{"id":4906,"date":"2024-03-04T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:03:52","slug":"x-formerly-twitter-follow-username-button-on-wordpress-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/x-formerly-twitter-follow-username-button-on-wordpress-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"X (formerly Twitter) Follow @<i>username<\/i> button on WordPress Sidebar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/X-Publish-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/X-Publish-tool.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/X-Publish-tool-500x261.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/X-Publish-tool-768x400.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Create an X Follow @<i>username<\/i> button on the WordPress Sidebar \u2013 this method is for Blogs that have Plugins. My Blog is self hosted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger<\/a> so it has the needed Plugins option.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/x-formerly-twitter-follow-username-button-on-wordpress-sidebar\/#X_Publish_tool\" >X\/ Publish tool<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/x-formerly-twitter-follow-username-button-on-wordpress-sidebar\/#Embed_an_X_Follow_button\" >Embed an X Follow button<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/x-formerly-twitter-follow-username-button-on-wordpress-sidebar\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"X_Publish_tool\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/ Publish<\/a> tool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When Elon Musk stole Twitter from the Progressives &amp; the Democratic party\u2019s Federal Govt puppets, my previous Twitter widget stopped working soon after. I had to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/ Publish<\/a> tool to embed individual tweets onto the sidebar\u2014since the Twitter scroll widget no longer worked.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there is another way to create an X\/Twitter scroll widget, but as a novice I haven\u2019t been able to do it or find out how. Perhaps the Block Editor has a Twitter block that offers it, but I only use the Classic Editor.<\/p>\n<p><i>Also<\/i>, I don\u2019t want the sidebar to be filled with tweets or just new tweets, i.e., I want to select the tweets to be displayed on the sidebar. I use part of <a href=\"https:\/\/ltheme.com\/how-to-display-recent-tweets-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Method 2<\/b><\/a> \u2013 but select \u201cEmbedded Post\u201d instead of \u201cEmbedded Timeline\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/ Publish<\/a> tool I had also noticed the \u201cX Buttons\u201d section, and decided to try it out recently. I had used Twitter for a long time, but never cared for it until Musk took over. Have an X subscription now, but am still a novice at using it. X\/ Publish has other options also, but I haven\u2019t tried the others yet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Embed_an_X_Follow_button\"><\/span>Embed an X Follow button<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/ Publish<\/a> tool and type in your <b>username<\/b>\u2014hit enter:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1a-X-Publish-500x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1a-X-Publish-500x249.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1a-X-Publish-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1a-X-Publish.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <b>X Buttons <\/b>option:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4895 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1b-X-Publish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then select <b>Follow Button<\/b> option:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4896 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1c-X-Publish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1c-X-Publish.jpg 743w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1c-X-Publish-500x182.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That brings up a preview &amp; the <b>Copy Code<\/b> window:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1d-X-Publish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1d-X-Publish.jpg 755w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1d-X-Publish-500x270.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copied! with info:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1e-X-Publish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the actual code that was Copied:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarmiTux?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221; class=&#8221;twitter-follow-button&#8221; data-show-count=&#8221;false&#8221;&gt;Follow @KarmiTux&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;script async src=&#8221;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&#8221; charset=&#8221;utf-8&#8243;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt; <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then go to your blog\u2019s Homepage and click on the <b>Customize <\/b>option:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2a-Customize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <b>Widgets<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4900 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2b-Widgets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2b-Widgets.jpg 318w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2b-Widgets-225x500.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <b>Blog Sidebar<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2c-Sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <b>Add a Widget<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2d-Add-a-Widget.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2d-Add-a-Widget.jpg 303w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2d-Add-a-Widget-193x500.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <b>Block <\/b>widget:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2e-Block-384x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2e-Block-384x500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2e-Block.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paste the <b>Code<\/b> that was copied into Block HTML:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2f-Paste-code.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2f-Paste-code.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2f-Paste-code-189x500.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then click <b>Publish<\/b> button and it should look like this, but with your <i>username<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2g-Follow-Button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, I am a novice at self hosting and using X (formerly Twitter), but am slowing learning how to use CSS codes, and other tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/ Publish<\/a>. Most info can be found with an internet search \u2013 it has taken novice me about 16-months to get my blog to a point where I love the theme.<\/p>\n<p>The old theme that I had used at WordPress.com didn\u2019t work the same at WordPress.org, so I purchased the premium <a href=\"https:\/\/buywptemplates.com\/demo\/docs\/multipurpose-blog-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multipurpose Blog Pro<\/a> theme, and started from there. Self hosting takes a little work, but it is well worth it for me.<\/p>\n<p>The new X Follow me button now gives me the options for X that I wanted, i.e., 1 or 2 tweets on the sidebar, and the X Follow button to make it easier for any interested viewer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create an X Follow @username button on the WordPress Sidebar \u2013 this method is for Blogs that have Plugins. My Blog is self hosted at Hostinger so it has the needed Plugins option. 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