Twitter Blog

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Twitter Blog will not only tweet your blog post, but it will also check hourly for replies to that tweet and turn it into a comment on that blog post. It also uses the bit.ly API for URL shortening and adds link generated to your bit.ly account for tracking purposes.

This is in active development so there will be frequent updates. Sometimes multiple per day. If you find any bugs or have a suggestion: chris@twitterblogplugin.com

Current Features

  • Tweets about your blog post on posting
  • Creates a bit.ly link when your blog post is tweeted and adds it to your bit.ly link history
  • Checks for replies to the tweet hourly and converts them to comments
  • Direct Message is sent to the user notifying them their tweet has been added to your blog post
  • Comment will be moderated and administrator will be notified according to system settings.
  • Customizable Tweet format
  • Converts tweets with #blog hashtag to a blog post. (Hashtag is customizable)
  • Allows for Start and End parts of tweet to be customized.

Future Enhancements

  • Use the Twitter user’s image for the comment image
  • Add Twitter hashtags to tweets for individual posts

Suggestions, Comments and Questions

Got a suggestion for how to improve Twitter Blog? Not sure about how something works? Or just want to leave some feedback.

Feel free to either email me, or leave a comment on this post.

Twitter: Let me share this awesome Tweet with all of my blog peeps. They’ll see it within the hour.

WP_TB Let me share this awesome Tweet with all of my blog peeps. They’ll see it within the hour.

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Twitter Replies to blog post Tweet

When someone responds to one of your tweets about a blog post, it will be converted to a comment.

The replies are checked for on a near hourly basis. The comments go through whatever comment moderation settings you setup.

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