Tweets As Posts
Tweets As Posts (TAP) for WordPress is a plugin that allows you to import tweets from twitter into WordPress as posts by simply stating twitter names and hashtags in the confirguration.
Unlimited number of Twitter accounts can be used making both personal and company websites easy to update from multiple twitter accounts.
A custom list of hashtags allows control over which tweets are imported. (Future versions will offer even more options for control)
The imported tweets are added to WordPress as posts, into a category specified in the settings confirguration, and displayed on the front-end with Search Engine Friendly URLs.
The import update runs once an hour automatically or can be forced to run from the settings page of the plugin e.g. if you require an important tweet to appear on the site immediately.
Why use Tweets As Posts
- A simple way to archive your, and those of others if necessary, tweets and make them available on your website
- Updates your website automatically with content relevant to your site visitors
- Your tweets flow naturally with the rest of your website content e.g. as opposed to being displayed in a widget
- Search engines love sites that are updated regularly – depending on your tweeting frequency this could have a positive effect on your site’s Search Engine ranking
- Urls are Search Engine Friendly making discovery by Search Engines easy
This plugin is an extension of the excellent ‘Twitter News Feed’ plugin by Keir Whitaker
Requirements
- Tweets As Posts 1.1 requires PHP5
- Simplepie – http://simplepie.org/ (This is included in the plugin)
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.