10 Best WordPress Twitter Widgets

Ever since Twitter changed their API a few years ago, I think third-party developers have been hesitant to develop apps and plugins that integrate with Twitter. When you factor in a questionable future and more recent changes (removing Twitter counts), it's easy to see why the number of Twitter apps and plugins are sparse.

But Twitter is still very active, and there are still a few developers willing to develop solutions that integrate as well as possible. Even the removal of Twitter counts wasn't enough to stop creative developers from finding workarounds.

As someone who enjoys using Twitter personally and still uses it as a viable platform, I am happy to share the ten best WordPress Twitter widget plugins on CodeCanyon and free to download.

1. Tweetlab - Twitter slider & Usercard for WordPress

Tweetlab - Twitter slider & Usercard for WordPress is a beautifully designed WordPress Twitter widget.

You'll find just the right amount of features and a subtle design that will fit with just about any theme.

You can set up your Twitter slider by user, search, or hashtag.

Some of the features included are:

4 built-in templates or easily customize your own
adjust transitions and avatars
horizontal or vertical sliders
Twitter user card
and more

It's also compatible with Visual Composer and WPML, making Tweetlab - Twitter slider & Usercard for WordPress one of the best premium WordPress Twitter widget plugins you'll find.

2. Layers Twitter Feed Widget

This widget is unique in that it allows you to add a carousel of your latest tweets to you website.

From the product page:

Control the number of tweets you display, the twitter username and use the intuitive layers design bar to visually edit the look of your embedded twitter feed.

Note that this does require the Layers WordPress Theme (or any of the child themes). It also offers the following features:

control the number of tweets you display,
set the twitter username,
display the carousel using shortcuts in the column the tweets should appear,
complete documentation.

So if you're looking for a unique way to display some of your company's tweets or perhaps some of your own tweets or a more interesting way than the standard timeline, then the Layers Twitter Feed Widget might be worth checking out.

3. AccessPress Twitter Feed Pro

Sure. You can use a free WordPress Twitter widget plugin and it'll display your feed.

But would you want to do that when AccessPress Twitter Feed Pro does it so much better!

It includes the ability to:

set your cache period
support multiple Twitter accounts
tweet display configuration options
fetch the latest tweets from any account

But that isn't really where it shines. It's the 12 design templates you can choose from.

AccessPress Twitter Feed Pro is easy to set up, packed with plenty of options, and is one of the best looking Twitter timeline focused widgets you can find.

4. Twitter Info Widget

Being able to connect Twitter to your WordPress-powered site is clearly useful both for social, for marketing, and for communication purposes.

But what if you need something that's something incorporates a variety of Twitter's features into a single plugin?

The plugin offers a wide variety of features:

Unlimited colors for customization
Automatically grabs and extract Twitter data
Automatically update Twitter data every night for consistency
Twitter API integration
Custom messages before and after the widget
And much, much more.

In addition to purchasing it in the marketplace, we also have a 60-second video that shows you how to get up and running with the plugin. All of the above features along with a one minute tutorial to get up and running.

Not bad!

5. Twitter Feed – Optimized for Search Engines

When it comes to simple Twitter feed widget solutions, look no further than Twitter Feed – Optimized for Search Engines.

It's SEO friendly—search engines can read the tweets in the code—but I think its simplicity is what I like the most about it.

Twitter Feed:

can be customized with CSS
supports infinite scrolling
displays on any page
is fully responsive
and more

Twitter Feed – Optimized for Search Engines is simple, but packs a lot of punch.

6. WordPress Twitter Feed Plugin

Sometimes, going simple is the easiest way to go. And if you're looking to simply showcase the latest tweets from your Twitter account on your website, then the WordPress Twitter Feed Plugin is the way to go.

OAuth Twitter is a simple Twitter plugin which allows you to add your most recent tweets straight into your WordPress blog.

A portion of the features that are offered by this plugin include:

Choose which account you would like to display your tweets from.
Choose how many tweets you would like to display.
Display as many feeds as you like.
Drop the widget into any widget-enabled theme.
And more!

You can check out what else is offered by the plugin in the marketplace. While you're there, don't forget to take a look and see what other features are offered by the plugin.

7. Twitter Ultimate-Wordpress Plugin

The Twitter Ultimate-Wordpress Plugin focuses on Twitter feed customization.

Options include:

speed control
width control
tweet count
autoplay
and more

One unique feature that this WordPress Twitter widget offers is multiple queries. You can display tweets from multiple usernames or queries.

Twitter Ultimate-Wordpress Plugin is simple, easy to customize, and offers some unique options not available in other Twitter widgets.

8. Twitter Feed Optimized for Search Engines

If there's one thing everyone who manages a site pursues, it's traffic. The thing is, those who really want to take it all the way will do everything they can to make sure every aspect of their site is tweaked for search engine optimization.

And that's what this plugin does.

A twitter widget that allows you to display your Twitter Feed. Easy simple setup. Fully responsive and cross-browser compatible. Initial content is displayed server-side without any javascript, making it fully indexable and SEO friendly.

The plugin is compatible with WordPress as far back as WordPress 3.5 and with all of the major browsers (including Internet Explorer 7). Some of the features include:

Cross Browser compatibility
Custom CSS
Easy shortcodes
Favorite any Tweet option
Follow button
Infinite Scrolling for older and newer Tweets (AJAX)
Multiple Accounts
Number of Tweets
Profile pictures and links
Responsive Design
Reply to any Tweet option
Retweet any Tweet option
Sidebar Widget
And more.

For more information, examples, and a demo of the plugin then check it out on CodeCanyon.

9. Twitter or Jetpack by WordPress.com

If you're not interested in any of the extra flavor provided by premium WordPress Twitter plugins, you can always use the built-in Twitter widget included with Jetpack by WordPress.com—or the official Twitter widget.

If you're already using Jetpack by WordPress.com and all you need is a bare-bones basic timeline, you might give it a try. Keep in mind that design modifications are very limited and you miss out on caching as well as other features included with premium options.

For those not using Jetpack, you can try the less bloated Twitter widget offered by Twitter.com. Again, this is a basic offering, but an option nonetheless.

10. Twitter Connect and Widgets for WordPress

Assume that you want to display some information Twitter on your site, but you want to give your visitors the ability to interact with your account a little more. Enter Twitter Connect and Widgets for WordPress.

For the product page:

Display Twitter widgets and buttons with powerful shortcodes. Display Twitter friends and followers using the built-in widgets.

A portion of the features include:

Enables you to link a Twitter account to your WordPress first admin user.
Store the Twitter users tokens into the database.
Ability to post updates to your users Twitter timeline (even if they are logged out).
7 widgets ready to be used (Twitter connect, Twitter Friends, Twitter Followers, Last connected users, User Tweets widget, List Tweets widget, Favorited Tweets widget).
And more.

It also includes a variety of shortcodes you can use throughout your site:

Twitter Profile widget
Favorited user Tweets widget
Twitter Lists Tweets
Twitter connect functionality.
Tweet buttons
Follow buttons

You can see the plugin in action and read more about it in the marketplace.

Build Your Own WordPress Twitter Widget

Having surveyed the different options of WordPress Twitter widgets, I can say there is plenty of room for more plugins.

So why not build your own WordPress Twitter widget?

It may be the best solution for your own website—or maybe even selling and supporting it to other WordPress users. Twitter offers extensive resources for developers, providing plenty of documentation to get started.

There are also many WordPress How-To Tutorials, including:

You'll also want to dig into the Envato Tuts+ WordPress courses as well as look for any code ebooks that may help you on your journey of building your own WordPress Twitter widget.

There are some clear limitations within the Twitter API compared to what was available a few years ago, but there's still plenty of room to construct some really great looking Twitter widgets that shine much brighter than the generic widgets offered by Twitter.

Conclusion

If you didn't find the right WordPress Twitter widget in this roundup, there are many other WordPress Twitter plugins in the Envato Market.

I think the Twitter API change a few years ago really hurt the market for third-party apps—ranging from desktop apps to WordPress plugins—and we can still feel the impact today.

That being said, I think the current API is enough for developers to build and support great WordPress Twitter widget plugins.

What's your favorite Twitter widget?

Is there something unique you're looking for that you haven't found?

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