Twitter Goodies Widgets
Uses the twitter goodies widgets API to create offical twitter widgets (profiles, lists, faves and search) straight from your control panel.
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Twitter Goodies Widgets shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites and was last updated 16 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 15 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.0 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Twitter Goodies Widgets stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| list | >100 |
| tweet | >100 |
| >100 | |
| twitter lists | >100 |
| twitter widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Twitter Goodies Widgets
From the official readme · v1.2Description
This plugin will allow you to create any one of the four Twitter widgets located at twitter’s website twitter.com/goodies/widgets with the friendly wordpress drag & drop convenience of widgets. Some of the features:
- Can create multiple twitter widget instnaces (uses the new WP widget API)
- Four for one! Four twitter widgets – twitter lists, faves, your twitter profile, or a search
- All the options available via the twitter widget page are available here too (as of Nov 05 2009).
- Save multiple themes for your twitter widget. Use one theme (or many) across multiple widgets, no need to retype settings like on the twitter site.
- Quickly and easly switch between the different twitter widget types.
- One widget makes for twitter widgets.
- Place widgets in your posts and pages too with shortcodes (see notes).
If you have any problems with the plugins, please visit our [http://netweblogic.com/forums/](support forums) for further information and provide some feedback first, we may be able to help. It’s considered rude to just give low ratings and nothing reason for doing so.
If you find this plugin useful and would like to say thanks, a link, digg, or some other form of recognition to the plugin page on our blog would be appreciated.
Notes
To generate a twitter widget in your pages, here is a shortcode with all the attributes:
[tgw title=”Title for twitter widget” subject=”Caption for twitter widget” username=”Twitter User Name” search=”Twitter search string” type=”Either (search|list|faves|profile)” list=”Twitter List Name”]
Look at one of the twitter widget options in your admin panel, or also on the twitter site twitter.com/goodies/widgets to see what combination you need for which widget type.
Installation
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Upload this plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory and unzip it, or simply upload the zip file within your wordpress installation. -
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
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Create a theme (or use the default values) and from Settings > Twitter Goodies Widgets in the admin area and fill out the form.
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Add a widget to your sidebar, or use the shortcode [tgw] to display your twitter widgets (see notes).
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FAQ
Twitter Goodies Widgets: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026
Is Twitter Goodies Widgets free?
Yes. Twitter Goodies Widgets is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Twitter Goodies Widgets safe to use in 2026?
Twitter Goodies Widgets shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites and was last updated 16 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Twitter Goodies Widgets?
Twitter Goodies Widgets is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 30,399 times since it launched in November 2009. It was downloaded 89 times in the last 30 days.
Does Twitter Goodies Widgets work with WordPress 7.1?
Twitter Goodies Widgets is officially tested up to WordPress 3.0.5, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Twitter Goodies Widgets last updated?
The latest version, 1.2, was released on January 2, 2011 (16 years ago).
Who makes Twitter Goodies Widgets?
Twitter Goodies Widgets is developed and maintained by Marcus (aka @msykes).
What are the best alternatives to Twitter Goodies Widgets?
The most popular alternatives to Twitter Goodies Widgets are List category posts (80K+ installs), My-Plugins (30K+ installs) and VK Link Target Controller (30K+ installs).
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