# Instance Admins **URL:** https://discuss.write.as/c/writefreely/instance-admins/19.md [Latest](https://discuss.write.as/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.write.as/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.write.as/tags.md) --- ## [About the Instance Admins category](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-the-instance-admins-category/207)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0
For administrators of WriteFreely instances. Talk and ask questions about running an installation. --- ## [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 … --- ## [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. --- ## [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! --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… --- ## [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… --- ## [Quick clarification question:](https://discuss.write.as/t/quick-clarification-question/14767)
**Author:** [@ahmedsophy](https://discuss.write.as/u/ahmedsophy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/quick-clarification-question/14767 "2024-12-28T00:28:16Z")
I have a personal mastodon account, now a single writing exchange account, and multiple blogs, each with their own fediverse account that people can follow generated by write.as. This integration seems best suited to be … --- ## [Email Setup](https://discuss.write.as/t/email-setup/12828)
**Author:** [@Crow](https://discuss.write.as/u/Crow)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/email-setup/12828 "2024-10-25T18:19:57Z")
Mine is a Writefreely instance at https://abcro.cloud. As WF uses, thus far, Mailgun only I have a subscription there. My question is about config. I am not a developer but I do know my way around terminal and how to set… --- ## [SMTP configuration?](https://discuss.write.as/t/smtp-configuration/13943)
**Author:** [@dalu](https://discuss.write.as/u/dalu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/smtp-configuration/13943 "2024-10-11T18:37:48Z")
What do you do when you don’t use Mailgun, but plain smtp? I have one such mail server, with SSL. How do I configure that? --- ## [Admin URL](https://discuss.write.as/t/admin-url/11164)
**Author:** [@abcro](https://discuss.write.as/u/abcro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/admin-url/11164 "2024-10-11T14:03:54Z")
A quick question, I installed an instance using multiple blogs but could not log in as admin. It said I had incorrect password but I did not. I entered it and copied it to Notebook before launching. I installed a single … --- ## [Federation Not Working Properly](https://discuss.write.as/t/federation-not-working-properly/13197)
**Author:** [@Turtle](https://discuss.write.as/u/Turtle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/federation-not-working-properly/13197 "2024-10-01T20:36:50Z")
Hi Folks, Hoping someone can help with this! I have WriteFreely version 0.15.0~ynh1 installed on a VPS running YUNOhost. I’ve searched the documentation and posted to the YUNOhost forum but not made any headway so far. … --- ## [Feature request: Reset forgotten passwords](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-reset-forgotten-passwords/621)
**Author:** [@JonahAragon](https://discuss.write.as/u/JonahAragon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-reset-forgotten-passwords/621 "2024-09-25T22:20:37Z")
I’m not sure why this doesn’t appear to exist, but there’s no way for users to reset their own passwords. --- ## [Make another user admin?](https://discuss.write.as/t/make-another-user-admin/12462)
**Author:** [@talya](https://discuss.write.as/u/talya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/make-another-user-admin/12462 "2024-07-10T13:22:40Z")
because you can’t assign multiple administrators, despite me having CLI access, I am not an admin user. the person who is an admin user has since resigned. is there a way to make myself admin, preferably via the CLI (so… --- ## [Additional .well-known needed for Matrix](https://discuss.write.as/t/additional-well-known-needed-for-matrix/11908)
**Author:** [@MatKlein](https://discuss.write.as/u/MatKlein)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/additional-well-known-needed-for-matrix/11908 "2024-04-24T12:21:52Z")
I am currently facing the challenge of adding another.well-known folder to my Writefreely installation. I have my matrix installation under matrix.example.com, but it doesn’t promote correctly if the required entry with… --- ## [Independent email](https://discuss.write.as/t/independent-email/11220)
**Author:** [@TheSunCat](https://discuss.write.as/u/TheSunCat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/independent-email/11220 "2024-03-24T11:44:34Z")
Hi! I was looking to enable email subscriptions on my WriteFreely instance, but it looks like only Mailgun is supported for sending emails. I would love to be able to use my own SMTP server to send emails, which I use fo… --- ## [Page not found. if i try to open a Post](https://discuss.write.as/t/page-not-found-if-i-try-to-open-a-post/10817)
**Author:** [@Tealk](https://discuss.write.as/u/Tealk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/page-not-found-if-i-try-to-open-a-post/10817 "2023-12-16T13:12:02Z")
Hello everyone, I have a problem with my instance, some posts only display “Page not found.” when they are called up. Can anyone help me why this is happening? Registration or login works via the Authentic SSO service. … --- ## [Moving account to new instance](https://discuss.write.as/t/moving-account-to-new-instance/10765)
**Author:** [@underlap](https://discuss.write.as/u/underlap)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/moving-account-to-new-instance/10765 "2023-12-12T05:06:15Z")
Is there a way to transfer an account from one writefreely instance to another, including followers? This is possible on Mastodon and seems to be an ActivityPub feature, so should be possible, in principle, on writefree… --- ## [What server elements to backup](https://discuss.write.as/t/what-server-elements-to-backup/8795)
**Author:** [@marcelcosta](https://discuss.write.as/u/marcelcosta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/what-server-elements-to-backup/8795 "2023-04-27T06:13:16Z")
Hello! I would like to know which parts would be necessary to backup (db, nginx, etc…) in order to restore the instance in case of server loss? Other Fediversal software projects have this information in their document… --- ## [Stopped federating; how to diagnose?](https://discuss.write.as/t/stopped-federating-how-to-diagnose/8616)
**Author:** [@julianfoad](https://discuss.write.as/u/julianfoad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/stopped-federating-how-to-diagnose/8616 "2023-03-29T21:12:06Z")
Recently my main fediverse account (self-hosted Pleroma) stopped receiving updates from my WF blog when I publish a new post. It’s been working fine for a couple of years before this. I’m not sure what changed \[\*\]. It’s … --- ## [Crucial features for v1.0?](https://discuss.write.as/t/crucial-features-for-v1-0/229)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/crucial-features-for-v1-0/229 "2023-03-21T03:17:51Z")
Now that WriteFreely has been out for a while – and as we approach the January launch of v1.0 – I’d like to ask everyone using / administering their own site so far: What features are glaringly missing? (Especially fro… --- ## [Generic OAuth – map values not applied](https://discuss.write.as/t/generic-oauth-map-values-not-applied/7603)
**Author:** [@milan](https://discuss.write.as/u/milan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/generic-oauth-map-values-not-applied/7603 "2022-12-26T21:10:51Z")
Hi there, I have started to experiment with using Zitadel as Writefreely’s auth provider. I have adjusted the map\_ values basing on what they write in their claim documentation: scope = openid map\_user\_id … --- ## [Handling follow requests in Writefreely](https://discuss.write.as/t/handling-follow-requests-in-writefreely/7175)
**Author:** [@atyh](https://discuss.write.as/u/atyh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/handling-follow-requests-in-writefreely/7175 "2022-11-11T18:26:10Z")
The set up of writefreely was ridiculously easy. Impressed and thankful. With Federation enabled, I am able to find my writefreely instance in the search of my Pleroma instance, and on other Mastodon instances, but att… --- ## [Can WriteFreely be deployed on an old Plume domain?](https://discuss.write.as/t/can-writefreely-be-deployed-on-an-old-plume-domain/3926)
**Author:** [@milan](https://discuss.write.as/u/milan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/can-writefreely-be-deployed-on-an-old-plume-domain/3926 "2022-01-04T15:50:06Z")
Hi there, i am not sure if this is a topic that should be discussed on a dedicated ActivityPub forum (i am not aware of any). I am considering to replace my current Plume instance with WriteFreely, because I am loosing … --- ## [How to deal with spam?](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-deal-with-spam/2106)
**Author:** [@how](https://discuss.write.as/u/how)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-deal-with-spam/2106 "2020-11-27T21:46:44Z")
As the user list does not currently allow bulk actions, I’d like a little guidance to work from the SQL side of things if this is possible. Find all accounts older than 2 months without any posts (and remove them) Orde… --- ## [HOWTO: MYSQL to SQLite](https://discuss.write.as/t/howto-mysql-to-sqlite/801)
**Author:** [@robjloranger](https://discuss.write.as/u/robjloranger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/howto-mysql-to-sqlite/801 "2020-05-20T15:55:15Z")
I wrote a quick post about moving from an existing MySQL database to SQLite. https://loranger.xyz/mysql-to-sqlite3 --- ## [Help Wanted: WriteFreely Testers](https://discuss.write.as/t/help-wanted-writefreely-testers/994)
**Author:** [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/help-wanted-writefreely-testers/994 "2019-12-18T03:20:16Z")
As mentioned in a devlog blog post last month, we’re going to start putting out Release Candidates before major WriteFreely releases in the future. With this, I hope to get more eyes on the code and make sure we catch an… --- ## [Feature Request: Disable on a per user/blog basis from appearing on Reader page](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-disable-on-a-per-user-blog-basis-from-appearing-on-reader-page/597)
**Author:** [@carbontwelve](https://discuss.write.as/u/carbontwelve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/feature-request-disable-on-a-per-user-blog-basis-from-appearing-on-reader-page/597 "2019-08-30T11:51:02Z")
It would be useful from an anti-spam/moderation point of view to be able to disable certain users/blogs from appearing on the /read page. --- ## [MacOS install, Pages error(s)](https://discuss.write.as/t/macos-install-pages-error-s/641)
**Author:** [@bix](https://discuss.write.as/u/bix)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/macos-install-pages-error-s/641 "2019-05-28T03:38:06Z")
Installed the pre-compiled MacOS setup (to get a look at the admin side on the road to launching an instance) and everything in the Admin area appears to work except going to Pages, which just tosses up that “Server erro… --- ## [Errors with Installation](https://discuss.write.as/t/errors-with-installation/231)
**Author:** [@pandyBird](https://discuss.write.as/u/pandyBird)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/errors-with-installation/231 "2018-12-17T18:14:07Z")
Hi! I’ve setup my instance at write.beach.city. Posting works! (Check out https://write.beach.city/pandora\_parrot/) However I’m seeing an error every time I try to save customization of my blog. Basically, every tim… [Next page](https://discuss.write.as/c/writefreely/instance-admins/19.md?page=1)