If are you on twitter, then you can display latest tweets on WordPress Blog. By adding twitter feed in Website, visitors can keep track of your latest tweets and one-click to follow you on twitter.
Twitter Stream Illustration
A latest plugin by automatic JetPack features to add twitter stream in sidebar with ease. In the article we will learn how to add twitter feed in WordPress using Jetpack plugin. Below is a simple stepwise procedure:
Step 1: Install Jetpack plugin
I have already mentioned in the article how to install jetpack plugin on wordpress. Once the jetpack is installed proceed to Step 2.
Step 2: Configure Twitter Widget
When Jetpack plugin is installed and configured, by default it activates Twitter Widget which can be configured by Navigating to Appearance > Widgets, as you can see in the screenshot below.
Twitter Widget Jetpack dashboard
Step 3: Show Tweets on Blog
In order to display latest tweets on sidebar, follow the procedure below to add twitter widget:
- Navigate to Appearance > Widgets.
- Find Twitter (Jetpack) widget in the list and Drag it to sidebar.
Twitter Jetpack Widget
- Now configure twitter jetpack settings for title, twitter name, number of tweets to show etc. Refer to screenshot below:
Twitter Widget Settings
- Once done with the settings, click on Save button.
We are Done!
As we are done with installation and configuration, now its time to see things live in action. Refresh the website and you will find twitter stream in sidebar similar to the screenshot below.
Twitter Stream Live on Sidebar
Here we come to the end of this tutorial, where we learned to add twitter feed in WordPress blog. If you have any query or any assistance is required, feel free to post comment as your feedback.
Looks great, but… I’m struggling on how do i FORMAT the text in the twitter feed. Is that a THEME issue or something to do with the Jetpack Twitter plugin. I’m thinking it has something to do with the theme because I see no config possibilities in the Jetpack Twitter plugin.
Thanks!
Hey Eric,
Appreciate your question about styling the Twitter Feed. Well you can simply add the CSS code in your WP Theme to style it. If CSS code seems like ghost to you, then you can Buzz me for my service. 😉
Cheers! 🙂
I wonder if its possible to manually insert the widget, and how?
Yes it is possible, but to make anything widgetized you need to register a sidebar for in WP. Follow the concept in the following article How to add Alert Bar in WordPress Theme
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. At my blog I have one sidebar where I manually have entered code, in the template theme, and their I want to insert the twitter box from Jetpack. Therefore I cant use widgets, in admin, to ad the box, coz it will end up either before or after where I manually have my sidebar.
I’m looking to remove the scrollbar from the Jetpack Twitter Widget, how can I go about doing this?
Logically scrollbars are visible only when content width or height is less. If vertical scrollbar is showing up, then try reducing the number of tweets.