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How to add support for Smash Balloon GDPR setting in unsupported GDPR plugins

How does automatic GDPR plugin integration work in Smash Balloon's plugins? Smash Balloon's plugins include an automatic integration with sever...

How to force CRON jobs to run on my server to update my feeds?

CRON jobs are like scheduled tasks for your website. They automatically perform specific actions at set times, such as updating content or fetchin...

How can I allow editors access to the Twitter plugin settings?

You can grant other user roles access to the feed settings by using a plugin such as User Role Editor and giving a role the manage_twitter_feed_op...

How to fix a blank or empty plugin interface

This guide will help you if you are facing an issue where the plugin interface or feed preview appears blank or empty, like in the example below. ...

How to hide specific tweets in the Custom Twitter Feeds Pro Plugin

This document will guide you through the process of using the 'Hide specific tweets' function in the filter settings to manage the visibility of s...

Smash Balloon Twitter Changes (Free Version)

With our new solution, every feed update incurs a cost to us which was not the case in the past. For this reason, we will need to have limits on...

Smash Balloon Twitter Changes (Pro Version)

Important notice for Twitter Feed users: No tweets returned or feed not updating: Due to another sudden Twitter c...

Twitter API Changes February 2023

Update July 10, 2023: We have updated our solution that updates feeds. While most users will experience no changes, some feed updates may fail ...

Add Custom JavaScript snippets for the Twitter plugin.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WPCode plugin on your website. Upon activation, the plugin will add a new menu item labe...

How to get the System Info from our plugins (Support Request)

To help us troubleshoot the issue you're having, it is important that you share your System Info this way, we are more likely to be able to provid...

Guide to Creating Custom Templates

The HTML for Custom Twitter Feeds Pro can be customized using a setting and PHP files added to the active theme's folder. Please note that using cu...

Twitter Feed Option Features - PRO vs. Free

The following options are only available in the PRO version of the plugin. Search Feed - You can use “OR” or “AND” for complex feeds. Display ...

Licenses Explained!

Contents: Licenses explained! How are 5 site and 10 site licenses distributed? Do you have an option to purchase one single license for all your pl...

Custom Twitter Feed Change Log

= 2.4.1 February 6, 2024 = * Fix: Plugin hardening. * Fix: PHP warnings would be triggered when using a timeline feed. * Fix: Fixed an issue preven...

Create your own Twitter App

Note: Using a custom Twitter App requires you to use a paid tier of the X API, Basic or higher. The free tier will not work. Please note that cr...

Twitter API Error Message Reference

If you receive an error message when trying to display your tweets then you can use the table below to diagnose the issue and find the relevant sol...

Setting up the Free Custom Twitter Feeds WordPress Plugin

Version 2.1 and above.  Note: Due to a recent change and Twitter shutting down their free API, we've created our own solution, which is av...

Setting up the Custom Twitter Feeds Pro WordPress Plugin

1) Once you've purchased the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin, click on the “Downloads” tab to download the plugin.  Your download link, license key, an...

My feed won't show the latest tweets

Our plugin uses caching to improve performance and limit requests made to the Twitter API. Your server or another plugin might also use caching to ...

Can I display Tweets from a specific screen name that have a certain hashtag

There are two ways to filter a user feed. Using a "Search" feed Our guide to using search feeds can be very helpful for complex searches. To filter...

No Images, Only "alt" Text in Firefox

Firefox's private browsing feature with tracking protection will block images sent from the Twitter API. Try clicking the "shield" icon next to the...

How to move the Tweet text to below the image/video

By default, the Tweet text is shown at the top of the Tweet, above the image or video element. You can swap their position by adding this to the pl...

How Do I Embed the Twitter Feed Directly into a Theme Template?

You can embed the feed directly into a template file by using the WordPress do_shortcode function: <?php echo do_shortcode('[[custom-twitter-fee...

Differences between the free version and Pro version of the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin

The main differences between the free version and the Pro version of the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin are listed below. The extra features available...

Is the content of my feed crawlable by search engines and how does it help improve my SEO?

Unlike other Twitter plugins which use iframes to embed your feed into your page once it’s loaded, the Custom Twitter Feeds uses server-side code t...

Are there any technical/server requirements for running the plugin?

Your web server should have either cURL or the PHP allow_url_fopen function enabled. If you don't know what these are then don't worry as they're e...

Will Custom Twitter Feeds work with W3 Total Cache or other caching plugins?

The Custom Twitter Feeds plugin should work in compatibility with most, if not all, caching plugins, but you may need to tweak the settings in orde...

The font in my Twitter feed isn't inherited from my website

By default, your Twitter feed should inherit the font from your website. If this isn't the case then it's possible that something in the theme is p...

Manually updating the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin

If you're experiencing an issue updating the plugin automatically via your WordPress Plugins page then you can manually update the plugin in one of...

How to build a Twitter Search feed

When creating a search feed using the plugin you can use any of the following: Operator Finds tweets… -filter:retweets exclude re...

Where do I enter my Custom Twitter Feeds license key?

You enter your license under the 'General' tab, which is on the Settings page, as shown in the screenshot below: Please note, if you don't see a...

Images and videos are not displaying in the feed

Feeds that include images, videos, and gifs in tweets are available with the "Pro" version of the plugin only. Here is a list of possible reasons m...

How do I create a Twitter list?

Twitter allows you to create a "list" of Twitter accounts that you can create a feed of. The first step is creating a list on Twitter. Follow these...

Combine multiple feed types into one single Twitter feed

The Custom Twitter Feeds Pro plugin allows you to display posts from any combination of user, hashtag, or search feeds into one single feed. To do ...

What GDPR Consent Plugins does the Plugin Work With?

The following third-party GDPR related plugins are compatible with the latest versions of our plugins: Cookie Notice by dFactory GDPR Cookie C...

Why Does My Database Have a Lot of Twitter Feed Caches?

When creating "search" or "hashtag" feeds, the plugin is only able to retrieve tweets made within the last 7 days. To continue to display older twe...

I Just Upgraded to Pro But Can't Use the New Features

The "Pro" version and "free" version are separate plugins. A quick and easy way to check which version you might still be using is to go to the plu...

Will the plugin continue to work after my license expires?

When a license expires, the plugin will still continue to display your feeds as it did before your license expired, however, you will lose access t...

Custom Twitter Feeds - GDPR Compliance

Important: If you are using our Custom Twitter Feeds plugin on your website then please refer to our GDPR disclosure for full details regarding com...