elightbo

This twitter plugin outputs your twitter updates to your WordPress blog. It linkifies hash tags and @replies while properly caching. It is called TweetiePie because it uses the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/" title="SimplePie" rel="ugc">SimplePie WordPress plugin</a> to pull the tweets from twitter and cache them. Caching is necessary to minimize the times that your blog has to talk to twitter. This will speed up your site and <a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Rate-limiting" title="Rate limiting on twitter" rel="nofollow ugc">keep twitter happy</a>.
This plugin requires WordPress 2.8 or greater. If using an earlier 2.8 version it also requires the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/" title="SimplePie" rel="ugc">SimplePie WordPress plugin</a>.

TweetiePie

Outputs latest twitter updates and linkifies hash tags and @replies.  Properly caches.

mortenf

Do you want to display your latest tweet on your blog? 
Don’t like the look of other <a href="http://twitter.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> widgets or feeds?
Try Twitter Bubble.
<h3>License</h3>
Copyright (c) 2009 Morten Høybye Frederiksen <a href="mailto:morten@wasab.dk" rel="nofollow ugc">morten@wasab.dk</a>
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 
purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 
WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 
ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Twitter Bubble

A sidebar widget showing the latest twitter update in a nice talk bubble, suitable for wide sidebars.

TweetiePie vs Twitter Bubble