Title: Simple Twitter Widget
Author: chipsandtv
Published: <strong>May 24, 2010</strong>
Last modified: December 1, 2011

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# Simple Twitter Widget

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-twitter-widget.1.04.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-twitter-widget/)

## Description

This widget lets you display your latest tweets on your blog. Various configuration
options are available.

Features:

 * No need to enter your Twitter password
 * No Javascript
 * Simple but reliable caching, so your website won’t slow down
 * Various options such as clickable URLs and usernames, date format etc.
 * Supports multiple instances at the same time
 * Fully compatible with widget-ready themes

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Widget options

## Installation

**Option 1 – Automatic install**

Use the plugin installer built into WordPress to search. WordPress will then download
and install it for you.

**Option 2 – Manual install**

 1. Make sure the files are within a folder.
 2. Copy the whole folder into the wp-content/plugins/ folder.
 3. Log into WordPress and activate the plugin. You can now select the widget under
    Appearance / Widgets.

## FAQ

  What could be the reason if the widget doesn’t work?

The code has been extensively tested and most issues can be resolved by trying the
following:

 1. make sure your server / WordPress can connect to Twitter
 2. check if your WordPress upload directory is writable. This is where the widget 
    tries to store the cache file
 3. try other public Twitter feeds
 4. temporarily set the caching interval to a low value like 10 and see if it makes
    a difference.

Also keep in mind it will only work with public Twitter feeds, not private ones.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Simple Twitter Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Simple Twitter Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-twitter-widget)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.04

 * Clickable hashtags (thanks Tyler Longren)

#### 1.03

 * Added new option to HTML-encode special characters like ampersands (requested)

#### 1.02

 * Bugfix for multiple feeds

#### 1.01

 * URL detection should be more reliable now
 * Fix for potential problem with feed update interval
 * Tested with WordPress 3.0

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.04**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [twitter](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/)[widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-twitter-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-twitter-widget/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://chipsandtv.com/)