Widget stopped appearing on Homepage only

Twitter has been consistently tightening the limits on their API. As of the 5th they’re actually completely closing it down to non-authenticated requests. I released a new version of the plugin today (2.5.0) that uses the new API and requires you to authenticate your account. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

I did that Aaron and when i try to Authorize New Account it says

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in C:\xampp\htdocs\Thinklab\wp-content\plugins\twitter-widget-pro\lib\wp-twitter.php on line 121

and the line 121 is this:

return new WP_Error( $resp[‘response’][‘code’], ‘Could not recognize the response from Twitter’ );

Yep – definitely stopped working. Also it’s asking for a key and secret – but how do you get those from twitter? As far as I am aware – no option to get a secret?

Make sure to follow the instructions found at wp-admin -> “settings” -> “Twitter Widget” under “General Settings”

It gives step by step instructions for creating a consumer key and secret.

I did follow the instructions, and i got the consumer key and secret, filled it in and then i try to authorize it i get a error at line 121..

return new WP_Error( $resp[‘response’][‘code’], ‘Could not recognize the response from Twitter’ );

Did you follow the directions in the “General Settings” box (wp-admin -> settings -> Twitter Widget) for setting up your Twitter application and filling in your consumer secret and key? Several people have left the “Callback URL” field blank during that process, which won’t work. Set the Callback URL to a valid URL (like your site URL).

My twitter widget has also stopped appearing. It seems through the admin area everything is working correctly. I had been embeding the widget into my theme using this code:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[twitter-widget username="@DanielAlcorn" items="3" title="&nbsp;" showfollow="false" hidefrom="true" dateFormat="H:i F jS"]'); ?>

It’s now not displaying at all.

I updated it and it all works fine like it did before, EXCEPT the homepage. It has not been appearing on the homepage for a month now in most browsers. I have just been slow to get on the forum. Any idea why it would not appear on the homepage? Thanks!

Fixed my issue by removing the @ symbol in username

Daniel’s tip worked for me: remove “@” in the username.