ThinkTwit
Outputs tweets from any Twitter users, hashtag or keyword through the Widget interface. Can be called via shortcode or PHP function call and supports …
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- Version
- trunk
- Last Updated
- Aug 17, 2021
- Requires WP
- 3.2+
- Tested Up To
- 5.8
- PHP Version
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- Author
- Stephen Pickett
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about ThinkTwit
The list container can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets
All tweets can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitTweet
Individual tweets can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets #tweet-n where n is the number of the tweet
Odd and even tweets can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitOdd and ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitEven accordingly
The author within a tweet can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitTweet a.thinkTwitAuthor
The author suffix within a tweet can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitTweet a.thinkTwitSuffix
The content of a tweet can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitTweet a.thinkTwitContent
The published time within a tweet can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitTweet span.thinkTwitPublished
The "no tweets" message can be accessed using ol.thinkTwitTweets li.thinkTwitNoTweets
The AJAX error message ("Error: Unable to display tweets") can be accessed using `p.thinkTwitError'
NOTE: Be sure to use the id to access each style in order to over-write the default CSS.
How do I stop caching in caching engines such as WP Super Cache?
Turn on no-caching in the widget settings.
How does no-caching work?
Instead of outputting HTML it outputs Javascript. The Javascript uses AJAX (via jQuery) to make a call to a method that returns the
HTML which is then inserted in to the correct location.
I'm using no-caching but nothing appears below the title
Your theme is probably not setup properly. AJAX requires a location to insert the returned data from the server-side call. ThinkTwit
puts it in to the div that contains the widget. A Wordpress theme written correctly should output a unique id for each widget that is
output. Inform the developer of your theme to have the following (or something similar) in their register_sidebar function:
'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">'
I'm getting strange errors or no output
You may need to clear and rebuild your cache - please use the Clear Cache button within Settings -> ThinkTwit in the Admin area, and then reload
the page containing ThinkTwit. Otherwise please re-install - see uninstall instructions.
How do I prevent use of nofollow tags in my URLs?
You can apply a filter - see the following URL for an example:
Update frequency - indicates how often Twitter should be contacted to get a list of tweets. Use this
to turn on or off caching, and to decide how often to update the cache
Why aren't my avatar images showing?
The uploads/thinktwit/avatars folder may not exist or it may not be writeable (this folder is required for caching avatars). Check that your Wordpress
installation has the write permissions to the uploads folder.
How often do avatars get updated?
Once every 24 hours (assuming a request is made in this period). This value is not currently configurable.
Why do I constantly see the message "There have been no recent tweets"?
It is likely that you have not entered your Twitter API credentials. Please see the Installation tab for more details and check your PHP
error log for any errors (such as incorrect authentication or rate limiting with Twitter).
Where can I see ThinkTwit errors?
You can look in the normal error log for your PHP setup. By default this is the error_log file within the root server of your Wordpress
installation but this may differ for each installation so if you are unsure please ask your server administrator.
Why do I keep seeing the following error "ThinkTwit error: Twitter responded with an unexpected error - [message=Rate limit exceeded, code=88]"?
This means that you are making too many requests to Twitter. If you are not using caching you should turn this on, and if you are already using it then
you should decrease the frequency that requests are made e.g. change update frequency from "Live (cached)" to "Hourly".
What is live updates and how does it work?
Live updates allow periodic updates to the user's screen every set number of seconds i.e. if this was set to 10 seconds then every 10 seconds a call would
be made to ThinkTwit to request any new Tweets. To use this feature you must have no-caching turned on.
NOTE: Even though you may be have a high frequency set this does not mean you will definitely get new tweets within that frequency. This is dependent upon
the frequency of updates that you have set in the update frequency for that widget, shortcode or your Output Anywhere call. If you are using caching then
the call will be made to the ThinkTwit cache and not Twitter itself - it is recommended that you use caching and not live calls if using live updates or
else you may find yourself blocked from Twitter.