Get Latest Tweets
by Paul Schreiber · Social
Also makes 2 other plugins · 110+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a shortcode tag [get_latest_tweets username='somename'] to display an excerpt from your latest blog post.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈45 estimated
Momentum
+33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “formatting”, “get latest tweets” and “tweet” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 12.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3860 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3860 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| get latest tweets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tweet your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tweets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “formatting”, “get latest tweets” and “tweet” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 74 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.6y ago
latest release · v0.3 · 7 Apr 2016
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ schmenzkiewp10.0y ago
Hi Paul, thanks for this great plugin. I just updated to the latest version… and now the german special characters like ä ü ö don’t show up any more. Is there a simple solution for that? Thanks Chris
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Xtremefaith13.9y ago
As you will see from his site here: http://paulschreiber.com/blog/2011/02/11/how-to-display-tweets-on-a-wordpress-page/, great idea with a great start. Connects to Twitter API and outputs simple html giving devs the reigns to style away. Problem is, after you reload you’ll notice things are broken. Caching is necessary because of API rate limits, but caching doesn’t work. Developer keeps commenting the same comment to users when apparently that is not the solution (hasn’t worked for anyone yet). Chances are dev has given up on this project, sad though because it was exactly what I needed and will easily come back to it once this is fixed. It appears that WordPress has built in caching capability that the dev is not using, rather is making his own file caching for unknown reasons. Good luck finding another solution for now at least.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a shortcode tag [get_latest_tweets username='somename'] to display an excerpt from your latest blog post."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 675 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "formatting" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-11 50+ → 40+ down after 100 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 50+ → 60+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-11 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- T Timeline Twitter Feed 90+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
- U Ultimate twitter profile widget 80+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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Social Feeds 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Get Tweets in PHP 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Easy Twitter Feed Widget Plugin 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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