Yes, you need an account to use this plugin.
No, the Cli.gs account is entirely optional. Without a Cli.gs API, a "public" Clig will be generated. The redirect will work just fine, but you won't be able to access statistics on your Clig.
If Twitter isn't available, you'll get a message telling you that there's been an error with your Twitter status update. The Tweet you were going to send will be saved in your post meta fields, so you can grab it and post it manually if you wish.
If Cli.gs isn't available, your tweet will be sent using it's normal post permalink. You'll also get an error message letting you know that there was a problem contacting Cli.gs.
Twitter.com allows API applications to register themselves with the service, so they can provide information about the source of your Tweet. WP to Twitter is a registered user agent with Twitter.com. The same effect is seen if you use any other registered Twitter client.
Well, there isn't much I can do about that - but the plugin will check and see whether or not the needed methods work. If they don't, you will find a warning message on your settings page.
No. They're private.
There’s an unresolved bug which effects some servers which causes the WP-to-Twitter settings page to fail. You can get around this problem by commenting out lines 191 - 256 in wp-to-twitter/wp-to-twitter-manager.php. (Version 1.4.0.)
Only posts which you scheduled or edited after installing the plugin will be Tweeted. Any future posts written before installing the plugin will be ignored by WP to Twitter.




