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Twivatar

Adds a shortcode that echos the current Twitter avatar for a username. Image URL is cached.

By Gary Jones·Avatar·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 13 years ago
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As of April 2026, Twivatar is a WordPress avatar plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles….

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.4K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

Adds twivatar shortcode. When also passed a Twitter handle as the name attribute, the plugin will get the current avatar from Twitter, and store the URL for 24 hours. It then echoes out an image.

Attributes (optional unless marked otherwise):

  • name – Twitter handle. Required.
  • size – One of ‘mini’, ‘normal’ or ‘bigger’ Default is ‘normal’.
  • link – Whether to link the image to the profile page on Twitter. Default is true.
  • linkclass – class attribute value of the link. Default is none.
  • rel – rel attribute value of the link. Default is none.
  • class – class attribute value of the image. Default is none.
  • title – title attribute value of the image. Default is none.

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Compatibility

WordPress2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 3.5.0
PHPfalse+ required

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Changelog

1.0.2

  • Removed array type hint that may not be satisfied in edge cases.
  • Moved main class into its own file.
  • Made the variable that has the instance of the class assigned to it, explicitely global.
  • Added .pot file.
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Contributors

Gary JonesGary Jones
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.2
Last Updated
Jan 28, 2013
WP Requires
2.8.0+
Tested Up To
3.5.0
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.4K+
Added
May 8, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

avatartwittertwivatar

Developer

G
Gary Jones
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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