ActivityPub Testing

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About this skill

Testing patterns for PHPUnit and Playwright E2E tests. Use when writing tests, debugging test failures, setting up test coverage, or implementing test patterns for ActivityPub features.

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This skill provides guidance on writing and running tests for the WordPress ActivityPub plugin.

Quick Reference

For complete testing commands and environment setup, see Testing Reference.

Key Commands

  • PHP: npm run env-test
  • E2E: npm run test:e2e
  • JavaScript: npm run test:unit

PHPUnit Testing

Test Structure

<?php
namespace Activitypub\Tests;

use WP_UnitTestCase;

class Test_Feature extends WP_UnitTestCase {
    public function set_up(): void {
        parent::set_up();
        // Setup
    }

    public function tear_down(): void {
        // Cleanup
        parent::tear_down();
    }

    public function test_functionality() {
        // Test implementation
    }
}

Common Test Patterns

For transformer and handler testing patterns, see Testing Reference - Writing Effective Tests.

For mocking HTTP requests and other utilities, see Testing Reference - Test Utilities.

Test Groups

Use @group annotations:

/**
 * @group activitypub
 * @group federation
 */
public function test_federation_feature() {
    // Test code
}

E2E Testing with Playwright

Basic E2E Test

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test('ActivityPub settings page loads', async ({ page }) => {
    await page.goto('/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=activitypub');
    await expect(page.locator('h1')).toContainText('ActivityPub');
});

Testing Federation

test('WebFinger discovery works', async ({ page }) => {
    const response = await page.request.get('/.well-known/webfinger', {
        params: {
            resource: 'acct:admin@localhost:8888'
        }
    });

    expect(response.ok()).toBeTruthy();
    const json = await response.json();
    expect(json.subject).toBe('acct:admin@localhost:8888');
});

Test Data Factories

For creating test data (users, posts, comments), see Testing Reference - Test Utilities.

Coverage Reports

See Testing Reference for detailed coverage generation instructions.

Debugging Tests

Debug Output

// In tests
var_dump( $data );
error_log( print_r( $result, true ) );

// Run with verbose
npm run env-test -- --verbose --debug

Isolating Tests

# Run single test method
npm run env-test -- --filter=test_specific_method

# Stop on first failure
npm run env-test -- --stop-on-failure

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Item type
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Key
test-automattic
Source
github.com/automattic/wordpress-activitypub