Sam

> > Is it possible to change the profile ID of a 'blog profile only' account and retain followers? > > Yes, the ID stays the same, it updates the...

> [@pfefferle](https://github.com/pfefferle) Would it make sense to add the old username to account aliases on update, and include aliases in [the pseudo_user_discovery](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/74583b545a613d685ed8bb4329f23da760af2a4d/integration/class-webfinger.php#L81-L85) and [account lookup](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/trunk/includes/collection/class-actors.php#L87) to avoid orphaning them? If...

I’ve tested changing the handle on two other sites to see if this works but sadly it doesn’t. Changing the handle in the ActivityPub plugin settings has no effect. The...

Interesting. I can confirm that I’m now seeing the same as you. It must take 24 hours or something for the change to take place as when I’d posted this...

Ahhhh, so the followers don’t come over? Is there any way of doing that - switching handles and keeping followers? I’m testing it with openspurs because I want to do...

Apologies for taking my time here - just coming back online after a period away. I will look in to this asap and get back to you on it.

Okay … finally got round to testing it and it’s good news. First error in previous testing was because the account had no followers as @obenland suggested. So this time...

I went ahead and changed the handle 24 hours ago, following all of the steps outlined above, but as yet it doesn't seem to resolve on Mastodon. I changed from...

Potentially. Both this site and the site we tested it on before use Litespeed cache with the same settings. Perhaps that’s why it took a while for the test to...

Doesn’t seem to have made any difference. Should I try changing the handle back to what it was originally to see if that shows up on browser.pub?