Twitter SP2

A WordPress plugin that posts on Twitter a link to your post shorten via sp2.ro when you publish a blog post.

Author:Dan-Lucian Stefancu (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.6
WordPress version tested:2.8.4
Plugin version:0.6.1
Added to WordPress repository:14-04-2009
Last updated:14-09-2009
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://deceblog.net/2009/04/twitter-sp2/
Total downloads:3 877
Active installs:10+
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Twitter SP2 is a simple WordPress plugin developed for bloggers who have Twitter accounts. The plugin posts on Twitter a link to your post shorten via a romanian service sp2.ro when you publish a new blog post.

When a post is published the plugin makes a shorter link for the permalink using sp2.ro API, stores it in a custom field called sp2_link, then sends it on Twitter in a way chosen in Options.

Features

  • the shorter link is stored in a custom field
  • predefined and custom formats of text to send
  • twitter notificantion can be turned off for individual posts
  • errors are messages stored in custom fields
  • NEW! readers can now send the posts on Twitter
  • NEW! the plugins tries for 5 time to send the text on Twitter before giving up, if Twitter gives a timeout response

Changelog

  • v0.6 - fixed minor error
  • v0.5 - added the "send on twitter" link on older posts too
  • v0.4 - fixed a bug with future posts
  • v0.4 - added posibility to add a "send on twitter" link on the page to be used by the blog readers
  • v0.4 - tries for 5 times to send the text on twitter before giving up, if timeout response
  • v0.4 - added error and succes messages
  • v0.3 - trimmed out shortcodes and bad chars from post excerpt
  • v0.3 - switched on a new 2.8 action hook
  • v0.2 - changed old posts twitter notificantion option to off by default
  • v0.2 - added %titlu%, %fragment%, and %link% as tags for custom texts to send
  • v0.1.1 - fixed minor input error in Options
  • v0.1 - initial release

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