WP Twitter pluginsWordPress Twitter plugins combine the awesomeness of two great blogging platforms to seamlessly integrate Twitter directly into your WordPress blog. Getting the best of both of these worlds was once a daunting and limiting task, but there is a wealth of WordPress Twitter plugins to choose from now. WordPress acts as a great basis for your published content while Twitter brings the social activity to a high frequency with the amount of buzz it can incur around your shared content. We’ve sifted through a ton of WordPress plugins for Twitter found throughout the web and the WP plugin repository to identify the best WordPress Twitter plugins that are listed below. Leave a comment to tell us your favorite and take a peek at our premium WordPress plugins directory to find other awesome WP plugins too.

Twitter Tools – Built by one of the most well known WordPress plugin developers, Alex King, the Twitter Tools WordPress plugin is a default plugin for most WordPress users. Once activated in WordPress, the Twitter Tools allows you to automatically publish new article postings to your Twitter account and view your recent tweets from the comfort of your WordPress sidebar.

TweetSuite – TweeSuite offers a host of Twitter features for your WordPress blog. Customize what tools you need for your blogging and twittering needs, including what is displayed on your blog’s Twitter widget an the level of interaction readers have with your blog articles when it comes to their own Twitter options.

TweetThis – TweetThis is a handy way of incorporating Twitter into your WordPress blog. The TweetThis plugin adds a button for enticing readers to tweet your blog articles, which appears on every post. TweeThis automatically shortens URLs, making it easier for your readers to tweet and add their own commentary in the 140-character microblog update. Set up scheduled auto-tweets for your blog content as well.

TweetMeme – TweetMeme works directly from your WordPress backend for easy access and well integrated features. Including a widget for encouraging readers to retweet your blog content, TweetMeme also includes stats so you can see how well your blog is performing on Twitter.

TweetTweet – TweetTweet does more than offer retweet options for your blog content. Archiving your blog-related tweets and the tweets that arise as conversation around your blog tweets, Tweet Tweet gives context to the social activity of your blog.

TwitterDoodle – One great aspect of Twitter is the ability to contextually see real time trends. Tapping into the thought vibrations of the world can give you a heads up on what topics are good to blog about. TwitterDoodle not only gives you access to that, but provides easy access to your WordPress backend for creating blog posts around Twitter content. TwitterDoodle then ports your blog post back into the Twitterverse, adding it to the existing discussions already taking place around your topic of interest.

Twitter WordPress Sidebar Widget – Showing recent tweets in your WordPress sidebar is a great way to encourage interactivity with your blog readers. Customize the look and feel of your sidebar widget so that it matches the integrity of your existing blog theme. Determine how many tweets you want to appear in your sidebar widget. Links are included back to Twitter for each update that appears in the widget. You’ll do best with this particular WordPress Twitter plugin if you are familiar with coding CSS.

Wickett – Yet another one of the many sidebar Twitter plugins, Wickett keeps things simple with its offerings. Adding Wickett to your WordPress theme will give you the option of displaying your Twitter stream in your sidebar, displaying the conversations arising from your blog and Twitter activity. The hope is that this level of interaction will entice readers to add their two cents as well, spreading your blog content further across the social web.

Twitter Sharts – If you spend a lo of time dwindling around in your WordPress blog, Twitter Sharts may be of interest to you. This Twitter plugin enables you to update your Twitter status from any of your WordPress pages, limiting your need to toggle between tabs or websites for a Twitter update.

Twittar – Combining Twitter and your blog’s comments, Twittar recognizes the ability to enhance and encourage reader’s interaction with the blog by making the two easier to complete with one option. Twittar lets readers leave comments on your blog, with their Twitter user photo appearing in the comments stream. The comments can then be tweeted, where the discussion can be potentially furthered with a wide pool of users.

Twitip – Another option for conjoining Twitter with WordPress blog comments is Twitip. This tool works by adding another comment form on your blog page so users can include their Twitter info when leaving a remark. Twitip also considers the commenter’s with its plugin, as an extra field for the inclusion of a “follow me” link can be set up by the blog administrator. This provides additional promotion options for your readers, further encouraging them to leave a comment as it becomes another place for them to increase their own visibility.

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