Version Description
Includes fix for the major bug causing crashes when Twitter goes down. Also improved error checking if Twitter has returned an empty value or is rate-limited.
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| Developer | mpntod |
| Plugin |  Rotating Tweets (Twitter widget and shortcode) |
| Version | 0.46 |
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Code changes from version 0.44 to 0.46
- readme.txt +7 -3
- rotatingtweets.php +46 -7
readme.txt
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Tags: shortcode,widget,twitter,rotating,rotate,rotator,tweet,tweets
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Requires at least: 2.6
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Tested up to: 3.4
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Stable tag: 0.
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License: GPLv2 or later
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License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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== Description ==
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* Replaces a [shortcode](http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode) such as `[rotatingtweets screen_name='your_twitter_name']`, or a [widget](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets), with a rotating display of your most recent tweets
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* Space efficient - instead of showing all your tweets at once, shows one at a time and then smoothly replaces it with the next one. After showing all your tweets, loops back to the beginning again.
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* Customisable - you decide whose tweets to show, how many to show, whether to include retweets and replies, and whether to show a follow button. You can also decide how quickly the tweets rotate.
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* Replaces [t.co](http://t.co) links with the original link
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* Caches the most recent data from Twitter to avoid problems with rate limiting
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In most cases, each use (or "instance") of this plug-in gets data from Twitter every 2 minutes. The exception is when two or more instances share the same settings (screen name etc.), in which case they share the same data rather than each calling it separately.
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== Upgrade notice ==
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Includes fix for the major bug causing crashes when Twitter goes down. Also improved error checking if Twitter has returned an empty value.
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== Changelog ==
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= 0.44 =
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Removes follow button if Twitter has returned an empty value
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Tags: shortcode,widget,twitter,rotating,rotate,rotator,tweet,tweets
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Requires at least: 2.6
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Tested up to: 3.4
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Stable tag: 0.46
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License: GPLv2 or later
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License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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== Description ==
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* Replaces a [shortcode](http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode) such as `[rotatingtweets screen_name='your_twitter_name']`, or a [widget](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets), with a rotating display of your most recent tweets
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* Space efficient - instead of showing all your tweets at once, shows one at a time and then smoothly replaces it with the next one. After showing all your tweets, loops back to the beginning again.
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* Reliable - keeps showing your latest Tweets even if the Twitter website is down.
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* Customisable - you decide whose tweets to show, how many to show, whether to include retweets and replies, and whether to show a follow button. You can also decide how quickly the tweets rotate.
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* Replaces [t.co](http://t.co) links with the original link
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* Caches the most recent data from Twitter to avoid problems with rate limiting
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In most cases, each use (or "instance") of this plug-in gets data from Twitter every 2 minutes. The exception is when two or more instances share the same settings (screen name etc.), in which case they share the same data rather than each calling it separately.
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== Upgrade notice ==
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= 0.46 =
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Includes fix for the major bug causing crashes when Twitter goes down. Also improved error checking if Twitter has returned an empty value or is rate-limited.
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== Changelog ==
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= 0.46 =
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Properly handles rate-limiting by Twitter
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= 0.44 =
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Removes follow button if Twitter has returned an empty value
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rotatingtweets.php
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/*
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Plugin Name: Rotating Tweets widget & shortcode
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Description: Replaces a shortcode such as [rotatingtweets userid='your_twitter_name'], or a widget, with a rotating tweets display
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Version: 0.
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Author: Martin Tod
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Author URI: http://www.martintod.org.uk
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License: GPL2
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endif;
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if(!empty($twitterjson->errors)):
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# If there's an error, reset the cache timer to make sure we don't hit Twitter too hard and get rate limited
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$option[$stringname][datetime]=time()
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update_option($optionname,$option);
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elseif(!empty($twitterjson)):
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# If there's regular data, then update the cache and return the data
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$latest_json = $twitterjson;
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$option[$stringname][json]=$latest_json;
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$option[$stringname][datetime]=time();
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update_option($optionname,$option);
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endif;
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return($latest_json);
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}
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# Displays the tweets
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function rotating_tweets_display($json,$tweet_count=5,$show_follow=FALSE,$timeout=4000,$print=TRUE) {
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unset($result);
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$result = "\n<div class='rotatingtweets' id='".uniqid('rotatingtweets_'.$timeout.'_')."'>";
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if(empty($json)):
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$result .= "\n\t<div class = 'rotatingtweet'><p class='rtw_main'>Problem retrieving data from Twitter.</p></div>";
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$tweet_counter = 0;
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foreach($json as $twitter_object):
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wp_enqueue_script( 'rotating_tweet', plugins_url('js/rotating_tweet.js', __FILE__),array('jquery','jquery-cycle'),FALSE,FALSE );
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wp_enqueue_style( 'rotating_tweet', plugins_url('css/style.css', __FILE__));
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if($print) echo $result;
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?>
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/*
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Plugin Name: Rotating Tweets widget & shortcode
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Description: Replaces a shortcode such as [rotatingtweets userid='your_twitter_name'], or a widget, with a rotating tweets display
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Version: 0.46
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Author: Martin Tod
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Author URI: http://www.martintod.org.uk
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License: GPL2
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endif;
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endif;
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if(!empty($twitterjson->errors)):
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# If there's an error, reset the cache timer to make sure we don't hit Twitter too hard and get rate limited.
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$option[$stringname][datetime]=time();
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update_option($optionname,$option);
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elseif(!empty($twitterjson->error)):
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# If Twitter is being rate limited, delays the next load until the reset time
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$rate = rotatingtweets_get_rate_data();
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if($rate && $rate->remaining_hits == 0):
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$option[$stringname]['datetime']= $rate->reset_time_in_seconds - $cache_delay + 1;
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update_option($optionname,$option);
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endif;
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elseif(!empty($twitterjson)):
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# If there's regular data, then update the cache and return the data
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$latest_json = $twitterjson;
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$option[$stringname]['json']=$latest_json;
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$option[$stringname]['datetime']=time();
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update_option($optionname,$option);
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endif;
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return($latest_json);
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}
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function rotatingtweets_get_rate_data() {
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$callstring = "http://api.twitter.com/1/account/rate_limit_status.json";
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$ratedata = wp_remote_request($callstring);
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if(!is_wp_error($ratedata)):
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$rate = json_decode($ratedata['body']);
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}
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function rotatingtweets_trigger_rate_limiting() {
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$callstring = "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name=twitter";
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for ($i=1; $i<150; $i++) {
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$ratedata = wp_remote_request($callstring);
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}
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}
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# Displays the tweets
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function rotating_tweets_display($json,$tweet_count=5,$show_follow=FALSE,$timeout=4000,$print=TRUE) {
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unset($result);
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$result = "\n<div class='rotatingtweets' id='".uniqid('rotatingtweets_'.$timeout.'_')."'>";
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$result .= "\n\t<div class = 'rotatingtweet'><p class='rtw_main'>Problem retrieving data from Twitter.</p></div>";
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$rate = rotatingtweets_get_rate_data();
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if($rate && $rate->remaining_hits == 0):
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$result .= "\n\t<div class = 'rotatingtweet' style='display:none'><p class='rtw_main'>This website is currently <a href='https://dev.twitter.com/docs/rate-limiting/faq'>rate-limited by Twitter</a>.</p></div>";
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$waittimevalue = intval(($rate->reset_time_in_seconds-time - time())/60);
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$waittime = $waittimevalue." minutes";
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if($waittimevalue == 1) $waittime = "1 minute";
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if($waittimevalue == 0) $waittime = "less than a minute";
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$result .= "\n\t<div class = 'rotatingtweet' style='display:none'><p class='rtw_main'>Next attempt to get data will be in {$waittime}.</p></div>";
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$result .= "\n\t<div class = 'rotatingtweet' style='display:none'><p class='rtw_main'>Please check the Twitter name used in the settings.</p></div>";
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endif;
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$tweet_counter = 0;
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foreach($json as $twitter_object):
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wp_enqueue_script( 'rotating_tweet', plugins_url('js/rotating_tweet.js', __FILE__),array('jquery','jquery-cycle'),FALSE,FALSE );
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wp_enqueue_style( 'rotating_tweet', plugins_url('css/style.css', __FILE__));
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if($print) echo $result;
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return($result);
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}
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?>
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