Ever run into the problem of wanting to include or embed a tweet in a blog post or a page, but you don’t want to take a screenshot or copy the tweet? There’s a plugin for that.
Introducing the ‘Tweeted‘ plugin. Simple put… you wrap the Twitter status of any user in the shortcode ‘tweeted’ and the plugin will get the status directly from Twitter and output it in a stylized format that looks like a Twitter post!
The data will then be saved in the ‘post meta’ table to allow easy retrieval to not burden the Twitter API code. The plugin allows a theme to override the default ‘output’ design or you can use one of the many designs options provided by the plugin.
Here is out example:
@wpvibe: RT @wptavern: RT @scribu How to load JavaScript like a #WordPress Master http://goo.gl/fb/jkJj #howto #tutorial
Jan 16, 2010 @ 04:58 AM from TweetDeck Powered by TweetedIn future version all you will have to do is place the Twitter URL. Just like oEmbed, but for Twitter!
If this could be tied in with an automated import of tweets, I’d be in heaven. Say along the lines of what the Twitter Tools plugin does. Just a suggestion. Really liking this, though.
Our goal is more about embedding just a single tweet though, not necessarily keeping a log of all tweets. Often people will want to write a blog post or an article about a single tweet, which is why we created this plugin.
I don’t foresee automated importing on the roadmap, but if we can put together a specific feature that makes sense for the plugin, we would definitely build it out.
Thanks for the input Nick, we appreciate it.
F I N A L L Y ! I have been waiting for something like this. Much thanks.
Thanks! I’m working on some minor changes. Will hopefully have them tested before the end of today to get it out.
If I try to install it, it saids it makes a fatal error… whats wrong?
Strange, haven’t seen that before. What version of WP are you running?
2.9.2
I’m trying again and again but it fails again…
“Plugin kan niet worden geactiveerd omdat hij een fatale fout veroorzaakt.”
“Plugin can’t be activated because it causes a fatal error”
Hmm indeed very strange, I’ll have Shane take a look at it and see if we can figure it out.
What is your PHP version and web server? apache?
Apache 2.2.15
Php 5.2.13
Taking a look at the PHP version now. I was developing on PHP 5.3.0.
Changed both to your vestions and I was able to deactivate and re-activate. Is there a way you can turn on WP_DEBUG in your config.php and send me any errors that comes up?
There are many wordpress debugging flags found on the codex. I’ll email you so you have my address.
There’s nothing like WP_DEBUG at my config…
Cool, where can I find the new version?:) Thanks!
When I try to use it, it doesn’t add the stylesheet links for Tweeted, so the tweet is unformatted (and ugly).
I’m using the Thesis theme and WP v2.9.2 – any ideas why it wouldn’t be adding the stylesheets. I’ve tried checking and unchecking the option to use my own CSS in the plugin prefs.
Cheers – this looks like it’ll be brilliant if I can just get it formatting properly.
Very strange, we’ll take a look at this. We did extensive testing and didn’t run into any of these issues….
thanks for the heads up, we’ll get a fix out the door soon for it.
Is there a way to list my latest 5 tweets?
Yes there is, but not with our plugin. This plugin is meant just to show a single static tweet.
Try Twitter Tools for showing the last 5 tweets.
I tried to take your Tweeted plugin for a test drive but it stalled when I tried to activate it. It triggered a fatal error:
Warning: require_once(pathtomywordpressfiles/wp-includes/class-json.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in pathtomywordpressfiles/wp-content/plugins/tweeted/inc/frontend.php on line 14
Maybe I’ll try to figure this out on my own at some point but right now I don’t have the time. I like the idea of this plugin. If you know what I need to do to fix my problem please let me know. Thanks.