WP Twitter feed

  • Resolved Dot

    (@dianetingleyhotmailcom)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello,

    I’m trying to link my twitter feed to my site
    It asked for the API key etc
    I googled how to get that
    The instructions I found, included filling out a form on Twitter to “create a new ap”
    I was told I couldn’t do that without them having my mobile number
    I duly went to settings, tried to input it
    Twitter sent a code to my phone, and asked me to activate it
    When I tried they said, sorry, we can’t register any phones right now :/

    Was there a simpler way of going about things please?

    Diane
    http://www.tingleypeppermintpot.com

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 2 months ago

    What do you mean by “link my twitter feed to my site”?

    Do you want your blog posts to be automatically posted to Twitter, do you want your Tweets to be automatically posted to your blog, or do you want to display a list of recent Tweets somewhere like in a sidebar?

    Thread Starter Dot

    (@dianetingleyhotmailcom)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello James,

    Recent tweets in sidebar?

    MarkRH

    (@markrh)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    If you just want your tweets showing up on the side, go to your Twitter Account settings on their website and create a user timeline widget. Then take the code they generate and add it into a WP Text Widget that you add to your blog’s sidebar.

    For this you do not need a Twitter App. A Twitter App is used to post something to your Twitter Account.

    For an example, you can look at my blog (click my name next to my avatar).

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Also, if you’re already using the Jetpack plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/ with the Extra Sidebar Widgets module active, you’ll find a Twitter Timeline widget you can use instead at Appearance -> Widgets in your blog’s Dashboard.

    Thread Starter Dot

    (@dianetingleyhotmailcom)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    That’s brilliant,

    Thanks James

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 2 months ago

    You’re welcome!

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