Haris Zulfiqar

Twounter simply returns the number of followers for a twitter username.
You have two options to fetch the number of followers for a username.
You can use the function <code><?php echo twounter('username') ?></code> in your template files or you can use the twounter 
shortcode <code>[twounter]username[/twounter]</code>in post/page editor to return the numbers of followers for the 
username.

Twounter

Twounter returns the number of followers of a twitter user in simple text format.

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.

Twounter vs Twitter Bubble