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ThinkTwit Update 1.6.0

I’ve been a busy bee over the last few weeks: this is the biggest update to ThinkTwit that I’ve made in a long time, since before the upgrade to Twitter REST API v1.1, and it fixes a number of things that I have wanted to update for a while but also which I’ve had a number of requests for.

Here’s the list of updates:

  • Fixed an issue with tweets not always being picked up from Twitter due to too many requests for the authentication token
  • Fixed cleanup process not running
  • Added translation (i18n) to some missed areas
  • Fixed a PHP warning that is output sometimes when filtering out old usernames
  • Fixed the conversion of relevant Tweet content that wasn’t being correctly turned in to links
  • Updated the AJAX handler to use the recommended method (using admin-ajax.php and appropriate hooks)
  • Updated the Twitter Follow Button to use the new code that Twitter have produced but also used the IFRAME method to ensure it works with “Prevent Caching”
  • Updated the Tweet object (which holds all tweets) to add some functionality and more clearly define the content and functions
  • Added a Clear Cache button in the Settings (really useful when there is something not right e.g. after an update)
  • Added code to load tweets when caching is turned on but the cache is empty
  • Added logging functionality to log error messages (that can’t be dealt with gracefully) to the error log (error_log in root WordPress directory)
  • And here’s the most requested update: added the ability to filter usernames and hashtags using AND or OR searches

I hope everyone finds this update useful, and as always please do let me know if there are any issues so that I can get them resolved.

ThinkTwit is now over 2,500 lines of code and over 100 KB in size; it’s far more than I ever intended to be and that’s all down to the users who give me their very useful feedback and feature requests, so please do keep up the good work!

About Stephen Pickett


Stephen Pickett is a programmer, IT strategist and architect, project manager and business analyst, Oracle Service Cloud and telephony expert, information security specialist, all-round geek. He is currently Technical Director at Connect Assist, a social business that helps charities and public services improve quality, efficiency and customer engagement through the provision of helpline services and CRM systems.

Stephen is based in south Wales and attended Cardiff University to study Computer Science, in which he achieved a 2:1 grading. He has previously worked for Think Consulting Solutions, a leading voice on not-for-profit fundraising, Fujitsu Services and Sony Manufacturing UK as a software developer.

Stephen is the developer of ThinkTwit, a WordPress plugin that allows you to display multiple Twitter feeds within a blog.

By Stephen Pickett

Stephen Pickett is a programmer, IT strategist and architect, project manager and business analyst, Oracle Service Cloud and telephony expert, information security specialist, all-round geek. He is currently Technical Director at Connect Assist, a social business that helps charities and public services improve quality, efficiency and customer engagement through the provision of helpline services and CRM systems.

Stephen is based in south Wales and attended Cardiff University to study Computer Science, in which he achieved a 2:1 grading. He has previously worked for Think Consulting Solutions, a leading voice on not-for-profit fundraising, Fujitsu Services and Sony Manufacturing UK as a software developer.

Stephen is the developer of ThinkTwit, a Wordpress plugin that allows you to display multiple Twitter feeds within a blog.

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