Difference between revisions of "Twitter Feed - WordPress"

Revision as of 14:23, 9 June 2016

To add a Twitter feed to your WordPress sidebar activate the Custom Twitter Feed plugin.

From the Dashboard

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-<p> To add a Twitter feed to your WordPress sidebar does not require activation of any additional plugins. Instead, use Twitter’s generated Widgets and then paste that embed code into a WordPress Text Widget. </p>
+<p> To add a Twitter feed to your WordPress sidebar activate the Custom Twitter Feed plugin. </p>
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-[[File:Twitter-feed.png|right|thumb|150px|Example Embedded Twitter feed]]
-===To generate a Twitter widget===
-# Login to your Twitter account and choose '''Settings'''
-# Select '''Widgets''' from the sidebar
-# Click “Create new”
-# Configure your widget (based on username or search hashtag, theme, height, etc.)
-# Click '''Create widget'''
-# Copy the embed copy
-===In your WordPress site===
+===Activate the plugin===
 # Login to your dashboard
+# Go to Plugins and click '''Activate''' for the Custom Twitter Feeds plugins
+===Connect to your Twitter account===
+From the Dashboard
+# go to Twitter Feeds (in the left hand admin menu)
+#Click the '''Login to Twitter and get my Access token and Secret'''
+#Save your changes
+===Add your Twitter feed to a sidebar===
 # Go to '''Appearance > Widgets'''
-# Drag the Text Widget over to the sidebar area you want to use
+# Ad the Custom Twitter Feeds widget to your desired widgetable block
-# Paste the Twitter embed code
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