Create a Twitter App For The New API

As you may, or may not know, Twitter are going to depreciate version 1 of their API next March. What does this mean to you? If you currently parse the Json file to display your tweets you will no longer be able to have access unless you use the authentication features. Why authentication? Various reasons I assume to limit users from making unnecessary calls to the API, Security reasons. How do I go about it? Well now you will have to create a Twitter App then use a form of authentication to make the API call.

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Display your Tweets Using WOW Tweet Show

Following my previous post how to display twitter posts on your site. I decided to tweak it further by adding a time since function and I have also renamed it WOW Tweet Show. Check my footer for an example. I would like to thank JR over at IF Not True Then False for the handy PHP function. This script has been depreciated in favor of the the new Twitter API. Check out http://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2012/wordpress-display-your-cached-tweets-using-php-and-oauth

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Display Your Twitter Posts On Your Web Site!

There are lots of resources out there for displaying your latest twitter posts in your website. Some of them require plugins or some may require javascript to work. After trying a few scripts I came across a little PHP script from The Lylo Files that displays up to 20 of your posts on your web site. After using it for a little while I decided to make it more functional.

This script has been depreciated in favor of the the new Twitter API. Check out http://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2012/wordpress-display-your-cached-tweets-using-php-and-oauth

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