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Twitter · Version history

Twitter changelog and version history

Latest version
2.0.5
Jul 24, 2019 (7 years ago)
Releases
12
since 2015
In the last year
0
Tested up to
WordPress 5.2.30

Releases each year

  • 20156 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 20173 releases
  • 20181 release
  • 20191 release

20191 release

  1. Twitter 2.0.5Latest

20181 release

  1. Twitter 2.0.3

    • Add support for WordPress 5.0

20173 releases

  1. Twitter 2.0.2

    • Support 280 characters
    • Add support for WordPress 4.8 and 4.9
    • Remove support for WordPress 4.6 and below
  2. Twitter 2.0.1

    • Enqueue Twitter widgets JavaScript and advertising JavaScript early in the page build process if a widget is active on the page
    • Tweet button: update expected length of a wrapped t.co URL with HTTP scheme
    • Support expanded post metadata descriptors in WordPress 4.6+. Includes REST API support for custom Tweet button and Twitter Cards values
    • Fix post metadata deletion for custom Tweet button and Twitter Card text
  3. Twitter 2.0.0

    • Embed a profile timeline, list timeline, or collection by pasting a URL, customizing a shortcode, or a widget
    • Embed a search timeline by shortcode or widget using a widget ID configured on Twitter.com
    • Upgrade Twitter advertising tracker to universal website tag
    • Twitter Cards include image alternative text when available
    • Follow button and Periscope On Air button use post author or site username if no username specified
    • Improved compatibility with WordPress.com / Jetpack formatting of tweet shortcode
    • Prefer wp_resource_hints API for DNS prefetch in WordPress 4.6+
    • Update single Tweet with video to remove status customization no longer supported by Twitter
    • Fix bug when a large featured image is highlighted in a Twitter Card
    • Describe site username option for WordPress REST API in WordPress 4.7
    • Bump minimum WordPress version to 4.1

20161 release

  1. Twitter 1.5.0

    • Place Twitter administrative menu as a general menu item, not the deprecated utility menu. WordPress 4.5 compatibility feature
    • Use publish.twitter.com oEmbed API endpoint for single Tweet oEmbed

20156 releases

  1. Twitter 1.4.0

    • Remove Tweet button options for share count and align display, matching Twitter’s changes
    • Convert Twitter profile URLs into a Follow button
    • Enable language packs loaded from WordPress.org
  2. Twitter 1.3.0

    • Display multiple Tweets in a media-rich responsive grid template by pasting a Twitter collection URL
    • Add a Periscope On Air button through a widget, shortcode, or as an embed handler for a Periscope profile URL
    • Add a Vine through a URL or shortcode
    • Shortcode UI integration now uses the register_shortcode_ui action introduced in Shortcake 0.5.0
  3. Twitter 1.2.0

    • Embed a Twitter Moment by simply pasting a URL
    • Always load Twitter ads conversion tracking JavaScript over HTTPS
  4. Twitter 1.1.0

    • Shortcodes now include inline asynchronous JavaScript loaders for improved compatibility with ajax-loaded content
    • Twitter announced photo, gallery, and product Twitter Cards are no longer supported. Removed from plugin
    • Add Shortcake plugin compatibility for form-based shortcode construction and previews
    • Improved Twitter Card image compatibility
  5. Twitter 1.0.1

    • Display admin notice if plugin is installed on a site not meeting minimum PHP requirement
    • Disable Tweet button the_content wrapper when called during excerpt generation
    • Tweet button: add support for via shortcode attribute
    • Fix: save Follow button widget with no overrides
  6. Twitter 1.0.0

    • Embedded Tweet
    • Embedded Tweet with video template
    • Tweet button
    • Twitter Cards
    • Follow button
    • Advertising tracker for Twitter custom audiences and ad conversion

Questions about Twitter’s releases

What is the latest version of Twitter?

2.0.5, released on Jul 24, 2019 (7 years ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 5.2.30.

How often is Twitter updated?

It had no release in the last year; the latest came out 7 years ago. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from February 2015.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Twitter’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.