Twitter avatar reloaded Plugin adds a new field to the comment form to get the user’s Twitter usrename and stores it together with comments and using it replaces gravatar with twitter avatar when the comment is displayed.
This Plugin works seamlessly and you don’t need to edit your theme files to add the new field to the comment form. It automatically adds it when activated.
Download
You can download the Plugin as a zip file from the official WordPress Plugin repository.
Installation
Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
The main advantage of this Plugin is that you don’t need to modify the theme file at all to add the new Twitter username field to the comment form.
Screenshot
Translation
The pot file is available with the Plugin. If you are willing to do translation for the Plugin, use the pot file to create the .po files for your language and let me know. I will add it to the Plugin after giving credit to you.
Feedback
If you have any comments or if you want to report any bugs, please leave a comment below or contact me.
Stay updated
I would be posting updates about this Plugin in my blog and in Twitter. If you want to be informed when new version of this Plugin is released, then you can either subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed or follow me in Twitter.
Changelog
- 2010-03-13 – v0.1 – Initial Release
- 2010-03-16 – v0.2 – Proper alignment of the Twitter username field
It works for me but: It is located in the wrong spot. My twitter info box is showing up underneath my comment box section away from the other fill in boxes. What can I do to put it in the right spot. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Never mind because now it seems to be working correctly.
hey, i have added an hebrew translation..
you can download the file with translation
from here:
http://www.sagive.co.il/download/twitter-avatar-reloaded.rar
i would leave it up for a couple of weeks..
Cheers, Sagive
Thanks for sending in the translation files. I will include it as part of the next release.
Really nice Sudar. I’m surprise WP hasn’t added comment support for social sites like Twitter and Facebook yet, hopefully in version 3.0 This plugin is a nice step forward.
Nice to know that you like my Plugin
does this overload the builde in avartor code so that twitter is the default souce instead of gravtar
Paul
Yes, this Plugin will overload the build-in avatar code, if the twitter field is present. If it is not present, then it will resolve to the default avatar code.
How can I associate a registered user with their Twitter username?
Right now it is not possible. I am working on it and will be available in the next version.
hello… thx for the plugin i serch it for 2 hours
I can’t use the plugin in Wordpress 2.9.2.. Is there any solution for this error right here:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /www/htdocs/w00c80c4/wp-content/plugins/twitter-avatar-reloaded/twitter-avatar-reloaded.php on line 207
What is the version of PHP that you are using?
My PHP-Version is 4.4.9.
Thanks for your help!
I think there is some problem in PHP 4. Will release a new version once I fixed it.
I’m having the same problem in PHP version 5.2.9
ops… ive messed up, its the same version, 4.4.9.
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Exactly the plugin I was searching for but, unfortunately, it’s not working for me. Gravatar works fine but the twitter avatars are not retrieved. Any help?
What pieces of code should I check to try to understand what’s happening?
I’ve already uninstalled and installed again the wp-gravatar and this plugin but it still doesn’t work. This plugin alters the comments.php file? I think I’ve edited it in the past so I don’t know if the problem might be there.
I think the changes you made to the comments.php file are preventing the Plugin from working properly. Uninstall wp-gravatar Plugin and try this Plugin on a fresh WordPress install. Also let me know in which version of WordPress you are trying it.
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This post increased my knowledge… very interesting..thank you..
Great plugin, thank you! Looking forward to being able to post as a user (Since I’m the admin) vs logout, so thanks for working on that.
Also, is there a way to change the “Twitter” text? IE, I bet some users will put in http://www.twitter.com/username... I’d like to change my to name “Twitter Username” but can’t see where in the php code to change it.
Thanks!
Matt
Right now the only way to change it is to edit the Plugin file. But I will provide an option to change the text from the admin interface itself, in the next version of the Plugin.
Hi
The Plugin shows the input field under the text box! Can I change this?
And I want to have the Twitter Name in a Text Version next to the avatar. Can I do this? Or can I link the Avatar to the Twitter Profile?
Very nice Plugin! Thank you!
Well, it is possible right now to do it, but you might have to edit the Plugin file to do it. I will add the ability to automatically do it, in the next version of the Plugin.
Wow, this awesome!
Thx for this great wp plugin !
can we specify the avatar size?
my theme has 60×60 avatar size, the avatar got from twitter is 48×48, so it’s stretched.
it’s pretty ugly though.
why dont show gravatar when dont exist twitter account?
or this plugin use the gravatar when dont exist account? (i try it en this comment)
i wanna see if display my gravatar x]
For whatever reason, the twitter field was still showing up beneath my text box. (I’m using AutoFocus Pro theme with Thematic as the parent.)
Unfortunately, it also overwrote/broke all the other indenticon/gravatar images for that already existed for commenters on my site so ultimately I had to disable the plugin. I really like the concept of the plugin and I’d be interested in donating once I can get it to work.
Nikki,
It should overwrite the Gravatar, only if it is not present. Let me check if there are issues and will release an update if needed.
Not working for me but I have no idea why not…
It would be nice if the admin could edit the field for existing comments. I have the Topsy plugin that adds comments or trackbacks every time someone tweets a post. It would be nice to be able to edit their comment and add the proper Twitter avatar. Even better if it would do it automatically.