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WordTwit

WordTwit is a plugin that uses the Twitter API to automatically push a published post to your Twitter account as a tweet.

Version 2.6.4

  • Added: Extra security checking for URL creation when Local URL shortening method is used

Version 2.6.3

  • WordPress 3.2 enhancements
  • Updated: Re-compressed PNGs for performance and speed

Version 2.6.2

  • Compatibility with WordPress 3.2
  • Now requires WordPress 3.0 or higher

Version 2.6.1

  • Fixed: Broken 'Allow Tweeting of Old Posts' setting
  • Fixed: Removed extra definition for tweet cache time
  • Fixed: Broken Sign-in To Twitter image (Twitter removed it from their servers)
  • Changed: Unobfuscated WordTwit OAuth keys

Version 2.6

  • Added: Simple character count to post WordTwit status box
  • Added: Tweet error messages
  • Added: Ability to automatically adjust OAuth time offset
  • Added: Ability to utilize a custom Twitter application for Tweets
  • Fixed: Bug with apostrophes in category name
  • Changed: Stopped a CSS file from loading which isn't used anymore
  • Changed: Logic regarding old Tweet times
  • Updated: Language .pot file, please submit translations to translation (at) bravenewcode.com

Version 2.5.1

  • Added: Debugging code
  • Added: Server time offset to adjust the time for OAuth
  • Fixed: Issue where CURL wouldn't always work

Version 2.4.7

  • Fixed: Issue with case-insensitive local URLs
  • Fixed: Issue with Disable CURL support checkbox

Version 2.4.6

  • Added: Code to break caching of CSS files

Version 2.4.5

  • Fixed: bug where curl-based installations would fail to post Tweets
  • Fixed: issue with local URL generation and non-root WordPress installations
  • Changed: stylesheet output to be compatible with SSL setups
  • Updated: Transalation file, lang/wordtwit.pot - please send translations to translation@bravenewcode.com

Version 2.4.4

  • Added: Compatibility of new API with WPtouch 1.9.13

Version 2.4.2

  • Added: Option to enable experimental Tweet queue (disable this if you're having pending tweet problems)
  • Added: hmac-sha1 routine for PHP4, should hopefully allow PHP4 users to use WordTwit again
  • Changed: Default behaviour is to disable the Tweet queue
  • Changed: Routines that show Tweets
  • Removed: Old code that's not used anymore

Version 2.4.1

  • Added: check for error when contacting Twitter
  • Added: removal of Tweets from the queue when Twitter fails due to a duplicate Tweet
  • Added: indication of outstanding Tweets in administration panel

Version 2.4

  • Changed Tweet mechanism to be asynchronous
  • Now queues failed Tweets for future attempts
  • Better checking for failed Tiny URL conversions— Should queue failures to try again later
  • Updated authorization mechanism to OAuth— will require reauthorizing your user account (requires PHP5)

Version 2.3.5

Fixed bug with missing parameter

Version 2.3.4

Updated HootSuite code to fix bug in administration edit/post pages

Version 2.3.3

  • Removed snoopy and added a timeout on requests for get_recent_tweets
  • Changed time handling for WPtouch integration -- requires WPtouch 1.9.9.2

Version 2.3.2

  • Fixed bug having to do with garbled Tweet display in WPtouch on Twitter accounts with only one tweet

Version 2.3.1

  • Added support for is.gd
  • Added the ability to view the number of clicks on bit.ly links

Version 2.3.0

  • Added documentation for WordPress MU
  • Added ability to re-tweet old pages, or to force a tweet after an unsuccessful Twitter attempt

Version 2.2.6

  • Added styling for when no Tweets exist
  • Minor administration improvements
  • Added WP 2.9 compatibility & tweaks
  • Suppressed warning message
  • Added fixes as suggested by majilab for tweets & languages
  • Fixed bug with Twitter display times in WPtouch
  • Added ability for WPtouch to display recent tweets in header
  • Added a widget to show recent tweets
  • Updated minimum WordPress version requirement to 2.7
  • Fixed a CSS bug on avatars
  • Admin js and css files now only load on WordTwit Options page
  • Validated the admin XHTML with W3C standards

Version 2.1.6.1

  • Updated Fancybox admin script, css + images to 2.1.5
  • Removed css references to images which don't exist
  • Updated admin styling for BNC Global plugin appearance
  • Changed URL generation to work with recent changes to the ow.ly service
  • Added settings link for plugin when activated
  • Updated ReadMe with correct WP compatible version number (2.8.4)
  • Removed OAuth code for Twitter as it depends on PHP5, will replace it for WP 3.2+ at some point
  • Fixed a bug where bitly URLs would not end up in the user's history
  • Linked support forum link directly to WordTwit forum
  • Added BNC newsletter to the admin panel
  • Removed utf8_encode function as it was causing problems for non-english users
  • Increased size of URL database field for local URL generation to 512 characters
  • Revised admin appearance & layout (congruent with WPtouch 1.9 admin)
  • Fixed a bug with garbage encoded characters being inserted into the Twitter update message
  • Added support for the ow.ly URL shortener
  • Added code such that when a URL shortening service is down, then original permalink is used instead

Version 2.0.x

  • Removed link details hyperlinks when local URL is not selected
  • Added support for bit.ly URL shortener. Requires a valid username and API key
  • Fixed error message warning when tags or categories are not set on a post
  • Updated TinyURL generation with PHP4 routines
  • Updated compatibility file to not conflict with WPtouch
  • Added compatibility file -- should hopefully fix problems with non standard WordPress installations
  • Fixed bug where short URLs couldn't be created in the administration panel
  • Fixed MySQL query
  • Added POT file, please email translations to inquiry@bravenewcode.com
  • Fixed typos
  • Added ability to generate custom tiny urls
  • Added ability to add an alternate (i.e. smaller) domain for tiny url generation
  • Added integrated ability to track tiny url clicks
  • Added ability to include/exclude posts to WordTwit based on tags/categories
  • Added ability to convert all content links into custom URLs with link tracking
  • Major clean-up and re-styling of the administration panel
  • Fixed bug where WordTwit admin panel was shown to all users (whoops)

Version 1.3.x

  • Now tested up to WordPress 2.7.1
  • Old posts no longer get Twittered when modified or republished
  • Slight style fixes in the administration panel
  • Removed dependency on CURL, now uses Snoopy
  • Substantial rewrite of core WordTwit code
  • Awesomified the administration panel

Requires: 3.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.2.1
Last Updated: 2011-8-13
Downloads: 222,076

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