Get Latest Tweets
Adds a shortcode tag [get_latest_tweets username='somename'] to display an excerpt from your latest blog post.
Maintenance 22/1003555d since update
Active installs
50
Downloads
12,272
Reviews
2
Age
14.9y
Tagstwitterformattingtweettweetsget_latest_tweets
Plugin info
Total downloads: 12,272
Active installs: 50
Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 4
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 4/7/2016 (3555 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/13/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0.4
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.5.33
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3555 days ago • 2 reviews
22/100
Is Get Latest Tweets abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 3555 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0.4
Tested up to: 4.5.33
Requires PHP: f
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Description
This plugin adds the ability to put a shortcode tag in any static page or post and have it display the latest tweets for a particular twitter user.
It generates markup like this, which you can style as desired:
- @jane Please dance a jig. 3 hours ago
- Anyone used TotalFinder? http://t.co/blah Saw it on @bob's machine and am intrigued. 6 hours ago
Installation
- Upload the plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory and unzip it. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Create ‘wp-content/cache/latest_tweets/’ and make sure it is writable by the web server.
- Put your Twitter credentials in twitter.api.keys.json. Make sure this file is not world-readable. You can get these from https://dev.twitter.com/apps
- Place
[get_latest_tweets username="somename"]in your pages.
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Changelog
0.3
- More WordPress VIP coding standards
- refactored in to class
- when JSON contains an error, output it
- updated “tested up to” to 4.3.1
0.2.2
- WordPress VIP coding standards; updated “tested up to” to 4.1
0.2.1
- “Tested up to” updated to 3.9.1
0.2.0
- Now uses version 1.1 of the Twitter API — requires Twitter API credentials
0.1.3
- Fix “Tested up to” and make sure version numbers sync up
0.1.2
- Updated for new twitter API (thanks, @byjuhohn)
0.1.1
- Fixed tweet permalinks (credit: Wouter den Boer)
0.1
- Initial release.