198)
**Author:** [@regenpfeifer](https://discuss.write.as/u/regenpfeifer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/social-icon-for-writefreely/17198 "2026-08-10T23:20:41Z")
Hello, the pro version of write.as has the option to set a “social icon” for each blog. I am using the self-hosted version of WriteFreely. Is there any chance to get something like “social icons” also for WriteFreely in…
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## [Writefreely on iOS - Sso support?](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-on-ios-sso-support/20797)
**Author:** [@karcio](https://discuss.write.as/u/karcio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-on-ios-sso-support/20797 "2026-08-08T11:01:10Z")
Hi, using instance which allows me login by Sso - is it possible to add support to app iOS?
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## [Bulk delete of spam accounts?](https://discuss.write.as/t/bulk-delete-of-spam-accounts/11811)
**Author:** [@agger-magenta](https://discuss.write.as/u/agger-magenta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/bulk-delete-of-spam-accounts/11811 "2026-07-19T19:39:05Z")
I’m running an instance for my own blog at agger — WriteFreely@Modspil.dk Naively, I had allowed open registration back in March. Today, to my horror, I see that I now have ~1200 spam accounts. I started deleting them …
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## [Subdomain display for individual blogs in the user interface](https://discuss.write.as/t/subdomain-display-for-individual-blogs-in-the-user-interface/20411)
**Author:** [@axbom](https://discuss.write.as/u/axbom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/subdomain-display-for-individual-blogs-in-the-user-interface/20411 "2026-01-25T18:46:56Z")
I’ve set up WriteFreely and I’ve been able to set up subdomain handling so that it works with wildcards. WriteFreely however, in the UI, keeps displaying the domain.com/blog-name paths. I’d like for it to display blog-na…
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## [Benefits of "MySQL-backed installs"?](https://discuss.write.as/t/benefits-of-mysql-backed-installs/19733)
**Author:** [@bouncinglime](https://discuss.write.as/u/bouncinglime)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/benefits-of-mysql-backed-installs/19733 "2025-12-31T17:34:30Z")
I’m looking at installing WriteFreely, and am curious about what the benefits are of a “MySQL-backed install”. That aspect of WF is mentioned only on the install page, and I’m not seeing anything about it here other than…
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## [Feature request: Ability to embed GitHub gists](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-ability-to-embed-github-gists/20198)
**Author:** [@johnkarahalis](https://discuss.write.as/u/johnkarahalis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-ability-to-embed-github-gists/20198 "2025-12-19T00:04:59Z")
At the moment, it appears to be impossible to embed GitHub gists in WriteFreely posts. To embed a GitHub Gist in a blog post, one needs to copy and paste the embed code that GitHub provides, which is a \. It might…
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## [Add option to delete own account](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-option-to-delete-own-account/10316)
**Author:** [@talya](https://discuss.write.as/u/talya)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-option-to-delete-own-account/10316 "2025-12-16T16:20:25Z")
A user recently wished to delete their account on an instance I manage. They had to go through me to delete their user. That’s not really a reasonable way to do things. I’m not familiar with any other blogging software …
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## [Login does not work](https://discuss.write.as/t/login-does-not-work/20047)
**Author:** [@gmkeros](https://discuss.write.as/u/gmkeros)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/login-does-not-work/20047 "2025-12-02T01:11:51Z")
I set up writefreely, have it running on my domain and on port 9393 and I get to the empty page. When I try to login it accepts my credentials but stays on the same page (using wrong credentials gives the expected “wrong…
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## [WriteFreely behind a nginx reverse proxy buttons don't work as expected](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-behind-a-nginx-reverse-proxy-buttons-dont-work-as-expected/20064)
**Author:** [@cocolinofan](https://discuss.write.as/u/cocolinofan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-behind-a-nginx-reverse-proxy-buttons-dont-work-as-expected/20064 "2025-11-28T20:10:28Z")
Hello, I’ve just installed WriteFreely and I put it behind a nginx reverse proxy (you can find it here :D). Everything works great. I just have one problem that I don’t know how to fix. Some of the links on the webpage…
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## [Is it possible to transfer a blog to a new user?](https://discuss.write.as/t/is-it-possible-to-transfer-a-blog-to-a-new-user/19735)
**Author:** [@agger-magenta](https://discuss.write.as/u/agger-magenta)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/is-it-possible-to-transfer-a-blog-to-a-new-user/19735 "2025-10-08T18:04:17Z")
I’m self-hosting a multi-user instance, freely.modspil.dk. Would it be possible to transfer on of my blogs to a different user? I can’t seem to find it in the user interface.
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## [I see a new release to 16.0](https://discuss.write.as/t/i-see-a-new-release-to-16-0/19573)
**Author:** [@Crow](https://discuss.write.as/u/Crow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/i-see-a-new-release-to-16-0/19573 "2025-09-20T17:41:43Z")
As You know, I have a tutorial here: https://xogops.com/index.php/w-f/. Are the changes made merely a matter of updating the code for install version from 0.15.1 to 0.16.0? I want to keep up with you so if there is other…
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## [Running WriteFreely at a shared web hosting plan](https://discuss.write.as/t/running-writefreely-at-a-shared-web-hosting-plan/19496)
**Author:** [@Hermine](https://discuss.write.as/u/Hermine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/running-writefreely-at-a-shared-web-hosting-plan/19496 "2025-09-11T19:47:34Z")
Hello, I’m on a shared hosting plan with OVH, which offers SSH access and an SQL database. I am not a root user. I installed WriteFreely 0.16.0 at the subdomain folder blog, with the following configuration: root -…
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## [The documentation about \`writefreely config start\` need to be more accurate](https://discuss.write.as/t/the-documentation-about-writefreely-config-start-need-to-be-more-accurate/19426)
**Author:** [@Hermine](https://discuss.write.as/u/Hermine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/the-documentation-about-writefreely-config-start-need-to-be-more-accurate/19426 "2025-09-03T17:32:03Z")
Hello, In the documentation, I suggest correcting the config command from writefreely config start to (on macOS and Linux): ./writefreely config start - for being accurate Getting Started Page
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## [Empty public feed](https://discuss.write.as/t/empty-public-feed/18458)
**Author:** [@marcelcosta](https://discuss.write.as/u/marcelcosta)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/empty-public-feed/18458 "2025-08-16T14:59:53Z")
Hi! I don’t know why, but since some weeks public feed from our instance has lost its posts (old and new posts). I don’t know where to look for. Any idea? Thanks!
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## [Localhost site cannot be reached. ERR\_CONNECTION\_REFUSED](https://discuss.write.as/t/localhost-site-cannot-be-reached-err-connection-refused/1577)
**Author:** [@Dami](https://discuss.write.as/u/Dami)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/localhost-site-cannot-be-reached-err-connection-refused/1577 "2023-12-05T19:23:45Z")
Hello. After running the write freely executable, I get this: 2020/07/03 08:21:34 Starting WriteFreely 0.12.0... 2020/07/03 08:21:34 Loading config.ini configuration... 2020/07/03 08:21:34 Loading templates... 2020/07/0…
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## [Can you delete posts published by writefreely?](https://discuss.write.as/t/can-you-delete-posts-published-by-writefreely/18379)
**Author:** [@rubberhose](https://discuss.write.as/u/rubberhose)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/can-you-delete-posts-published-by-writefreely/18379 "2025-07-22T01:12:14Z")
Hello Matt, I saw that some websites are published by writefreely, as you can see in the picture. I visited writefreely and find all the way to this forum. I wonder if you can delete the guest posts or just links in the…
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## [Federation of URL](https://discuss.write.as/t/federation-of-url/18282)
**Author:** [@Hosseinzadeh](https://discuss.write.as/u/Hosseinzadeh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/federation-of-url/18282 "2025-07-15T09:36:43Z")
My account’s main blog is @reza@paper.wf. When I create a post, the URL of the post is not a human-readable string because my posts are in persian. So I change the URL after publishing the post. In mastodon the posts’ ol…
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## [Self-hosted, moving from one Custom domain to another ... what's involved?](https://discuss.write.as/t/self-hosted-moving-from-one-custom-domain-to-another-whats-involved/18167)
**Author:** [@nattiegoogie](https://discuss.write.as/u/nattiegoogie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/self-hosted-moving-from-one-custom-domain-to-another-whats-involved/18167 "2025-07-09T20:25:24Z")
Hi all, I just joined the Community here, but I’ve been self-hosting a personal write-freely blog for, IDK, 4-5 years or more. I want to move to a new domain – nothing radical, I just want to get off of the “.com” tld …
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## [How can I import a blog?](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-can-i-import-a-blog/4139)
**Author:** [@paulakreuzer](https://discuss.write.as/u/paulakreuzer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-can-i-import-a-blog/4139 "2025-07-08T05:49:56Z")
I used the export feature for my blog and installed WF on a new domain. Now I want to import everything there, but all I find is the option to import a single post.
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## [WriteFreely v0.15.1](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-v0-15-1/13887)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/writefreely-v0-15-1/13887 "2025-07-04T21:59:42Z")
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## [Want your blog / instance featured?](https://discuss.write.as/t/want-your-blog-instance-featured/354)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/want-your-blog-instance-featured/354 "2025-06-21T08:14:27Z")
I’m hoping to show off some WriteFreely instances / Write.as blogs on writefreely.org, to illustrate the different ways the software can be / is being used. I’d especially like to feature sites that have any kind of cust…
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## [iOS app bug: documents slide closed while I'm typing](https://discuss.write.as/t/ios-app-bug-documents-slide-closed-while-im-typing/17404)
**Author:** [@elephant](https://discuss.write.as/u/elephant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/ios-app-bug-documents-slide-closed-while-im-typing/17404 "2025-05-11T09:57:49Z")
I’m using the iOS app on an up to date (OS) iPhone 15 Pro Max and am experiencing a bug that makes it difficult to use. When I’m typing in a note/document, randomly the document will close as if I swiped right to get bac…
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## [Read endpoint essentially unstyled (and not pretty)](https://discuss.write.as/t/read-endpoint-essentially-unstyled-and-not-pretty/17424)
**Author:** [@ltning](https://discuss.write.as/u/ltning)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/read-endpoint-essentially-unstyled-and-not-pretty/17424 "2025-05-05T21:57:12Z")
Hi all, I recently spun up a new instance and while it looks decent when logged in, the /read endpoint looks like it’s from the early 90’s. :slight\_smile: Now I’m all for retro-computing (it’s going to be the main topic…
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## [Moving my instance away from writefreely.host](https://discuss.write.as/t/moving-my-instance-away-from-writefreely-host/17115)
**Author:** [@filippodb](https://discuss.write.as/u/filippodb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/moving-my-instance-away-from-writefreely-host/17115 "2025-04-14T22:30:21Z")
HI, I wrote a lot of email to writefreely.host support but never had a reply yet. I need to move the instance noblogo.org form writefreely hosting and starting to selfhost the instance, so a I need a full backup and nee…
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## [Spam Prevention](https://discuss.write.as/t/spam-prevention/1227)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/spam-prevention/1227 "2025-03-28T00:45:51Z")
I’d like to get everyone’s input on potential future spam prevention built into WriteFreely. Today we deal with a sizable amount of SEO / backlink spam on Write.as, thanks to our anonymous / no sign-up publishing featur…
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## [Differences between Write.as and WriteFreely](https://discuss.write.as/t/differences-between-write-as-and-writefreely/648)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/differences-between-write-as-and-writefreely/648 "2025-03-10T22:36:44Z")
Write.as is our official instance of WriteFreely, and includes additional functionality on top of the base product. Here’s a list of the differences, and reasons they’re not included in WF. Anonymous (no-signup) publi…
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## [Themes... for sale?](https://discuss.write.as/t/themes-for-sale/13013)
**Author:** [@justinf](https://discuss.write.as/u/justinf)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/themes-for-sale/13013 "2024-09-11T19:35:00Z")
Simple question: The themes available for write.as are… bad. If I whip up 3-4 good ones (example template), would you be willing to pay ~$59 for all of them?
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