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Simple Twitter Connect is a series of plugins that let you add any sort of Twitter functionality you like to a WordPress blog. This lets you have an integrated site without a lot of coding, and still letting you customize it exactly the way you'd like.

First, you activate and set up the base plugin, which makes your site have basic Twitter functionality. Then, each of the add-on plugins will let you add small pieces of specific Twitter-related functionality, one by one.

Bonus: Unlike other Twitter plugins for WordPress, this one helps you create your own Twitter application and identity, so your tweets from here show up as being from Your Blog, not from some plugin system. You'll never see "posted by Simple Twitter Connect" in your tweet stream, you'll see "posted by Your Blog Name". Great way to drive traffic back to your own site and to see your own Twitter userbase.

Requires WordPress 3.0 and PHP 5.

Current add-ons

• Login using Twitter
• Comment using Twitter credentials
• Users can auto-tweet their comments
• Tweet button (official one from twitter)
• Tweetmeme button
• Auto-tweet new posts to an account
• Manual Tweetbox after Publish
• Full @anywhere support
• Auto-link all twitter names on the site (with optional hovercards)
• Dashboard Twitter Widget

Coming soon

• More direct retweet button (instead of using Tweetmeme)
• (Got more ideas? Tell me!)

If you have suggestions for a new add-on, feel free to email me at otto@ottodestruct.com .

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Author: Otto42