I’ve been doodling about a little bit with a Wordpress plugin idea - and I’m releasing it into the wild, hoping it might be of some use to some out there!
The idea came to me when I couldn’t find a Wordpress plugin to insert my Tweets into my Wordpress blog within the main timeline. It’s good enough displaying Tweets in the sidebar, or in a compact manner anywhere else, but as I’m not a very proficient blogger (this is my second post… Ha!), I really wanted my Tweets to be displayed chronologically between my posts. And that’s exactly what TwitMerge does!
Installation
First, download the TwitMerge plugin zip file. Then it should be as simple as using the Wordpress plugin installer (Plugins » Add new in your admin area), or uploading the unzipped TwitMerge folder to your Wordpress plugins directory. For more info, please visit the Wordpress page on plugins). You’ll then need to activate it, and edit your blog home page.
First of all, find the following file:
/path/to/blog/wp-content/themes/your_theme/index.php
You’ll need to add the following line of code within the loop: <?php $TwitMerge->getTweets(); ?> In most cases this will be directly after:<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
I’ll be updating this post soon with more info. I’m currently in the process of testing it with the help of a couple of friends - if you want to try it out and find some bugs (likely!), please let me know in the comments!