Twitter widget fails to work/show?

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    lecafedeva · Member ·

    I followed the video/post and added the twitter widget, but i failed to see it shows/works. Do i need to do anything differently?

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    rahulyadav089 · Member ·

    Hi there,

    The Twitter API v1 has been retired, and this means some functionality has been removed. As of now all twitter widgets need to be properly authenticated with OAuth as Basic Auth has been disabled. This breaks most of the Twitter widgets we use. The easiest fix now is to replace your twitter widget entirely. I recommend using the Really Simple Twitter Feed Widget.

    Once the Really Simple Twitter Feed Widget is installed you need to configure it with your OAuth keys. To get these keys go to https://dev.twitter.com/apps and sign in using your twitter account. Here you will need to create a new app for the widget. Create the app and it will generate the keys. Then Click the Create Access Token button and then refresh the page to get the Access Token. Fill out the WordPress widget settings with the keys and your twitter username and everything should be working.

    If you use seaofclouds / tweet jquery.tweet.js check out Stan Scate’s fix here: https://github.com/StanScates/Tweet.js-Mod

    Thanks,
    Rahul

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