tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2011:/1/tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715- 2011-08-16T16:29:32Z Comments for WordPress.com Can Now Send Updates to Twitter Movable Type 4.35-en tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715 2009-10-08T18:26:48Z 2009-10-08T21:34:24Z WordPress.com Can Now Send Updates to Twitter WordPress.com just announced that its users can now use the service's Publicize feature to automatically send out a tweet whenever they post a new story. Wordpress's Publicize feature, which was only unveiled one week ago, already supported sending updates to Yahoo profiles via the Yahoo Updates service. WordPress uses Twitter's OAuth mechanism to connect to... Frederic Lardinois wordpresscom_logo_may09.pngWordPress.com just announced that its users can now use the service's Publicize feature to automatically send out a tweet whenever they post a new story. Wordpress's Publicize feature, which was only unveiled one week ago, already supported sending updates to Yahoo profiles via the Yahoo Updates service. WordPress uses Twitter's OAuth mechanism to connect to Twitter. The Twitter updates can be customized and will use Wordpress' wp.me URL shortener.

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Users who run their own WordPress installations were already able to ping Twitter whenever they posted an update thanks to plugins like Twitter Tools or Twitter Updater.

wordpress_twitter_publicize.pngFor WordPress.com, this is an important update, as it brings it up to par with light blogging services like Posterous, which have made autoposting to Twitter and other microblogging services a core feature of their products.

More WordPress Updates: New Theme Viewer and PicApps Partnership

The Wordpress team has been quite busy lately, besides launching Publicize, Wordpress also unveiled a new version of its theme viewer last week and two days ago, Wordpress also announced a partnership with PicApp that allows Wordpress users to embed premium images into their blogs.

]]> tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:244073 Comment from شاتات on 2010-09-12 شاتات http://http://forums.hala-ksa.com/f113.html http://forums.hala-ksa.com/f113.html prehistoric promiscuity" is part of our primate inheritance. Yet this fascinating investigation is cut short

]]> 2010-09-13T04:50:26Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:241558 Comment from Prefabrik Ev on 2010-09-03 Prefabrik Ev http://www.nevyap.com Ryan claims that, since the male organ is "the longest [and] thickest," we cannot deny the evidence that "prehistoric promiscuity" is part of our primate inheritance. Yet this fascinating investigation is cut short. If we continue traveling further upwards, we discover that a man's arms are also generally longer and thicker than a woman's

]]> 2010-09-03T09:30:17Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:170781 Comment from BoozeTwits on 2009-11-26 BoozeTwits this is really needed

]]> 2009-11-26T14:17:02Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:164367 Comment from Andy Fitzpatrick on 2009-10-23 Andy Fitzpatrick http://www.dtechit.co.uk/linerental.html Spot on how useful is that? We only commented about something like this at the start of the week. Twitter here we come lol

]]> 2009-10-23T12:25:27Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:161893 Comment from Waqas on 2009-10-09 Waqas http://www.tekshek.com THis feature by wordpress.com is really useful

]]> 2009-10-09T15:06:03Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.16715-comment:161845 Comment from Matthew on 2009-10-09 Matthew http://www.prbristol.co.uk Wordpress - We love you for helping save time rather than waste it!

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