Version 2.1 of my Twitter Tools plugin is now available. Twitter Tools creates a two-way integration between your Twitter account and your WordPress blog. You can send your blog posts to Twitter and bring your tweets back to your blog for display, archiving, or creating posts from them.
This version has a bunch of changes including a fix for the issues with WordPress 2.9 and PHP < 5.2.
The download and more information are available on my WordPress Plugins page.
If you have any trouble with this, please contact the WordPress HelpCenter (303-395-1346) or you can try the WP Support Forums.
Enjoy!
Changes
- Add a shortcode to display recent tweets
- Change how Services_JSON is included to be compatible with changes in WP 2.9 and PHP < 5.2
- Better RegEx for username and hashtag linking
- Exclude replies in aktt_latest_tweet() function (if option selected)
- Digest functionality is marked as experimental, they need to be fundamentally rewritten to avoid race conditions experienced by some users
- 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
- Add action on Update Tweets (aktt_update_tweets)
- Use standard meta boxes (not backwards compatible) for post screen settings
- Use site_url() and admin_url(), losing backward compatibility but gaining SSL compatibility
- Added WordPress HelpCenter contact info to settings page
- Misc code cleanup and bug fixes
- Added language dir and .pot file
Bit.ly plugin
- Added a trim() on the API Key for people that struggle with copy/paste
- Changed RegEx for finding URLs in tweet content (thanks Porter Maus)
- Added a j.mp option
- Cleaned up the settings form
- 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
Plugins
In version 2.0 I added the ability for Twitter Tools to be extended via plugins and created the plugins included in the default plugin. Other folks are creating plugins for Twitter Tools as well. You can find more Twitter Tools plugins here.
Have you created a plugin for Twitter Tools? Let me know so I can add it to the list.
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Robert Accettura adds this Comment:
Glad to see you finally made the switch to admin_url(). Being able to use SSL is important these days. I’ve been patching Twitter Tools for a while now to make it work.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
VentnorBlog adds this Comment:
You Sir, are quality.
Great reaction to a problem not caused by you – not only that, but you’ve added loads of new tweets. Like I said – Quality.
Will be sending you a donation.
VB
January 10th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Peter adds this Comment:
Thanks for the update. It’s working now and I am not having any problems. Great work!
January 10th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Michael McNamara adds this Comment:
Hi Alex,
Thanks for sharing your work with the community. I’ve only recently started using Twitter Tools but the number of features is truly amazing.
Cheers!
January 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Kitty adds this Comment:
Great! Thanks
I was searching for some twitter plugin and the one I used till now was not working quite well. Very happy to see all that fixes for wp2.9
January 11th, 2010 at 10:43 am
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