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Tags: twitter button, twitter plugin
The Tweetmeme plugin for WordPress was the only impressive plugin out there that helped me add a retweet button to blog articles (remember that green button?), but not any more.
The BackType guys have come up with their own version of a WordPress Re-Tweet Twitter plugin, that will do things just better !
BackType has been a great service so far, it finds all the tweets on Twitter that has a link to your blog, no matter whether the source (you or the blog) is credited or not. This is a huge advantage over Tweetmeme if you ask me. Because Tweetmeme only displays the number of tweets that were retweeted mentioning them(@tweetmeme). (I couldn’t confirm this but am sure that there were a lot of tweets that tweetmeme ignored)
Update – Tweetmeme has confirmed soon after writing this post that they do collect the number of tweets from all around, and not just the ones mentioning them.(Find out more details about Tweetmeme button here.)
Some of the advantages of using the BackType ReTweet button instead of the Tweetmeme Twitter plugin
- You can specify the colours of the retweet button (Background and border).
- Specify the size, shape and location of the button.
- Tweetmeme usually picks up the page title which might contain the blog name, but this one only picks up the post title or just what’s available on the permalink. This is super cool !
- Manually position the button anywhere on the post.
- Optionally attribute Backtype or avoid it.
- Customize the spacing, margins etc with CSS style.
- Change the leading text (add your name or so)
- Use a custom URL shortner (awe.sm)
You can see the button in action right here on DSB I’ved rolled back to Tweetmeme. Download the plugin here
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11 Comments
Thanks for the plugin.. Trying it now!
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It looks like a good plugin.. I have pretty similar like this but twitter stuff has become very picky now.. Not every tweet would bring traffic. Thanks for this update anyway
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what a plugin
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I am so liking this. I am going to try it out as soon as I get a chance. Nice find Mani.
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Thanks for this. I read about some other twitter tool tweteey something like this which is better than tweetmeme.
Have you checked it?
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You’re right, this is the best plugin for this. Way better than Tweetmeme!
Thank you for sharing this!
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Thanks for the plugin!
I do would like to mention that the settings menu doesn’t work with Wordpress MU. Let me know if you want me to test things!
Keep up the good work!
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@ricko Tijsen the TweetMeme plugin does however work for Wordpress MU so that is starting to sound like the best option for you at the moment!
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Are you back to tweetmeme plugin??
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Be aware that you need the latest PHP to get the plugin to work properly. I
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I notice you have Tweetmeme on this blog entry, though… how come?
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