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WP PlugIndex currently records Twitter Link Shortcut version 1.0.3 as active, updated 17y ago and tested up to WordPress 2.8.
Overview
About this plugin
This plugin hopes to make linking to Twitter profiles easier in WordPress posts and pages.
com/username.
The plugin uses a basic shortcode:
[twitter]
to wrap around Twitter user names.
The plugin will then output the username with a link to their profile, displaying the standard @username format.
twitshort selector.
Usage
Once it’s installed a quicktag/button labled “twitter” will display in your post/page edit toolbar. Clicking the link will insert the [twitter] and [/twitter] shortcode into your post/page. Simply insert the Twitter user’s name between the two short codes and the plugin will take care of the rest.
You can also insert the shortcode manually around the Twitter username you wish to link to.
Example: [twitter]jdblundell[/twitter]
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
links
shortcode
twitter
username
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 2.8
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 2.8.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to2.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.7 · PHP not listed
Update activity30 Sept 200917y ago
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