Title: Just A Tweet
Author: Aelora
Published: <strong>Mayo 16, 2011</strong>
Last modified: Marso 24, 2012

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# Just A Tweet

 By [Aelora](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aelora/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/just-a-tweet.0.3.1.zip)

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## Description

Adds a `just_a_tweet` function and short code that allows you to display only
 the
most recent Tweet from a Twitter feed.

This came about because I wanted a way to display my most recent tweet in the
 header
of my site. Looking through dozens of Twitter plugins I couldn’t find one that just
got the most recent tweet without too much extraneous HTML and also cached the request.
This function does both.

For more info, visit [Nutt.net](http://www.nutt.net/tag/just-a-tweet/) or
 my [Twitter feed](http://twitter.com/RyanNutt).

## Installation

 1. Upload `just-a-tweet` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Place `<?php just_a_tweet('username'); ?>` in your templates

The function `just_a_tweet` takes up to 4 parameters

$twitterUser – Required – The name of the Twitter user you want to request

$cacheAge – Optional – Number of minutes after which the cache is considered stale.
Defaults to 5

$forceRefresh – Optional – If true then the cache is not used, although it is
 still
filled. Defaults to false

$echo – Optional – Whether the function should also echo out the HTML built. Either

way the HTML is returned. Defaults to true

#### Using the shortcode

There is also a shortcode just_a_tweet that you can use inside your posts and pages.

[ just_a_tweet twitteruser=yourtwitter ] will pull the most recent tweet from
 whatever
Twitter account you pass as `yourtwitter`.

## FAQ

None yet

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Just A Tweet” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Aelora ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aelora/)
 *   [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryannutt/)

[Translate “Just A Tweet” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/just-a-tweet)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/just-a-tweet/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/just-a-tweet/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/just-a-tweet/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/just-a-tweet/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.1

 * No real change, just updating to switch to a new site

#### 0.3

 * Switched to using a newer Twitter API call
 * Wasn’t working if latest tweet was a retweet. Would cause an error on the first
   
   page view and then a JSON error after it was pulled from cache.

#### 0.2

 * Added just_a_tweet short code so you can use this inside a post or page without
   
   having to enable PHP code.

#### 0.1

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.1**
 *  Last updated **14 tuig ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.1.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/just-a-tweet/)
 * Tags
 * [tweet](https://ceb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tweet/)[twitter](https://ceb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ceb.wordpress.org/plugins/just-a-tweet/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Aelora ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aelora/)
 *   [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryannutt/)

## Support

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