Author: Joe Dolson

WP to Twitter Updated to OAuth

August 16, 2010

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Topics: WordPress.

Well, it’s a day for updates. Today was (at one point) the deadline for Twitter to permanently disable Basic authentication. The date has now been extended to August 31st, but the difference isn’t really significant. The one benefit which it will provide is a little extra time to debug the new OAuth version of WP to Twitter before it becomes the only working version. There are a lot of complications surrounding the OAuth update — most of them unfortunate. For […]

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The future of WP to Twitter

May 5, 2010

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Topics: Web Development, WordPress.

In June of 2010, Twitter will be permanently disabling basic authentication in favor of the OAuth protocol for authentication. For WordPress plugins which make use of the Twitter API, this is a change which will have significant repercussions. The specific repercussion will be that every implementation of a plugin will need to be registered with Twitter as a separate application. This means that the development of WP to Twitter will need to move in a slightly different direction. After pondering […]

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WP to Twitter update: Cli.gs to be shut down

October 9, 2009

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Topics: News, WordPress.

Continuing updates: Cli.gs gets a temporary stay of execution. Keep watching for further news — I may end up making these changes after all, but for now I’ll wait and see. The Cli.gs URL shortening service is due to be closed down on Sunday, October 25th. At this time, the service will stop accepting new short URLs and generating statistics, but will continue to forward visitors at least through the end of November. What does this mean for WP to […]

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WP to Twitter Update

November 24, 2008

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Topics: WordPress.

Current version: 2.1.1 Download WP-to-Twitter Follow me on Twitter! Support this plugin! Support Questions and FAQ Version 2.1.1 released. This is primarily a release targeted at tracking down some nagging problems; but it includes the ability to disable error messages for those suffering from errors even when the plugin is correctly shortening and posting your status updates. 2.0.0 Fixed bug introduced in WordPress 2.9 where logged in users could only edit their own profiles and associated issues. Fixed bug which […]

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WordPress to Twitter with Cli.gs

November 10, 2008

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Topics: Blogging, WordPress.

About WP-to-Twitter Download WP-to-Twitter Technically, this plugin has been available from the WordPress plugin directory since last Monday, but today is it’s official launch. This is for two reasons: first, it gave the plugin a week to “shake out the bugs,” so that the official launch could be as stable as is reasonably possible. Second, it’s my birthday, so I’ll be able to remember when the plugin launched. Isn’t that sweet? The plug-in is pretty straightforward: it posts a status […]

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