How To Add Twitter To Your Wordpress Blog Sidebar In 3 Easy Steps
In today’s tutorial I will show you the easiest way I’ve discovered how to add Twitter to your Wordpress blog sidebar in 3 easy steps. So enough with all the jibber jabber, lets get started:
Resources
1. Twitter For Wordpress Plugin
Step 1 – Install The Twitter For Wordpress Plugin
The first thing you need to do is go to your admin panel in Wordpress, click on plugins, select “Add New”.
Run a search for “Twitter for Wordpress” by Ricardo Gonzalez. Once you have installed and activated the plugin, we can move on the Step 2.
Step 2 – Place This PHP Code In Your Sidebar
Open up your sidebar.php file in your editor and add this code where you want your Twitter updates to go:
<?php twitter_messages('desndev', 3, true, true, true, true, false);?>
Here is what each value represents:
<?php twitter_messages('username', [msgs], [list], [timestamp], ['link'], [hyperlinks], [twitter_users], [encode_utf8]);?>
Step 3 – Update File & Check It Out
Now that you’ve placed your code in your desired location, just click the update file button and that’s it! Once you get it working, you can style to your liking. Enjoy and keep Twitting away.
That is it! You now have your Twitter updates displayed on your blog. If you found this tutorial helpful, please share it and spread the word.
Got a question? Please comment!
So lets review:
1. Install the Twitter for Wordpress Plugin by Ricardo Gonzalez
2. Place the PHP code in your sidebar
3. Update your file and check out your Tweets
Notes
1. Make sure your Twitter Profile is set to Public or the plugin won’t be able to display your updates.
Post by Dhane · Apr 30, 2009 · WordPress How To ·
If you enjoyed this post and found it insightful, please consider leaving a comment, subscribing to the RSS feed, sharing the post with friends, and following us on Twitter to get future news and articles.
My name is 
Nice !
.. Thanks buddy..
I am very interested in this
@JessicaAdevy No problem. What ever I can do to help.
@Aruanagess I’m glad you found the tutorial interesting. There are more plugin based scripts, but this one gives me the control that I prefer.
Thanks Babe,
This was very helpful.
Thanks for your tutorial!
Do you mind if I put a link to it in the plugin home page?
@Rick Go ahead!
Twitter is very addictive. I like Twitter more than blogging. the messages are short and straight to the point.
This is some great information . I found this site http://www.web-designs-online.com/ they helped me with all of my online needs and i have been with them for bout 5 years now and I was just wanting to pass along the information
Very good article, nice piece of information, I really like it. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! You made hooking up my latest Tweets a breeze.
Jonathon I’m glad you found it easy to work with. That was the main reason I put this tutorial up. I searched far an wide for a easier solution, but couldn’t find one, so I thought to myself, “Why don’t I just write a tutorial?” I’m glad the tutorial helped you =)