Twitter está ampliando sus funcionalidades a todo el mundo. Todo empezó con el botón oficial para twittear, luego con la plataforma Twitter Anywhere y recientemente con el nuevo botón oficial para seguir a Twitter. Probablemente te estés preguntando qué demonios es este botón de seguimiento de Twitter. ¿Qué diferencia hay entre el botón de seguimiento de Twitter y el botón de seguimiento inteligente? No se preocupe, en este artículo vamos a cubrir lo que es el botón de seguimiento de Twitter, y cómo se puede añadir en su sitio de WordPress.
¿Qué es el botón de seguimiento de Twitter?
El botón de seguimiento de Twitter es un pequeño widget que permite a los usuarios seguir fácilmente tu cuenta de Twitter (o cualquier otra cuenta de Twitter) desde cualquier sitio web. El botón de seguimiento utiliza el mismo modelo de implementación que el botón de tweet oficial, y es realmente sencillo de integrar. Puedes ver la demostración del botón de seguimiento en la esquina superior izquierda de la imagen de abajo. Al hacer clic en el botón de seguimiento, se abre una ventana con más información acerca del usuario.
Probablemente te estés preguntando en qué se diferencia del botón Smart Follow que aparece a continuación.
Bueno, el botón de seguimiento inteligente requiere que hagas toda la integración con Twitter Anywhere. Tampoco te permite mostrar tu cuenta de seguidores o hacer cualquier personalización. Mientras que el botón de seguimiento de Twitter le permite mostrar el recuento, y es muy fácil de integrar. Compruebe el ejemplo en vivo a continuación (no se olvide de hacer clic en seguir para ver lo que hace):
Cómo añadir el botón oficial de seguimiento de Twitter en WordPress
Puedes ir a la página del Botón Seguir y generar un código para ti. O puedes simplemente copiar el código de abajo:
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P.D. Asegúrate de cambiar el nombre de usuario por el tuyo.
Si utilizas el botón oficial de tweets, no es necesario que pegues el script dos veces. Así que tu código se verá así:
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Ahora puedes pegar el código donde quieras en tu tema de WordPress. La mayoría de la gente pone este código en el archivo sidebar.php. Sin embargo, si no se siente cómodo editando un archivo de tema, puede utilizar los widgets de tema de WordPress. Todos los temas buenos vienen con barras laterales listas para widgets. Así que todo lo que tienes que hacer es ir a Apariencia ” pestaña Widgets. A continuación, añadir un widget de texto a la barra lateral correspondiente. Por último, pegue el código anterior, y ya está. Mira en la captura de pantalla de abajo para el ejemplo:
Realmente no hay necesidad de añadir un plugin para hacer algo tan simple como esto.
Personalizador avanzado
Esta sección está destinada a diseñadores y desarrolladores que deseen personalizar aún más este botón para adaptarlo a la combinación de colores de su sitio, etc. Twitter le permite personalizar el color del botón, el color del texto, el color del enlace, el idioma, el widget y la alineación del plugin.
Variables disponibles en la versión de JavaScript que estamos utilizando:
- data-show-count (verdadero o falso)
- data-button (azul o gris)
- data-text-color (código hexadecimal)
- data-link-color (código hexadecimal)
- data-lang (en, fr, de, es) – utiliza el código de idioma ISO-639-1 de dos letras
- data-width – (300px)
- data-align – (derecha)
Si desea especificarlo en el código a sería algo parecido a esto
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Biodun says
Hi,
I tried to increase the width with the “data-width=300px” option but its not working.
Pj Germain says
SWEET! I didn’t wanna install yet another plug-in and this worked like a champ! I know it’s an old post, but hey, you nailed it!!!
Thanks a bunch!
Verity says
Hi there, thanks for the info. I’ve added this on to my HTML page but the link is coming up just with text (ie my twitter name) and not the official Twitter button. Any advice? Thanks in advance.
Si Sai says
Hi
what if i have multiple authors on my blog and i want individual authors twitter follow button to be displayed for the posts they have submitted ?
Chris Q says
This is great! Thanks.
I’ve built my blog from scratch with zero previous knowledge, and resources like yours have proved invaluable along the way.
I have a question though: is there anyway to hide or remove the counter? It’s half obscured by an image so thought I’d just get rid. I tried deleting what I thought was the obvious piece of code but it’s still there.
Nadia says
I got the button to post just fine and it links and everything but I don’t know how to change the location its in. I posted it in my header but I want the button to show up right next to my FB icon and right now its being half covered up by another picture in the header. Suggestions??
Nadia says
Never mind, GOT IT!!! Woot woot
Nadia says
For anyone else having this problem-
I had posted the link provided on this page into my header section. To edit the location, you need to go to the style section. I used this code:
.twitter-follow-button{
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:60px;
right:-170px;
width:32px;
height:32px;
Judy Hochberg says
I installed it in a text widget, and it looks fine on my blog, but I don’t understand how it works. When a user clicks on it, what happens? How does WordPress or Twitter know who the would-be subscriber is?
When I try clicking on it I get a pop-up message that says something like “You are now subscribed to @my_twitter_handle.” The message is the same whether or not I’m logged into the website. So how is my identity known?
Punit Bhalodiya says
nice post for WP-beginners thanks..!!!!!!
Pritam Patil says
You are the real wp rockstart man !! its working ..and lets hope i get more followers
Gemma says
Hi,
I followed the instructions and it did work–the button appears and when I tested it, it links to my twitter. However, the widget also shows the html code underneath the follow button on my blog. Is there any way to hide the code and just have the button?
Thanks
Editorial Staff says
Sounds like a copy/paste error because the widget shouldn’t show any html code.
Administrador
David M. Perkins says
Okay, unfortunately that didn’t work. Any other place I can go for help?
Editorial Staff says
Which part didn’t work? What error does it show?
Administrador
David M. Perkins says
The instructions above didn’t help at all–but fortunately I found another way through the plug-ins (after some *hours* I’ll never get back). You have to remember that this is called “WPBeginner”–emphasis on the “Beginner,” and telling someone to post code willy-nilly and not laying out *all* the steps: do this first, then click on that, which will show you this, etc. (some of us “beginners” are complete digital diplodoci, you know), is not helpful.
In any case, I got it done–but *not* by following the instructions above.
Editorial Staff says
Hi David,
The reason why we say paste it anywhere in your theme is because we do not know where you want to add it. It could be in the header, sidebar, footer, after each post etc. Those are all different locations. Furthermore, we did mention that you can go to Appearance » Widgets and add it in the text widget. You can put the text widget in the appropriate widget areas (supported by your theme). Some have widget areas in the footer, but most have it in the sidebar.
David M. Perkins says
@ Editorial Staff said ~
“The reason why we say paste it anywhere in your theme is because we do not know where you want to add it. It could be in the header, sidebar, footer, after each post etc. Those are all different locations.”
My point was that the directions could have said: “If you want to put it in your sidebar, go *here,* click on *here,* which will show you *this,* and then you paste the text *there.* If you want to have it appear at the bottom of your post, go *here,* click on *here,* which will show you *this,* etc.” I’ve still got the code, which did not make the button appear, pasted *somewhere* on my dashboard page–but the goddesses only know where it is at the moment.
Again–some of us *are* beginners here–and digital diplodoci–and beginners sometimes need a gentle, kind, *guiding* hand to get where we want to go, n’est–ce pas?
Editorial Staff says
Hello David,
While we understand exactly what you are saying, it is harder than it sounds. Each WordPress theme is coded differently (general theme, child themes based on various frameworks etc). On top of that, we can’t possibly cover every single spot a human brain can think of displaying the button. This is the reason why we covered the most basic spot (Appearance > Widgets). Depending on the theme, you will have widgets for your the sidebar, header, footer, etc.
We have a detailed overview of widgets in our free videos here: http://videos.wpbeginner.com/
eggtartbox says
I tried it and links to my twitter, but as regular text…would that be because I’m on a wordpress.com blog?
Alyssa says
I have the same problem. It links it to my twitter but does not show the button. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Gorn says
@wpbeginner Actually, neither. It’s a WordPress faciltiiy hosted by CIX at blog.cix.co.uk.
I have now got it to work, but by using the “old-style” twitter buttons at http://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons – couldn’t either the “script” form or the shortcode form to work. Any ideas why that is?
wpbeginner says
@Gorn Are you doing this on WordPress.com blog or a self-hosted blog?
Gorn says
Thanks for this. It doesn’t work for me, though. When I save the Text widget, the script element gets stripped out, and I end up with just a text link in my sidebar. Any ideas?
TheNerdyNurse says
nice addition. Feel my site loads too slow as it is. Worried that will be just one more thing to slow it down. I really need to figure out what it causing the drag in loading.
jasonfox_me says
Thanks for the tip. i took the code from Twitter and it it looked good (bad me for not testing) the other day my friend tells me he tried to follow me and got user does not exist. For some reason it left my old handle in the code….just a heads up.
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wpbeginner says
@likewpcom which in most cases would not be necessary.
likewpcom says
Another way to add twitter button is to install a WordPress plugin like http://goo.gl/EHyex
AlbertAlbs says
Yes. I did already. Got too many followers after adding that twitter follow button.