TweetUpdater

Send messages to Twitter when a post is published or updated; uses OAuth. Will add a short URL from a plugin, or from an external service.

Author:Patrick Fenner (Def-Proc.co.uk) (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:3.2.1
Plugin version:3.1.1
Added to WordPress repository:16-08-2010
Last updated:04-07-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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TweetUpdater will send a message to your Twitter account, from you WordPress installation, whenever a new post is published, or when a previously published post is updated; as you choose.

The tweet format is flexible, with placeholders for title and URL. URLs can be included from a variety of sources. In addition to full post permalinks (standard or friendly urls as selected in your site setup) the following short url services are supported:

Internal services:

Generic shorteners

  • YOURLS

External services:

  • Bit.ly
  • Stwnsh
  • TinyURL

Posts tweeting can be ommited based on post category, or custom field, or custom field and value pair.

Derived from the original TwitterUpdater, version 3 has been fully rewritten to include OAuth authorisation with Twitter; because basic authentication (username & password) has now been deactivated for applications using the Twitter API.

The TwitterUpdater plugin has a great tradition of being updated and improved by anyone who needed it to do something different, and as such TweetUpdater is one of a handful of TwitterUpdater forks.

If the short url service you like to use is not included, please see the FAQ on how to add it. If you add a service, let me know and I'll add the code to the next release.