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Tweets As Posts (TAP) for WordPress is a plugin that allows you to import tweets from twitter into WordPress as posts by simply stating twitter names and hashtags in the confirguration.
Unlimited number of Twitter accounts can be used making both personal and company websites easy to update from multiple twitter accounts.
A custom list of hashtags allows control over which tweets are imported. (Future versions will offer even more options for control)
The imported tweets are added to WordPress as posts, into a category specified in the settings confirguration, and displayed on the front-end with Search Engine Friendly URLs.
The import update runs once an hour automatically or can be forced to run from the settings page of the plugin e.g. if you require an important tweet to appear on the site immediately.
<h4>Why use Tweets As Posts</h4>
<ol>
<li>A simple way to archive your, and those of others if necessary, tweets and make them available on your website</li>
<li>Updates your website automatically with content relevant to your site visitors</li>
<li>Your tweets flow naturally with the rest of your website content e.g. as opposed to being displayed in a widget</li>
<li>Search engines love sites that are updated regularly – depending on your tweeting frequency this could have a positive effect on your site’s Search Engine ranking</li>
<li>Urls are Search Engine Friendly making discovery by Search Engines easy</li>
</ol>
This plugin is an extension of the excellent ‘Twitter News Feed’ plugin by Keir Whitaker
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ol>
<li>Tweets As Posts 1.1 requires PHP5</li>
<li>Simplepie – http://simplepie.org/ (This is included in the plugin)</li>
</ol>

Tweets As Posts

Tweets As Posts imports all tweets tagged with specified hashtags from twitter accounts into WordPress as posts.

Prasanna SP

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Twiget Twitter Widget lets you display your latest twitter status updates in any of the widgetized areas. Just add the Twiget Twitter Widget to your sidebar or any of the widget areas and enter your twitter username. It will display your latest tweets along with a follow @username button to make it easier for people to follow you! You can configure widget title, twitter username, number of tweets to display, link target etc, in the widget configuration.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Twitter API 1.1 support</li>
<li>Twitter requests caching with auto-optimised duration for performance</li>
<li>AJAX-based so your site’s load time is not affected by Twitter’s server</li>
<li>Multiple instances of widget</li>
<li>Option to change widget title</li>
<li>Option to change number of tweets to display</li>
<li>Option to show followers count, profile picture, and Twitter bio</li>
<li>Option to show twitter client used. Eg: via Twitter for Android</li>
<li>Option to open links in a new window</li>
<li>Option to hide @replies</li>
<li>Linkified @usernames and #hashtags</li>
</ul>
Twiget is developed by <a href="http://www.khairul-syahir.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Syahir Hakim</a> of <a href="http://www.graphene-theme.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Graphene Theme</a> and <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Prasanna SP</a>.
Translation: If you want to translate this plugin to your language, please find the twiget.pot file in /languages/ folder.
Demo: See demo of this plugin <a href="http://demo.prasannasp.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. It is the second item in the sidebar.
Support: Please post your support questions at Twiget Twitter Widget plugin <a href="http://forum.prasannasp.net/forum/plugin-support/twiget/" rel="nofollow ugc">support forum</a>.
Visit <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a> for more WordPress Plugins by the developer.
This plugin uses Abraham’s [twitteroauth library] (https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth‎/).

Twiget Twitter Widget

A widget to display the latest Twitter status updates.

Tweets As Posts vs Twiget Twitter Widget