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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>  
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<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===
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===Activate the plugin===
 
# Login to your dashboard
 
# Login to your dashboard
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# Go to Plugins and click '''Activate''' for the Custom Twitter Feeds plugins
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===Connect to your Twitter account===
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From the Dashboard
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# go to Twitter Feeds (in the left hand admin menu)
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#Click the '''Login to Twitter and get my Access token and Secret'''
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#Save your changes
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===Add your Twitter feed to a sidebar===
 
# Go to '''Appearance > Widgets'''
 
# Go to '''Appearance > Widgets'''
# Drag the Text Widget over to the sidebar area you want to use
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# Ad the Custom Twitter Feeds widget to your desired widgetable block
# Paste the Twitter embed code
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Revision as of 15:23, 9 June 2016

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

Activate the plugin

  1. Login to your dashboard
  2. Go to Plugins and click Activate for the Custom Twitter Feeds plugins

Connect to your Twitter account

From the Dashboard

  1. go to Twitter Feeds (in the left hand admin menu)
  2. Click the Login to Twitter and get my Access token and Secret
  3. Save your changes

Add your Twitter feed to a sidebar

  1. Go to Appearance > Widgets
  2. Ad the Custom Twitter Feeds widget to your desired widgetable block