WP Tweet Button WordPress Plugin
This plugin easily and fully implements Twitter's official Tweet Button on your WordPress blog or site. The tweet button can be positioned as you please and can be styled to your delight in the settings page. You can configure individual messages for your posts, use the title of your entry or a default message for tweets.
WP Tweet Button supports a variety of shorteners and can even help track the effectiveness of campaigns using Google Analytics.
Features
- General and post specific settings for recommendations and Tweets text.
- Vast array of Tweet Button placement and alignment options.
- Universal shortlink configuration.
- WPTouch Support.
- Can be set to vertical, horizontal or no counter.
- Authors can configure their own Twitter accounts on their profile pages. (WP3.x only)
- Supports customizable Auto-Tweeting.
- Supports all Tweet Button languages.
- Supports exclusion by custom post type
- Possible to add rel="me", rel="shortlink" to header and
relattribute to the tweet link for SEO. - Google Analytics support for campaign tracking.
- Option to switch between '{text} {link} via {@user}' and 'RT {@user} {text} {link}' formats.
- Templatable Tweet texts using tags (
%POSTCONTENT%,%POSTTITLE%,%BLOGTITLE%,%BLOGHASHTAGS%,%BLOGHASHCATS%). - Supports data tag output.
- Includes hooks for 3rd party developers.
- Supports WordPress 3 shortener functions.
- Initial URL shrinking with the Twitter Friendly Links Plugin and YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter Plugin.
- Initial URL shrinking with 3rd party shortening services: awe.sm, goo.gl, b2l.me, bit.ly, j.mp, cli.gs, sl.ly, snipr, su.pr, tinyurl
- counturl support for consistent url counts across URL shorteners.
- Supports option to load the script in the footer.
- Referral can be turned off by removing the username.
- Additional styling options.
- Supports automatic placement and manual using
tweetbutton();function or[tweetbutton]shortcode. - Supports forced manual placement for a combination of placements.
- Includes caching controls for WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache.
- Tweet Button can be excluded from bottom of posts on front page.
- Optional no-javascript support.
Support
This plugin features built-in tips but you may also find the FAQ or WP Tweet Button's page useful.
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Usage of WP Tweet Button over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 127 to 87 — down 40 (-31.5%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 87 | -6 |
| June 2024 | 93 | -5 |
| May 2024 | 98 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 98 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 99 | -3 |
| February 2024 | 102 | -6 |
| January 2024 | 108 | -6 |
| December 2023 | 114 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 114 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 114 | -9 |
| September 2023 | 123 | -3 |
| August 2023 | 126 | -2 |
| July 2023 | 128 | +1 |
| June 2023 | 127 | — |
Themes used with WP Tweet Button
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentyeleven |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Almostlogical |
| 4 | Serenity |
| 5 | Genesis |
| 6 | Thesis_18 |
| 7 | Arras |
| 8 | Cdf2016 |
| 9 | Twentytwelve2 |
| 10 | Dvafoto-isotope-roots |
| 11 | Matatag |
| 12 | Flex |
| 13 | Simple-type |
| 14 | Fordmagazin |
| 15 | Divi |
| 16 | Hontolab |
| 17 | Sunset-theme |
| 18 | Mystique |
| 19 | Inove_china_left_sb |
| 20 | Travelify |
Sites running WP Tweet Button
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