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Good Old Twitter Feed Widget
Shows the latest tweets from a Twitter account in a sidebar widget.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 400+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 26 Oct 2022
- Added
- Oct 2015
- Requires WP
- 2.9
- Tested up to
- WP 6.1.12
- Downloads
- 28,104
Our analysis
AI-assistedGood Old Twitter Feed Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display the latest posts from a Twitter account in a sidebar widget. You can customize various display settings such as style, replies, retweets, links, dates, and thumbnails. To use the plugin, you need to create a personal Twitter Application and obtain specific authentication strings from Twitter's developer site.
The plugin also supports a shortcode for embedding recent tweets outside of the widget. This requires entering the Twitter username and the necessary authentication attributes. The plugin is suitable for users who want to integrate Twitter feeds into their WordPress site.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users who want to showcase their Twitter activity on their site.
What it does well
- ✓Displays latest Twitter posts in a sidebar widget
- ✓Customizable display options available
- ✓Supports shortcode for embedding tweets
Where it falls short
- •Requires Twitter API authentication setup
- •CURL and OPENSSL extensions must be enabled
- •Shortcode support is experimental
Verdict
Good Old Twitter Feed Widget provides a straightforward way to integrate Twitter feeds into a WordPress site, but requires some technical setup.
From the developer
whiletrue's own description of Good Old Twitter Feed Widget, lightly tidied.
This plugin displays the latest posts from a Twitter account in a sidebar widget.
Easy customization of style, replies, retweets, links, dates, thumbnails and a lot more.
The plugin is based on Twitter API version 1.1.
In order to use it, you have to create a personal Twitter Application on the dev.twitter.com website.
Within your Application, Twitter provides two strings: the Consumer Key and the Consumer Secret.
You also need two other strings, the Access Token and the Access Token Secret, that you can get
following this guide.
Finally, enter all the Authorization string in the widget options box, along with your favorite display settings: your Twitter Widget is now ready and active!
You can use the same Authorization strings for several widgets and multiple website.
Just remember to store them in a safe place!
You also need CURL and OPENSSL extensions enabled in your PHP environment (don’t worry, almost every hosting service provides that).
Shortcode
If you want to put your recent tweets other than in a widget, you can use the [good_old_twitter] shortcode.
The shortcode support is experimental.
At the moment at least the twitter username and the 4 authentication attributes are mandatory. The shortcode minimal configuration is (with all fields filled):
[good_old_twitter username=”” consumer_key=”” consumer_secret=”” access_token=”” access_token_secret=””]
You can specify other optional attributes, e.g.:
- num (number of tweets to show, e.g. num=”10″)
- skip_retweets (if set to true, retweets are skipped, e.g. skip_retweets=”true”)
The full list of available options is available in the plugin FAQ.
Reference
For more informations: www.whiletrue.it
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