Title: Follow button doesn't display
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Follow button doesn't display

 *  Resolved [TantrumJas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tantrumjas/)
 * (@tantrumjas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/)
 * The follow button on the widget doesn’t display. I tried every option in the ‘
   Show follow button?’ section – nothing works. I checked it in various browsers
   too.
    [http://jasminethompsonmusic.com/official/about/](http://jasminethompsonmusic.com/official/about/)
 * I am using version 1.6.7. I’d be grateful for any help!!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/rotatingtweets/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/rotatingtweets/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Martin Tod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpntod/)
 * (@mpntod)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428274)
 * Not sure what’s happened here. The HTML to trigger the button isn’t showing on
   your page.
 * Are you using a widget or a shortcode? And, if a widget, are you saving after
   selecting the option you want? Which option is meant to be showing?
 * In theory, if the JavaScript isn’t working, a basic text link should appear –
   so I’m surprised neither is currently happening.
 * Martin
 * PS: Like the music! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [TantrumJas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tantrumjas/)
 * (@tantrumjas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428276)
 * Hey!!
    I tried every option available! Right now the last one ‘Show button only’
   is selected. And yes I definitely pressed the save button after each change. 
   I am using a widget.
 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is what I see on screen:
    Show follow button?
 *  None
    Show name and number of followers Show name only Show followers only Show
   button only —- this option is currently selected
 *  Plugin Author [Martin Tod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpntod/)
 * (@mpntod)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428277)
 * I think I might have the answer.
 * What type of widget is it? If it’s a search widget, it currently blocks showing
   the ‘follow’ button since it doesn’t know who to follow.
 * I’ll see if I can find a solution.
 * Otherwise, what you could do in the mean time is add a text widget that says:
 *     ```
       <div class='rtw_follow follow-button'><a href='http://twitter.com/tantrumjas' class='twitter-follow-button' data-show-count="false" data-show-screen-name="false" title='Follow @tantrumjas' data-lang='en'>Follow @tantrumjas</a></div>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [TantrumJas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tantrumjas/)
 * (@tantrumjas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428278)
 * Hey!! You are spot on!! I am using search!! Thank you 🙂
 * I will wait for a solution 🙂 This is not urgent!!
 * Thank you so much for getting back to me personally!! Really happy that you like
   the music! 🙂
 * p.s. I realised that I can’t put that line of code in the widget! Dumb ideas 
   of mine – Sorry!!
 *  Plugin Author [Martin Tod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpntod/)
 * (@mpntod)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428296)
 * Can you put the line in a separate text widget immediately after the first widget?
 * Alternatively, I’m going to test commenting out line 83 of the plug-in (which
   you can try if you want):
 *     ```
       //				$newargs['screen_name'] = '';
       ```
   
 * You will then need to set the widget as a ‘user timeline’ widget – input the 
   right account name and hit save – and then switch back to being a ‘search’ widget
   to get the result you want and hit save again.
 *  Thread Starter [TantrumJas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tantrumjas/)
 * (@tantrumjas)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-button-doesnt-display/#post-4428300)
 * Hey Martin, I commented out line 83 and your method works beautifully 🙂 I’ve
   got the button back!
 * Thank you very much for the help!! Wish you a great Christmas!!!

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