WP to Twitter WordPress Plugin Review

Jul 11, 2010 by Shivendu Madhava

The WP-to-Twitter plugin posts a Twitter status update from your WordPress blog using either the Cli.gs or Bit.ly URL shortening services to provide a link back to your post from Twitter.

For both services you can provide your information to maintain a list of your shortened URLs with your URL shortening service for statistics and your own records.

The plugin can send a default message for updating or editing posts or pages, but also allows you to write a custom Tweet for your post which says whatever you want. By default, the shortened URL from Cli.gs is appended to the end of your message, so you should keep that in mind when writing your custom Tweet.

Any status update you write which is longer than the available space will automatically be truncated by the plugin. This applies to both the default messages and to your custom messages.

WP to Twitter can also post to any other service using the Twitter-compatible API.

Installation:

1. Upload the wp-to-twitter folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin using the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Go to Settings > WP->Twitter
4. Adjust the WP->Twitter Options as you prefer them.
5. Supply your Twitter username and login.
6. Optional: Provide your Cli.gs API key (available free from Cli.gs), if you want to have statistics available for your URL.
7. That’s it! You’re all set.

Download:WP to Twitter