Today we’re rolling out two plug-in changes to Micro.blog. The first is that for new users, the Sumo theme by Matt Langford is now the default theme. This is a great theme that I think will serve new users better than our previous default theme Marfa. Sumo is better maintained and easier to customize.
Inspired by the good work that plug-in developers are doing, we’re also starting to sprinkle in donation buttons on your plug-ins list. The buttons can say either donate, tip, or buy me a coffee. Here’s an example:
I’ve been manually wiring these up, but later we’ll automate this so that Micro.blog can discover the donation link via a plug-in’s config or readme. If you’ve created a plug-in that accepts donations, let me know and I’ll update the listing.
Matt Langford 
Singleton Fitness @Mtt well deserved, nice update by hope this helps encourage more developers to create for micro.blog
Pedro Corá @Mtt congrats! It’s an amazing theme!
Michael Brown Love the donate button! Thanks!
Greg Moore Congratulations to @Mtt for a great theme. Even bigger cheers for the donate button to support the people creating these wonderful themes and plugins.
Sven Dahlstrand Great update! Thanks for making all those fantastic themes, @Mtt.
Lou Plummer I'm definitely an @Mtt fan. I encourage folks who use his work and have received help from him to join me in making a monthly contribution. buymeacoffee.com/mattlangf...
Matt Langford @amerpie Thanks so much! Your kindness and generosity have not gone unnoticed!
Jamie Thingelstad great idea on the donate buttons? Let’s use them folks. 💸
Manton Reece @mdhughes The export items are probably grayed out because you don't have a blog hosted with us. Can you email help@micro.blog? I think not having a blog and trying to export data is an edge case I hadn't considered, happy to walk through it.
Kali Kambo Great updates, and congrats, @Mtt!
Matt Langford @sod Thanks for all the help along the way!
Amit Gawande :verified_coffee: @manton This is a great update. Sumo is a wonderful theme and should be a brilliant default - so a welcome decision. Kudos @matt !
Btw for donation links, should I update my plugins config?
Manton Reece @amit Thanks! I haven't defined the new config field yet. I didn't notice a donate link in your readme, can you send it to me and I'll update your plug-ins until we can automate this?
Amit Gawande :verified_coffee: @manton I haven’t included it in readme. But it’s there on my homepage. Anyway here you go. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/amitgawande
Manton Reece @amit Great, I've updated your plug-ins! The link will show up now for anyone who has one of them installed.
Hall Great idea and a great theme 😀
Writing Slowly @otaviocc micropublish.blog looks great - I'm keen to try it out. In case anyone missed it:
Micro.publish is an Obsidian plugin to publish notes directly to Micro.blog
R Scott Jones @writingslowly wow, that looks awesome!