Must have Twitter plugins for Twitter fans

Twitter is gaining on…Chris loves it Darren loves it John TP loves it..so why should you wait? Hop in.

There are a number of plugins available for twitter today, but out of them honestly only a few makes sense. Here’s a list of the best twitter plugins for wordpress.

1. Alex Kings plugin or Twitter
   Undisputedly the number one twitter plugin for wordpress.
   What is remarkable about it
   Allows you to post your tweets as a new post each time you tweet, automatically on your blog.
   Great plugin, lot of functions, easy to handle.
2. Twitter update plugin for Wordpress
   This is probably is the opposite of Alex’s plugin, this one lets you tweet out your latest posts on twitter, while a new article is being published.
   What is remarkable about it
   It takes the burden off your shoulders of self promotion to your followers.
   What could go wrong
   Your followers may not like you “only” self promoting your articles all the time.
3. Twitter sidebar wordpress widget
   This one is for the ardent twitter fan who does not want to do self promotion but get alerts from people whom he is following while he is busy blogging. It adds a small widget to the sidebar of your wordpress blog that will display all your latest tweets and updates.
   What is remarkable about it
   You could stylize it however you want using CSS and make it not look like a widget at all.
4. WordTwit Twitter plugin for Wordpress
   Pretty much a straight forward wordpress plugin that will display all your recent twitter tweets from friends on Wordpress.
5. Eat It – Twitter plugin for Wordpress
   Twitterpress is a simple plugin to update your twitter account automatically whenever you publish a new post from your hosted wordpress blog. It’s not very layman friendly, but would be something geeks would like.
6. Twitt-too wordpress twitter plugin
   This is a rich twitter plugin that will help you to integrate twitter to wordpress with ease. It allows you to update your twitter account with tweets directly from your blog. The display is cool it even has your avatar shown.
   What is remarkable about it
   It is completely AJAXified, making it a breeze to use it.

Other great Twitter tools – For desktop, iphone, browsers etc.

In case you are a die hard Twitter fan, you might enjoy this collection of Twitter tools.

• Twitteroo – A desktop application for Windows that helps you to twitter right from your desktop without requiring to vist the twitter website and logging in.
• Twitbin – A firefox extension that helps you to tweet right from your favorite browser.
• Facebook Twitter plugin – A twitter plugin for facebook.

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