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Twitter

Official Twitter and Periscope plugin for WordPress. Embed content and grow your audience. Requires PHP 5.6 or greater.

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Current directory snapshot

Tested up to WordPress 5.2
Current version2.0.5
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.2
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update24 Jul 20197y ago
Active installations9K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating2.5 / 5 from 32 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Twitter version 2.0.5 as active, updated 7y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.2.

Overview

About this plugin

Embed Twitter content, improve sharing on Twitter, convert your web audience into Twitter or Periscope subscribers, and easily track visits to your website from Twitter advertising.

6 or greater.

Embed Twitter content

Embed Twitter content by pasting a URL, customizing a shortcode, or in a widget area.

  • single Tweet
  • profile timeline
  • list timeline
  • collection
  • Moment

Customize embed display to match your theme. Choose a light or dark background, customize link and border colors, and customize timeline template components through your site’s WordPress administrative interface.

The plugin automatically customizes an embed’s template text to match the locale of your site, optimally loads Twitter’s JavaScript to improve site speed and extensibility, and handles advanced use cases such as articles loaded asynchronously via the WordPress API.

Grow your Twitter audience

Automatically generate link previews for your site’s URLs shared on Twitter using Twitter Cards markup. Easily identify your site and author Twitter accounts through your site and user administrative interfaces.

Add a Tweet button to public posts to encourage your visitors to share your content on Twitter. Visitors may see recommended accounts to follow after sharing your content including your site and its authors.

Add a Follow button to convert your site visitors into Twitter subscribers.

Add a Periscope On Air button to convert your site visitors into Periscope subscribers.

Improve Twitter advertising campaigns

Easily add a Twitter website tag to your website to track the effectiveness and conversion rates of Twitter advertising campaigns or build tailored audiences to target your Twitter advertisements for your website audience.

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Docs and active development

Contribute to the plugin, submit pull requests, or run test suites through the Twitter plugin for WordPress GitHub repository.

View Twitter for WordPress documentation to learn more about customization through WordPress filters.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • embedded timeline
  • embedded tweet
  • twitter list
  • twitter profile
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.2

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.2.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.2
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP not listed
Update activity24 Jul 20197y ago

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