Title: Tools for Twitter
Author: Crowd Favorite
Published: <strong>7 marca, 2007</strong>
Last modified: 2 marca, 2020

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
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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# Tools for Twitter

 By [Crowd Favorite](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/twitter-tools.3.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/#installation)
 * [Development](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/)

## Description

Tools for Twitter integrates with Twitter by giving you the following functionality:

 * Connect multiple Twitter accounts (via Social)
 * Archive the tweets from your Twitter accounts (downloaded every 10 minutes)
 * Create a blog post from each of your tweets
 * Create a tweet on Twitter whenever you post in your blog, with a link to the 
   blog post (via Social)
 * Browse your tweets locally by @mention, #hashtag or user account (optionally 
   display these publicly)

Tools for Twitter leverages Social’s connection to Twitter so that you don’t have
to create an app and copy keys around. It supports multiple accounts (must be authorized
as “global” accounts in Social) with settings on a per-account basis.

**Support Level:** Product Support (we want to fix bugs and make the product great,
but do not provide individual support).

**Developers:** [Fork and contribute on GitHub](https://github.com/crowdfavorite/wp-twitter-tools).

### Upgrading

If you have upgraded from an older version of Tools for Twitter, your data will 
need to be converted to the new Tools for Twitter format. On the Tools for Twitter
Options page you will see a prompt to upgrade if appropriate. Follow the steps to
convert your data.

Tools for Twitter now stores complete Twitter data along with your basic tweet content.
Over time, Tools for Twitter will request this data for upgraded tweets. This process
make take a few days, as only 10 tweets are requested per hour (to avoid egatively
impacting your rate limit).

### Connecting Accounts

Any Twitter accounts connected on the Social settings page are available for Tools
for Twitter. You can enable them on a per-account account basis, as well as specifying
per-account preferences for creating blog posts, etc. (on the Tools for Twitter 
options screen).

### Managing your Tweets

You can view, edit and delete (or unpublish) the local copy of your Tweets right
in your WordPress admin. Navigate the tweets from the “Tweets” menu item and manage
them just as you would any other post type. Tools for Twitter does not know if you’ve
deleted a tweet on Twitter, so you’ll need to also delete the copy of the tweet 
from the admin to remove it from your WordPress site.

### Displaying your Tweets

Tools for Twitter include options to create URLs for your local tweets using the
following scheme:

 * single tweet: http://alexking.org/tweets/253580615113400321
 * account archive: http://alexking.org/tweet-accounts/alexkingorg
 * @mention archive: http://alexking.org/tweet-mentions/sogrady
 * #hashtag archive: http://alexking.org/tweet-hashtags/monktoberfest

You can enable public URLs for your tweets in your Tools for Twitter settings. If
you choose not to enable public URLs for your tweets, you can still vuew and manage
them from within the admin screens.

#### Shortcode

You can use a shortcode to display a list of tweets.

    ```
    [aktt_tweets account="alexkingorg"]
    ```

If you want, you can specify some additional parameters to control how many tweets
are displayed:

    ```
    [aktt_tweets account="alexkingorg" count="5" offset="0"]
    ```

You can also choose to explicitly include or exclude replies and retweets:

    ```
    [aktt_tweets account="alexkingorg" include_rts="0" include_replies="1"]
    ```

If you want to limit the tweets to specific @mentions or #hashtags, you can to that
as well:

    ```
    [aktt_tweets account="alexkingorg" mentions="crowdfavorite,twittertools" hashtags="wordpress,plugin,twittertools"]
    ```

#### Widget

The options for the shortcode are also available for the Tools for Twitter widget
via a few settings.

#### Create Blog Posts

Tools for Twitter can create a blog post from each of your Tweets. This feature 
can be enabled on a per-account basis. If there is an image included in the media
data of the tweet Tools for Twitter will try to save that image as the featured 
image for the post and append it to the blog post content.

Please note that this will take effect for all future tweets, it does not retroactively
create posts for older tweets (though you could pretty easily script it to do so
if you desired).

### Customization

Tools for Twitter is designed to be customizable via the standard hook/filter API.
If you find you need additional hooks (or to suggest other bug fixes and enhancements)
please create a pull request on GitHub.

https://github.com/crowdfavorite/wp-twitter-tools

Get creative! Here are some examples of ways to use more of the full Twitter data
to create links back into Twitter where appropriate:

 * linking to the original tweet on Twitter
 * linking to “in reply to” tweets

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Show your tweets on your site (optional).
 * [[
 * Tweets can be viewed by account, @mention or #hashtag.
 * [[
 * Manage your tweets in the standard WordPress admin interface.
 * [[
 * View tweets by @mention, #hashtag, etc.
 * [[
 * Easy interface to for per-account settings.

## Installation

_Tools for Twitter relies on the [Social](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social/)
plugin to connect to Twitter. If you aren’t already using this plugin please install
it before installing Tools for Twitter._

 1. Download the plugin archive and expand it (you’ve likely already done this).
 2. Put the ‘twitter-tools’ directory into your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 3. Go to the Plugins page in your WordPress Administration area and click ‘Activate’
    for Tools for Twitter.
 4. Go to the Tools for Twitter Options page (Settings > Tools for Twitter) to set 
    up your Twitter information and preferences.

## FAQ

  What if I don’t want to use Social’s comment display?

All of Social’s features (broadcasting, comment display, looking for responses on
Twitter and Facebook and the ability to log in with Twitter or Facebook) can be 
disabled on Social’s settings screen.

  Will Tools for Twitter pull in my entire tweet archive from Twitter?

Tools for Twitter starts archiving from the time you enable it. It does not try 
to download your entire tweet history. However, there is code in Tools for Twitter
that can be scripted to download and import tweets. You can put together the pieces
with your own code to create the combination of features you desire. Here’s an Gist
to get you started:

 |   |  <?php |  
 |   |    |  
 |   |  foreach (file('/tweet-ids.txt') as $tweet_id) { |  
 |   |   $tweet_id = trim($tweet_id); |  
 |   |   $url = home_url('index.php').'?'.http_build_query(array( |  
 |   |   'aktt_action' => 'import_tweet', |  
 |   |   'tweet_id' => $tweet_id, |  
 |   |   'social_api_key' => Social::option('system_cron_api_key') |  
 |   |   ), null, '&'); |  
 |   |  // error_log('Importing tweet '.$tweet_id.' '.$url); |  
 |   |   wp_remote_get( |  
 |   |   $url, |  
 |   |   array( |  
 |   |   'timeout' => 0.01, |  
 |   |   'blocking' => false, |  
 |   |   'sslverify' => apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true), |  
 |   |   ) |  
 |   |   ); |  
 |   |  } |

 [view raw](https://gist.github.com/alexkingorg/3470627/raw/2878aef24b92a08236a7c165c3610408153e2947/backfill-tweets.php)

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  What happened to the digest features?

The digest features never worked reliably and were removed in version 3.0. Another
developer is welcome to make a plugin that uses the underlying features of Tools
for Twitter to implement digest features.

  What happened to the default hashtags feature?

These are no longer needed in 3.0+ since the default broadcast message is now fully
customizable in the Social settings. Add your hashtags to your default broadcast
message template.

  How do I use a URL-shortener like bit.ly?

Since Tools for Twitter no longer does broadcasting, this is really a [question for Social](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social/faq/).
As noted in that FAQ, Social uses the built-in “short URL” feature of WordPress 
that supports any number of services via their plugins.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Awesome and unique plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-and-unique-plugin/)󠁿

 [biofsoares](https://profiles.wordpress.org/biofsoares/) 3 septembra, 2016

I have been using this phased out plugin with no substitute in the horizon. Unfortunately‘
social’ is also phasing out and I don’t know how else I will convert my tweets into
wp posts as perfect as this plugin use to. Wish someone would take over from where
Alex King left off. He probably would too.

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Tools for Twitter” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Crowd Favorite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)
 *   [ Alex King ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexkingorg/)

[Translate “Tools for Twitter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/twitter-tools)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/twitter-tools/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/twitter-tools/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/twitter-tools/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/twitter-tools/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 3.2.1

 * Update plugin naming on misc files

#### 3.2

 * Update plugin naming

#### 3.1

 * (new) Requires Social v2.10
 * (new) Setting for post status when creating blog posts from tweets (thanks [ShawnDrew](https://github.com/crowdfavorite/wp-twitter-tools/pull/22))
 * (change) Twitter has ended @anywhere so go ahead and link usernames all the time
 * (fix) Support for Social v2.10’s CRON actions – tweets automatically download
   again
 * (fix) Handle native RTs better (thanks [trustin](https://github.com/crowdfavorite/wp-twitter-tools/issues/19))

#### 3.0.4

 * Support for Twitter API v1.1.

#### 3.0.3

 * Fix a typo that could prevent proper backfilling of tweet data

#### 3.0.2

 * Add `aktt_tweet_create_blog_post` filter to allow other plugins/code to make 
   programatic decisions about when to create blog posts from tweets
 * Add `aktt_tweet_create_blog_post_format` filter to allow post format to changed
   or omitted
 * Properly apply title prefix when creating blog posts
 * Address misc. multi-byte string issues
 * Fix GMT/local time issues and set time properly for tweets and posts
 * Properly enable featured image for tweet post type by merging with existing enabled
   post types

#### 3.0.1

 * Set categories and post tags properly on posts created from tweets
 * Set GMT date explicitly for blog posts created from tweets (fixes time offset
   issue)
 * Make enabled/disabled accounts more explicit visually

#### 3.0

 * Complete rewrite!
 * Integrates with Social (required) to provide a vastly improved set-up experience
 * Broadcasting features are now handled via the Social plugin
 * Tweets are stored as a custom post type, providing easy admin access to edit 
   or delete tweets as needed
 * Tweets are cross-linked and browsable via custom taxonomies for accounts, @mentions
   and #hashtags
 * Full Twitter is now stored with each tweet
 * Comprehensive upgrade routine to migrate existing data and backfill upgraded 
   tweets with full Twitter data
 * Additional control over which tweets are displayed via shortcode and widget
 * Daily and weekly digest functionality has been removed

#### 2.4

 * Replaced 401 authentication with OAuth.
 * Now relies on WordPress to provide JSON encode/decode functions.
 * WP 3.0 compatibility fix for hashtags plugin (set default hashtags properly).
 * WP 3.0 compatibility fix for creating duplicate post meta.
 * Added support form to settings page.

#### 2.3.1

 * Fixed a typo that was breaking the latest tweet template tag.

#### 2.3

 * Added nonces
 * Patched several potential security issues (thanks Mark Jaquith)
 * Load JS and CSS in separate process to possibly avoid some race conditions

#### 2.2.1

 * Typo-fix that should allow resetting digests properly (not sure when this broke,
   thanks lionel_chollet).

#### 2.2

 * The use of the native `json_encode()` function, required by the changes in WordPress
   2.9 (version 2.1) created a problem for users with servers running 32-bit PHP.
   the `json_decode()` function treats the tweet ID field as an integer instead 
   of a string, which causes the issues. Thanks to Joe Tortuga and Ciaran Walsh 
   for sending in the fix.

#### 2.1.2

 * Missed one last(?) instance of Services_JSON

#### 2.1.1

 * Missed replacing a couple of instances of Services_JSON

#### 2.1

 * Make install code a little smarter
 * Add unique index on tweet ID columns, remove duplicates and optimize table
 * Track the currently installed version for easier upgrades in the future
 * Cleanup around login test code
 * Add action on Update Tweets (aktt_update_tweets)
 * Add a shortcode to display recent tweets
 * Exclude replies in aktt_latest_tweet() function (if option selected)
 * Better RegEx for username and hashtag linking
 * Use site_url() and admin_url(), losing backward compatibility but gaining SSL
   compatibility
 * Added WordPress HelpCenter contact info to settings page
 * Use standard meta boxes (not backwards compatible) for post screen settings
 * Change how Services_JSON is included to be compatible with changes in WP 2.9 
   and PHP < 5.2
 * Digest functionality is marked as experimental, they need to be fundamentally
   rewritten to avoid race conditions experienced by some users
 * Misc code cleanup and bug fixes
 * Added language dir and .pot file

Bit.ly plugin

 * Changed RegEx for finding URLs in tweet content (thanks Porter Maus)
 * Added a j.mp option
 * Cleaned up the settings form
 * Added a trim() on the API Key for people that struggle with copy/paste
 * Use admin_url(), losing backward compatibility but gaining SSL compatibility

Exclude Category plugin

 * Use admin_url(), losing backward compatibility but gaining SSL compatibility

Hashtags plugin

 * Use admin_url(), losing backward compatibility but gaining SSL compatibility

#### 2.0

 * Added various hooks and filters to enable other plugins to interact with Tools
   for Twitter.
 * Added option to set blog post tweet prefix
 * Added CSS classes for elements in tweet list
 * Initial release of Bit.ly for Tools for Twitter – enables shortening your URLs
   and tracking them on your Bit.ly account.
 * Initial release of #hashtags for Tools for Twitter – enables adding hashtags 
   to your blog post tweets.
 * Initial release of Exclude Category for Tools for Twitter – enables not tweeting
   posts in chosen categories.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.2.1**
 *  Last updated **6 let ago**
 *  Active installations **1.000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.8.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/)
 * Tags
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   [post](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[tweet](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tweet/)
   [twitter](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-tools/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.3 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  2 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/twitter-tools/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Crowd Favorite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)
 *   [ Alex King ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexkingorg/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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