Feature Request: Link WordPress.org Accounts with WordPress.com for Jetpack App Notifications

[Jiwoon-Kim]

📱 Feature Request: Link WordPress.org Accounts with WordPress.com for Jetpack App Notifications

Summary:

I’d like to suggest a feature that allows users to link their WordPress.org accounts with their WordPress.com accounts in order to receive notifications from WordPress.org sites (especially Rosseta O2/ Make team blogs) via the Jetpack mobile app.

Problem:

Many contributors (especially those involved in local or less active teams) miss important discussions on WordPress.org due to relying on email for notifications. For people who check email infrequently, engagement becomes harder.

Proposed Solution:

Allow users to:

• Link their WordPress.org profile to their WordPress.com account.
• Get notifications on replies, mentions, or post updates from WordPress.org sites via the Jetpack mobile app.

Supporting Observations:

• Some WordPress.org feeds already show up in WordPress.com Reader and can be “Liked” via Jetpack, suggesting partial integration already exists (e.g., https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/2283439).
• Posts on https://wordpress.org/news/ also appear to have author profiles styled like WordPress.com users when accessed via the Reader (e.g., https://wp.me/pZhYe-4QD).
• The Meta and Photo Directory team O2 sites already feature “Like” buttons and share menus that tie into Jetpack/WordPress.com services.

Potential Benefits:

• Improved contributor retention and communication, especially for async workflows.
• A better mobile experience for open source collaboration.
• More visibility and engagement for local teams and contributors.

Questions / Open Points:

• Is it currently possible to link a .org and .com account in any official way?
• Can WordPress.org profiles gain Reader-style display and follow features via existing infrastructure?
• Is the Reader feed (https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/...) auto-generated from .org sites, or manually connected?

Related Discussion:

Ongoing discussion on Slack (#polyglots) https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP50LK/p1743960060724639

• Slack notification via @WordPress.org bot is helpful, but mobile app support would be ideal.
• Some O2 feeds already display Jetpack Like and Share functionality in the Reader.

Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the tip about Slack notifications via the
@WordPress.org
bot — I’ll definitely look into that!
I noticed that posts from this feed https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/2283439 appear to be authored by your account on https://wordpress.com/reader/users/jbpaul17 Reader. That made me wonder — is your WordPress.org account somehow linked with your WordPress.com account?
If not, I’m curious how this is technically set up. I'd love to understand how that connection works, as it might be helpful for improving notification workflows and engagement, especially via the mobile app.
I’m asking because, as far as I know, it’s not normally possible to access WordPress.org accounts through Jetpack — at least not in the usual way. So I’d love to know how this connection works in your case, or if there’s a specific setup involved.
Since the Jetpack Like button seems to work through the Reader subscription feed, I assumed that some form of integration between WordPress.org and WordPress.com accounts is indeed possible. I thought this might be a useful way to improve accessibility and engagement within the community.

[dangermattic]

Thanks for reporting! 👍

[jkmassel]

Thanks for the suggestion!

Allow users to:

Link their WordPress.org profile to their WordPress.com account.
Get notifications on replies, mentions, or post updates from WordPress.org sites via the Jetpack mobile app.

This isn't a straightforward thing to do because there'd need to be a mechanism for notifications to be generated in the first place. That's the hard part – once we've done that, we could probably just have a .org-specific push notification delivery mechanism.

Is it currently possible to link a .org and .com account in any official way?

That's not possible at the moment, but it's a neat idea!

Some WordPress.org feeds already show up in WordPress.com Reader and can be “Liked” via Jetpack, suggesting partial integration already exists (e.g., https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/2283439).

The WordPress.com reader supports arbitrary RSS feeds, so that's straightforward enough at least.

Is the Reader feed (https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/...) auto-generated from .org sites, or manually connected?

The reader feed is generated when a user follows the site for the first time – from there, we just read the RSS feed.

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This is a super interesting idea, and we'd be super open to community help with this!

[Jiwoon-Kim]

@jkmassel It's probably possible to register BuddyPress, bbPress, and PTE Rosetta site accounts like in the screenshot below. Currently, account integration is only possible via the Jetpack plugin, but the main issue is permission handling — the key challenge is figuring out how to safely implement access to the Jetpack app.