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Twitter Image Host

Host Twitter images from your blog and keep your traffic, rather than using a service like Twitpic and losing your viewers.

By michaeltyson·Images·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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As of April 2026, Twitter Image Host is a WordPress images plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 5.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.

0/5Rating
10active installs
5.9K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Keep your traffic in the family! Host Twitter images on your own site, with support for comments and trackbacks, image
resizing and thumbnailing with Lightbox.

Twitter doesn’t yet come with its own inline image support, so we tend to be limited to using image hosting services,
and linking to them with short URLs. So, services like Twitpic host the image, and we direct traffic to them in return.

Better to take advantage of that traffic, and host images on your own site. This way, viewers come to your site, instead
of someone else’s!

Posted images are displayed in your normal WordPress template, with support for comments and trackbacks, without any
setup required. Most themes should work with this, but if not, or if a different layout is required, a custom theme template
can also b…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.6.1

  • Added automatic mapping between Twitter account and author (users prior to 0.6.1 must re-login to Twitter to take effect)
  • Added German translation, thanks to Walter Güldenberg
  • Improved internal query handling
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

michaeltysonmichaeltyson
Plugin Info
Version
0.6.1
Last Updated
Aug 7, 2011
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.2.1
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
5.9K+
Added
Jan 9, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

imageshostingtwitter

Developer

M
michaeltyson
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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