Title: FishyTweet
Author: fiskeben
Published: <strong>February 12, 2009</strong>
Last modified: February 28, 2009

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# FishyTweet

 By [fiskeben](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiskeben/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/fishytweet.1.7.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fishytweet/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fishytweet/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fishytweet/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fishytweet/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fishytweet/)

## Description

Adds a link to each post that points the user to Twitter.com. Before the redirect,
the URL for the actual post is sent to Tinyurl.com and the tinyurl-ified URL is 
used as an argument to Twitter.com thus putting it in the status field when the 
page loads.

## Installation

Upload the folder to your plugins folder and activate it. See “Settings” to customize
it.

#### Configuration

Under “Settings” you can change the following options: * The anchor text. This is
the text that will make up the link that takes users to Twitter.com. * The title
attribute of the anchor. This is what will go into the tool tip of the link. * Surrounding
tag: Select a proper tag to put the link into. * Surrounding tag class: If you want
to add CSS rules for the link you can specify one or more class names. Use spaces
to separate multiple class names. * URL shortener: Select your preferred engine 
for shortening URLs.

## FAQ

#### Are there any special requirements to use this plugin?

Yes, PHP on the server you install the plugin on must have enabled the setting allow_url_fopen.
If not, the plugin cannot shorten the URL.

#### What if I’m not logged in at Twitter.com

If you aren’t logged in when you click the “tweet” link, it’s not a problem. First,
you’ll be redirected to the login page at Twitter.com. Once you’ve logged in, you
are redirected to your home page at Twitter.com and the URL will be ready for you
in the status field.

#### Can I use an image as a link?

Unfortunately no. This will be available in a later version.

#### I get an error about ‘allow_url_fopen’?

If you get this error it means that PHP on the server you use isn’t allowed to access
other web pages using file_get_contents(). Unfortunately, this is the way FishyTweet
connects to the selected URL shortener to shorten the URL to your post. The plugin
will still work but URLs won’t be shortened.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“FishyTweet” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ fiskeben ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiskeben/)

[Translate “FishyTweet” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/fishytweet)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fishytweet/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/fishytweet/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/fishytweet/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/fishytweet/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.7**
 *  Last updated **17 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.7.1**
 * Tags
 * [microblogging](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/microblogging/)[twitter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fishytweet/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ fiskeben ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiskeben/)

## Support

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