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I call this a Twit This WordPress Code since it’s not actually a plugin. Hehe. I got this idea after reading John Chow’s post about the Twit This Post WordPress plugin.
I like the idea. It is indeed a brilliant idea giving your readers an easy way to twit what they’ve read from your blog with a single click of a button. However, as I checked the plugin, it involves too much coding with a dependency to a 3rd party URL shortening service and involves caching of links. Eversince I learned how to shorten my post link without using those services, I never used TinyURL again on linking to my posts in Twitter. Of course, if people are going to link to my post, I don’t want them to use them either. Instead, they must use the shorter link version of my post, thus eliminating the dependency to a 3rd party service.
Since that option is not available on that plugin, I decided to create my own code. Yeah, just a code, not a plugin. Why add a plugin with so much code in it when I can simply have the same function by just adding a simple code?
Ok, here’s the code. Just add it on your single.php code, just below your post.
Just replace @marhgil with your own Twitter ID, macuha.com with your own domain name, and the img src “http://www.macuha.com/Twitter.png” with your own image link. Of course, you can modify the code as you like.
If you don’t want to have an image link, the following code will suffice:
You can see this code in action on this blog. 
If you hate tinkering with codes and you don’t mind using a 3rd party service, use that plugin instead. No support will be given when using my code. Use it at your own risk, ok? Who needs support for such a short code? Hehe.
Update: John Chow is now using this code on his blog! Check his shout out here!
Update: You can also add the Twit This link on your RSS feed. Here’s how.
Update: This code is now featured on John Chow’s blog!
Update: I’ve modified the code above to insert the nofollow tag as recommended by John Chow on his post.
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January 24th, 2009 at 5:23 am
aba okay to ah! sinubukan ko, gumana! try ko gumawa ng code pra naman sa blogspot.d gagana un php e.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:47 am
may nakita na ako sa blogspot kaso dun lang pwede ilagay sa page element kasi di siya naappear kapag isinama mo un code sa template mismo. eto yun url http://twitthis.com/?type=image add mo na lang to para sa mga blogspot blogs
January 24th, 2009 at 7:54 am
[...] 24th, 2009 Twit This WordPress Code a simple php code made my Marhgil of Macuha.com. It is an alternative way of putting a twit this post button or lin after your [...]
January 24th, 2009 at 11:06 am
ma try ko nga din sa blog ko
January 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Ok to matry nga. Thanks again Brother!
January 24th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Haha. Galing galing! Thanks sa tip marh
January 24th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Ayus yan ah…
January 24th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Lol i cant read any of those comments, what lanauge are those? looks like french
January 24th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
When I install the code at first it did not work.. What I did is manually change the ( ” ) mark , I don’t know what happen since when i copied it it seems different.
Maybe other will experience the same.. But it works now..
January 24th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
ayos to ah, pede rin ilagay sa arcade.
January 25th, 2009 at 1:57 am
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January 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am
[...] just be a simple matter of adding one line of code to the single.php file. Marhgil explained how he did it here. I made a couple changes to clean up the codes a little. <a rel=”nofollow” [...]
January 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Good job with the code snippet! Featured sa johnchow pa!
January 26th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Uy, maraming salamat for sharing this one.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am
[...] John Chow featured my post on his blog. Yeah, the Dot Com Mogul himself dedicated a post for the Twit This code that I [...]
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
nice great awesome! thanks! eaufs!
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Thanks for the code!
I’ve edited this and used a nice “tweet this” button I found on the net. Check out this sample
http://noelbautista.com/how-to-use-a-free-ppc-spy-tool-ppcwebspy/
February 4th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Hey thanks for the tip..
February 28th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Great tip! I’ll be adding it to my blog soon! More power!
March 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
[...] have been wanting to put this Twit This WordPress Code of Marhgil for quite sometime since I read it in his blog and it is just now that I have found time [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I just installed the code in my blog and it worked! Thanks for the code!
March 16th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Installed na din sa blog ko. Thanks!
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Hi Marhgil,
I hope you don’t mind me creating my version of “Twit This WordPress Code”.
This uses an embedded swf file along with the dynamic link.
See my post here: http://keywordspeak.com/2009/05/keywords-twit-this-wordpress-code/
Thanks
Nhoel of keywordspeak.com
May 8th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
[...] finally, I’ve added the Twit This WordPress code courtesy of Marghil Macuha, the cute twitter bird image courtesy of TheDesignSuperHero and [...]
May 8th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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May 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
sir..im trying to do this one but when im starting to test it and click the “Twit This”, i encountered error 404. Hope you could help me with this..thank you so much.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am
sir..hindi po sya gumagana sa blog ko..can u help me out why..after ko ipost ung code..then nung itry ko iclick..eror 404 ang lumalabas..hayyyzzz
May 27th, 2009 at 12:31 am
@Crisiboy try mo copy paste muna sa notepad, then retype all the double quotes. nagkakaproblema kasi sa encoding.