Title: Subscriptions
Last modified: May 7, 2024

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# Subscriptions

 *  Resolved [Kurt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/highfxmedia/)
 * (@highfxmedia)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriptions-61/)
 * Seems like adding subscriptions was started a while back but not finished. Subscriptions
   would make this plugin even greater. Any plans to add subscriptions?
 * Thanks!
 * Kurt

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 *  Plugin Author [Jason Bahl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbahl/)
 * (@jasonbahl)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriptions-61/#post-17739727)
 * [@highfxmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/highfxmedia/) Hey Kurt!
   Thanks
   for your interest in Subscriptions. I agree that it would be a fantastic feature,
   and we hope to support it one day, but we don’t have an ETA and it’s not currently
   being actively pursued.
 * One of the challenges to formally supporting it in core WPGraphQL is the transport.
   PHP environments typically are not ideal for handling open sockets and a lot 
   of WordPress hosts wouldn’t support it, so there’s a good chance a service would
   be needed to handle the persistent open connection to transport the real-time
   events.
 * Possibly a service like Pusher or Ably could serve as the transport layer.
 * I’ll see if I can track down some old experiments I’ve done in the space and 
   publish them on Github to see if they could maybe inspire someone to get something
   working.
 *  Thread Starter [Kurt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/highfxmedia/)
 * (@highfxmedia)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriptions-61/#post-17741176)
 * Jason:
 * Thanks for your quick response. Yes, subscriptions are complicated so I understand
   why they haven’t been included yet. They will allow for some killer apps when
   they’re part of WPGraphQL. Inspiration is the mother of invention so let ‘er 
   rip!

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriptions-61/#post-17741176)
 * Status: resolved