How to Post your Twitter Stream on Wordpress using Twitter Tools Plugin

Are you a twitter power user? I’m finding that I’m spending way more time on twitter then I probably should. I used to focus on writing blog entries for a couple of my sites, now i’m more interested in following twitter streams and replying to everyone that I can. I want to continue to use twitter because it’s the “popular” trend right now, but I don’t want to completely avoid my blogs either.

Well, with Twitter Tools I can pull my twitter feed and have it update my blog automatically!

Twitter Tools

Get it Here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/

Description: Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.

Set up a Daily Digest of your Tweets

1. Download and Activate the Twitter Tools plugin.
2. In the Settings Menu on the Dashboard click on Twitter Tools.
3. Enter your Twitter username/password (Future releases will probably include the “OAuth” aka Twitter Connect option)
4. Enable option to create a tweet when you post in your blog? – YES
5. Set this on by default? – NO
6. Create a blog post from each of your tweets? – NO
7. Create a blog post from each of your tweets? – YES
8. Choose a time that is more convenient for you. I choose 11PM
9. Scroll down to the Categories part: Choose the category you would prefer your tweets to be added. Most like creating a new “twitter” category. I just placed mine in the JoeBrooks category.
10. Tags: These are the tags that will be added to each daily digest. Mine are: JoeBrooks, Tweets, Twitter, Joe Brooks Tweets, Joe Brooks Twitter
11. Exclude @reply tweets in your sidebar, digests and created blog posts? – NO (If you want to include all your tweets) or YES (If you want to exclude your replies to others).
12. Click on the Update Twitter Tools Options button.

That should do it! Check back tomorrow on your blog to see if everything posted properly. Here is how my first Twitter Daily Digest appeared like: http://www.joebrooks.me/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-27.html