My Twitter button keeps sending to wrong account

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  njoshi0503 · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 7:33 pm

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  I changed my twitter handle in Settings – Sharing but still the button under my profile and in my blog goes to someone else’s handle. Help!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  designsimply · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 9:50 pm

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  If you are talking about the Twitter link under your bio in the right sidebar with the heading “Who Am I?” at https://aeronitin.wordpress.com/ then you need to make the update through https://about.me/ because that content was setup using the About.me Widget.

  If you are talking about a different Twitter link, can you describe exactly which link you’re referring to, which account it’s pointing to, and which account you would like it to point to instead?

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  njoshi0503 · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 10:12 pm

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  Hi, thanks for that. Its actually the Tweet button after the blogs themselves. I was able to fix it on the first blog by recreating it but the others point towards a twitter account thats not mine.

  I changed my twitter getting in the settings option; do I need to recreate all my other blogs?

  Thanks,
  Nitin

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  designsimply · Member · May 1, 2015 at 12:03 am

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  Okay, let me try again. I looked at your latest posts here:
  https://aeronitin.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/youve-had-a-bad-day-dont-let-job-search-get-you-down-2/

  I scrolled to the bottom and clicked the Twitter button. A new window popped up with an option to post a Tweet and it has this text in it:

  You’ve Had a Bad Day – Don’t Let Job Search Get You Down http://wp.me/p4dbDq-18 via @Maine_Nitin

  From what I can tell, @Maine_Nitin is the same account that is connected on the Settings > Sharing page at https://aeronitin.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=sharing

  If @Maine_Nitin is not the Twitter account you wanted to use, then I would recommend following these steps to disconnect and reconnect your Twitter account in your sharing settings:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#reconnecting-services

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  njoshi0503 · Member · May 5, 2015 at 7:13 pm

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  Hello, sorry it took a while to answer.

  The blog you mention above is fine, I actually had to delete it and re-enter it to work. Its the ones after it. For example, the one after, Be Clear and Not Open to Interpretations, if I click on the Twitter button it says “Be Clear, Not Open to Interpretations http://wp.me/p4dbDq-Z via @Nitin_S_Joshi”

  @Nitin_S_joshi is not my Twitter Handle. Should be @Maine_Nitin
  Thanks.

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  designsimply · Member · May 6, 2015 at 8:15 pm

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  I researched this and found it’s not possible to change the Twitter username used for the sharing button for past-published posts if a Twitter account was connected at the time the post was published.

  I sent a request to our developers to see if that can be updated, but I cannot make any promises about whether or not they will change how it currently works. I will reply back here as soon as I have any updated information about the request.

  In the mean time, any new posts you publish should have the correct username going forward.

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  designsimply · Member · May 6, 2015 at 11:55 pm

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  I was wrong! I found a way to fix this on a per account basis, and I manually fixed it for your https://aeronitin.wordpress.com/ blog. Can you refresh your browser view, try the Twitter sharing button again, and let me know if you’re still having any trouble with it?

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  njoshi0503 · Member · May 13, 2015 at 9:18 pm

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  Apologies again for the tardiness of my reply. Yes it works now, thank you! Ok to close this problem case.

  Thanks very much again!
  Nitin

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  designsimply · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:27 pm

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  No problem at all! Cheers :)