Could not connect to Twitter

Hi,

The error occurs when your site cannot access to the Twitter API server.

Make sure the curl PHP extension is installed. Most hosts support that but you may not have it. If you are not sure, ask your host.

The plugin should show a warning in the admin area if your server does not support it.

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

The provider reports that Curl and CurlSSL are installed by default on all servers.

Also the plugin doesn’t show any warnings in WordPress admin area, just “The API authentication keys need to be set in order to use this plugin.” in Authentication tab.

Hi,

Maybe try with a different twitter account.

Let me know if it works or not.

Hi again,

I have a free hosting account for tests before apply something to production environment.

I contacted the hosting provider and it seems that the have deactivated Twitter and Facebook API acceess on free accounts.

Nevertheless, thanks for your support.

You’re welcome.

I see.

If you fetch tweets via RSS/JSON feed, you should be able to display them on the free host then. FYI, the Feeder extension allows you to do that.

What you do is set up rules on another separate WordPress site that can connect to Twitter and retrieve tweets from that site on the main site. So the site that installs the Feeder extension works as a reverse proxy.

If you are interested in, check out the Feeder extension.