Description
Important notice: Twitter shut down their v1 API and use now the v1.1, to update your mini twitter feed you need to go on https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/new create a new widget and get your Twitter widget ID. You can update the id on the shortcode or widget. ([minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ username=âYOUR_USERNAMEâ] or in the field âidâ in the widget section).
You get this Twitter Widget ID from the code provided by Twitter when you create this widget: data-widget-id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ or in the URL https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/TWITTER_WIDGET_ID/edit.
The plugin âmini Twitter feedâ or twitter timeline puts Twitter on your WordPress blog, you can add your tweets or the tweets from the folks you like, lists, queries…
You can display up to 100 tweets within 7 days (limit set by Twitter’s Search API).
It displays tweets from your feed or from the Twitter Search, from a list or from your favorite users. It is very flexible and modular.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload
/mini-twitter_feed
to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the âPluginsâ menu in WordPress
- If you don’t have your Twitter Widget ID yet, Go on https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/new to create a new widget to get your Twitter Widget ID. Your Twitter Widget ID is in the URL (https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/TWITTER_WIDGET_ID/edit…) right after you click on the button âCreate widgetâ or in the code provided by Twitter: data-widget-id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ.
- Place
[minitwitter id="TWITTER_WIDGET_ID" username="YOUR_USERNAME"]
in your templates or use the widget section.
You can limit the number of tweets displayed [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ username=âwebdevdesignerâ limit=7]: it will show the last 7 tweets of the user @webdevdesigner.
It is possible to add a list of users to show [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ username=âtwitterâ list=âteamâ]: it will show 5 tweets of the list âteamâ of the âtwitterâ user.
You can show the tweets of a query [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ query=âawesomeâ]: it will show the tweets from the query #awesome.
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
-
- Upload
/mini-twitter_feed
to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the âPluginsâ menu in WordPress
- If you don’t have your Twitter Widget ID yet, Go on https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/new to create a new widget to get your Twitter Widget ID. Your Twitter Widget ID is in the URL (https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/TWITTER_WIDGET_ID/edit…) right after you click on the button âCreate widgetâ or in the code provided by Twitter: data-widget-id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ.
- Place
[minitwitter id="TWITTER_WIDGET_ID" username="YOUR_USERNAME"]
in your templates or use the widget section.
You can limit the number of tweets displayed [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ username=âwebdevdesignerâ limit=7]: it will show the last 7 tweets of the user @webdevdesigner.
It is possible to add a list of users to show [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ username=âtwitterâ list=âteamâ]: it will show 5 tweets of the list âteamâ of the âtwitterâ user.
You can show the tweets of a query [minitwitter id=âTWITTER_WIDGET_IDâ query=âawesomeâ]: it will show the tweets from the query #awesome.
- Upload
- why my feed is just showing a link (âTweets by…â)?
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You probably forgot to put your Twitter Widget ID in the shortcode or the widget. Check step 2. of the installation process.
- What are the âqueryâ and âlistâ fields in the widget section?
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The field âqueryâ is NOT required. It is only to show themes or sentences like â#worldcupâ.
The field âlistâ is NOT required too. It is to display the tweets of one of your list.
Contributors & Developers
“Mini twitter feed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0
1.1
Bug fix with for color of the links, now CSS is used.
Font -1px on all plugin
1.2
Bug fix for IE
Bug fix quotes query
1.3
CSS change
URL for author and plugin
1.4
use of jQuery for no conflict
2.0
New twitter API v1.1
3.0
Deleted link in the footer