It uses Twitter API v1.1 and stores tweets in the cache.
It means that it will read status messages from your database and it doesn't query Twitter com for every page load so you won't be rate limited.
Upload the folder and its contents into the wp-content plugins directory of your WordPress installation.
Go to your Widgets menu, add * Recent Tweets to widget area..
Visit https apps twitter com in tab, sign in with your account, click on Create application and create your own keys if you haven't already..
How can I get Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, Access Token and Access Token Secret..
You will need to visit https apps twitter com, sign in with your account and create your own keys...
Very good widget, shame it's not SSL ready it contains http hardcoded links, so by using it you automatically agree to have your HTTPS website being not fully protected...
Once you figured out how to get API key and other secret codes, the widget is straight forward..
Browse the code, check out SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS...
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