Ah, so happy this is being developed. I just started digging into steem over the last couple weeks and as a wordpress designer/builder i see SO MUCH potential for a proper steem-WP integration.
I'd love to share a bit about where i can see this headed, beyond simply auto-posting WP posts to Steem.
Where I think this can truly shine is in integrating Steemconnect to the WP userbase, so people can automatically sign up and in with their steem credentials. With SMTs and the upcoming steem widgets, we could then easily replace WP comments with Steem comments, and even add upvote buttons to specific bits of WP content.
Beyond a blogging platform, I primarily use WP for building app-like experiences where people are logged in. For example, WP-based online courses could benefit from this greatly.
Another thing thats really great about WP is that we can go beyond mere blog posts and create highly customized interactive content/experiences. How amazing would it be to be able to add an upvote button to a WP page or piece of content? For example, here's a WP experience I created last year: https://coursesworthsharing.com - being able to integrate experiences like this with steem would be a godsend.
I'm sure there are some big techincal hurdles to this, especially when it comes to integrating steem users w/ WP users, but i cant see why this isnt all possible.
It would just be so awesome to be able to embed upvote buttons, comment areas, etc anywhere you want via shortcodes.
There's so much value and creativity that can be harnessed with WP sites that goes way above and beyond simple blog posts. I'd love to contribute to getting this type of content cooperating with steem in any way I can.
Thanks for getting the ball rolling - and thank you @adept for bringing this project to my awareness :)
Thanks a lot for your thoughts !
Having steem completely integrated with wordpress where people can post, comment and upvote and everything is linked to the steem blockchain is definitely the end goal. This is only the first step.
So yes more than getting the ball rolling, I'm also following it and kicking it some more :D