Twitter Meets WordPress
The thing I love most about WordPress is its open source nature. Anyone and everyone has access to the core code and can make improvements where they see fit. Even if you don't have commit access you can still contribute via the creation of themes and plugins. And plugins, or a plugin in this case, is the topic of this post.
I have to admit I'm one of the rare cyber dwellers who has not yet been pecked by the Twitter bird. It seems everyone I know has a Twitter account and they all follow each other around religiously. Oh sure I visited the home page a couple of times out of curiosity but I never understood why so many people swear it's the best thing since sliced bread. I think part of my problem lies with the fact I just don't have time to tweet. In fact, due to my work schedule it is all I can do to update this site nevermind logging in to Twitter to inform the world of what I had for dinner that evening. That is however until now.
Twitter LiveBlog is a nifty little plugin that allows you to post to your WordPress blog via your Twitter account. According to the plugin's author Mashuqur Rahman, or as he prefers to be called Mash, you can
- Start a liveblogging post using a Twitter update.
- Add to the liveblogging post using Twitter updates. Each Twitter update will appear as a separate line in the post with a timestamp.
- End a liveblogging post using a Twitter update.
How cool is that? This just may be the kick in the pants I need. I might yet even become a Twitterholic. Seriously though, I can actually see the usefulness of Twitter now that I can use it to post quick informational updates to my site. A Twitter version of asides if you will. You can find the Twitter LiveBlog plugin at the WordPress Plugin Directory while the release page may be found over at the home of Mash. You can also read a great review and see a sample post over at WindowsObserver.com.
Guess where I am off to?
Len has been blogging for over 10 years and is a rabid WordPress fan. In addition to blogging here you can find him writing the occasional article and toiling away in the forums at WeblogToolsCollection.com. He also hangs out at the WordPress support forums lending a hand where he can. You can also find him at his other blog LenKutchma.com
Thanks very much for the mention of my review of this superb plugin.
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You're welcome. It's only fair as it was through you that I became aware of this plugin.