Tweets As Posts

Tweets As Posts imports all tweets tagged with specified hashtags from twitter accounts into WordPress as posts.

Author:Chandesh Parekh (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.0.2
WordPress version tested:3.3.2
Plugin version:1.1
Added to WordPress repository:22-05-2012
Last updated:28-05-2012
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. 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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Plugin URI:http://www.chandeshparekh.com/plugins/
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Tweets As Posts (TAP) for WordPress is a plugin that allows you to import tweets from twitter into WordPress as posts by simply stating twitter names and hashtags in the confirguration.

Unlimited number of Twitter accounts can be used making both personal and company websites easy to update from multiple twitter accounts.

A custom list of hashtags allows control over which tweets are imported. (Future versions will offer even more options for control)

The imported tweets are added to WordPress as posts, into a category specified in the settings confirguration, and displayed on the front-end with Search Engine Friendly URLs.

The import update runs once an hour automatically or can be forced to run from the settings page of the plugin e.g. if you require an important tweet to appear on the site immediately.

Why use Tweets As Posts

  1. A simple way to archive your, and those of others if necessary, tweets and make them available on your website
  2. Updates your website automatically with content relevant to your site visitors
  3. Your tweets flow naturally with the rest of your website content e.g. as opposed to being displayed in a widget
  4. Search engines love sites that are updated regularly - depending on your tweeting frequency this could have a positive effect on your site's Search Engine ranking
  5. Urls are Search Engine Friendly making discovery by Search Engines easy

This plugin is an extension of the excellent 'Twitter News Feed' plugin by Keir Whitaker


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