New Twitter “Tweet Button”
For those of you who have been dreaming of an easier way for your readers to share your posts on Twitter, that day has come. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added an official Tweet Button as an option for all WordPress.com blogs.
How it works: When one of your readers hits the Tweet Button, they will be shown a popup that includes a shortened link to your post. Readers can add in a quick message, and then hit “Tweet” to send the post to their Twitter feed as a tweet — all without leaving your blog.
Additionally, each time a reader tweets your post, you’ll know it: The tool keeps a live tally of tweets, so you’re never in the dark about how your blog posts are performing in the Twittersphere.
To enable the button on your blog please visit the “Appearance > Extras” menu and select the “Show a Twitter Tweet Button on my posts” option.
Update:
We have moved the Twitter Tweet button into Settings > Sharing. You can read more about this move here.
Aug 12th at 3:45 pm
finally…i’ve been waiting for this…awesome!
Aug 12th at 3:46 pm
Yay, that’s awesome!
Aug 12th at 3:46 pm
Great! I hope now for a Facebook Button
Aug 12th at 3:47 pm
Finally! Thank you so much for this – beats trying to remember to put in a script every time you write a post! Thank you for listening to us!
Aug 12th at 3:48 pm
I love this!! Not that anyone will ever use it on my blog, though.
Aug 12th at 3:50 pm
Slick! Thanks!!!!!
Aug 12th at 3:51 pm
This is great news I was just reading a blog post that had this tweet button and I was wondering how they got it on their WP.com blog then I went over to twitter to see if that tweet went through from me pressing the button and that’s when I saw that WP.com had an official blog post about this new button via Twitter… Thanks again for all the hard work staff does for WordPress,
Aug 12th at 3:53 pm
OMG! I was just thinking whether wp.com will take the initiative to integrate the Twitter button to the post and there it comes! Thanks wp.com! Please consider to integrate other social networks also!
Aug 12th at 3:54 pm
Excellent! Exactly one of the things I’ve been hoping would happen. Well done.
Aug 12th at 3:55 pm
I was actually thinking about starting a Twitter account 5 minutes ago. How weird is that? This may come in handy if I do create an account. Thanks!
Aug 12th at 3:55 pm
Very cool!!!!
Aug 12th at 3:56 pm
Does this mean the Tweetmeme shortcode will become obsolete?
Aug 12th at 4:09 pm
The Tweetmeme shortcode remains the same, you’ll need to decide which one you’d like to use.
Aug 12th at 3:57 pm
Thank you for this very useful feature. I appreciate it.
Aug 12th at 3:57 pm
why not enable put an option that lets blog owners to put the tweet button wherever they want like you have done for the rating option that can be put at the top or at the button of the post.
Aug 12th at 4:08 pm
We may extend it to allow for this in the future.
Aug 12th at 3:57 pm
Suh-weet. Enabled.
Aug 12th at 3:58 pm
YESSSSS!!
Aug 12th at 3:58 pm
WOW,, this is what i’ve been waiting for. thank you
Aug 12th at 3:59 pm
Will this post on all my past posts, or only on those in the future?
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
It includes all of your past posts.
Aug 12th at 3:59 pm
Suuperr !! i like it !!
Aug 12th at 3:59 pm
Much need functionality, Looks like next stop will be facebook “Like” button
Aug 12th at 3:59 pm
Hi, It sounds great, but it is not working for me. I added it on extras but no tweet symbol appears on my blog.
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
Please check that the option is selected under “Appearance > Extras” then take a look at a single post, you should see it at the bottom as you do on this post.
Aug 12th at 4:00 pm
You guys at WordPress are incredible!
My http://redlondon.wordpress.com/ works greater now!
Aug 12th at 4:01 pm
Nice, comfortable for WordPress audience. Thoughtful. Technology at its best. Thanks!!
Aug 12th at 4:01 pm
Great feature addition!!!
just used it and woosh! It worked.
This saves me a lot of time and now I much more inclined now to tweet announce my posts.
Aug 12th at 4:02 pm
this was something needed
Aug 12th at 4:03 pm
Excellent! Will sign up for it immediately.
Aug 12th at 4:04 pm
Interesting.
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
Wow great! I just noticed it appear by itself on my blog postings… very neat! I wonder, are you likely to also do this for other common social media-siite? Like the “likes” of facebook, and the “digs” of digger, etc, etc, etc ?
I think most bloggers are “hyper-sensitive” about knowing that somebody, somewhere, is reading them.
Sep 1st at 10:17 pm
Already done! See the More Ways to Share post.
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
This new Twitter feature just appeared on my WordPunk.com blog and RelationShaping.com blogs. When I checked APPEARANCE | EXTRAS, I saw the new option, but it was NOT checked to be active.
Then I read this post.
Then I went back to those two blogs — and noticed the Twitter buttons were not longer there!
That was mind-warping. SMILE!
Sep 1st at 10:28 pm
The Twitter button has moved to the Settings > Sharing page in your blog.
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
This is really tweet of you guys.
Aug 12th at 4:07 pm
OMG! I think all my dreams have (speaking asa twitterholic) have come true
Thank you guys! You rock!
Aug 12th at 4:08 pm
Finally got it to work, but it only appears on the post page and not on the Home page posts.
Sep 1st at 10:29 pm
You can now change where the buttons will appear from the Settings -> Sharing page in your blog dashboard. Check out the More Ways to Share post to learn more.
Aug 12th at 4:09 pm
Absolutely a must-add! I have been waiting forever for this.
Still want the facebook ‘like’ button though.
Aug 12th at 4:09 pm
Yay! Woo hoo! Super like! I don’t think I have enough exclamations to show my gratitude. Your guys are awesome!
Aug 12th at 4:11 pm
Awesome! Was dreaming of this for sometime
Can we position it to the TOP of the post?
Great job!
Arun
Nov 2nd at 10:32 pm
Right now you can only add it at the end of the post, but you might be able to get it at the top of your post (depending on your theme) with some CSS modifications.
Aug 12th at 4:12 pm
How can I switch it off?
Aug 12th at 4:52 pm
It is off by default. Make sure you have the option in “Appearance > Extras” unchecked.
Aug 12th at 4:13 pm
Awesome.
Aug 12th at 4:14 pm
Thank you. This is a very nice feature.
I was able to enable it easily as noted in the instructions. However I was bummed to see it not work on my main page http://www.noodleonthis.com because I have the three current posts on my main page. It seems to only work on pages with a single post.
For a future feature request, it would be nice to see it work on a page with multiple posts.
Thanks. Good work!
Aug 12th at 4:52 pm
We may add this as an option soon.
Aug 12th at 4:16 pm
Excellent. I’ve been waiting for this option. You must’ve read my mind. You guys are awesome.
Aug 12th at 4:16 pm
Where’s the plugin for self-hosted WordPress.org installs?
Still, great job on the quick integration in WordPress.com!
Aug 12th at 4:50 pm
We’ve got a something great in the works, keep an eye out next week for it on the WordPress.org plugin repo.
Aug 12th at 4:21 pm
Great feature! Thanks for the work involved! Would love to see a Facebook button!
Aug 12th at 4:22 pm
Great, is this available for wpmu buddy press installs on our own domain yet? the tweetmeme is what we are using now. this would be much simpler Thanks you guys rock
Aug 12th at 4:25 pm
Neat! With one arm extended to the heavens, I pray that one day to own one of those fancy cellphones so I could `Tweet` at the moment.
Aug 12th at 4:27 pm
Its really awesome and I am waiting for “share on facebook” as well.
Aug 12th at 4:27 pm
Thank you so much! You guys rock!!!!
Aug 12th at 4:31 pm
Only for posts? And pages?
Aug 12th at 4:41 pm
Just for posts at the moment.
Aug 12th at 4:31 pm
I guess it’s time for me to take the Twitter leap. A similar button for Facebook would be nice!
Aug 12th at 4:34 pm
Thank you…
I hope can be done for FaceBook and other social bookmark….
Aug 12th at 4:34 pm
This is a much sought after plus, thank you guys & gals! But my dreams have more of a “facebook” wish…when can we expect to see that ubiquitous “F” on wordpress blogs right next to tweet?
Aug 12th at 4:35 pm
That is indeed a great function.
But you notice this only when you open a post, but when you are in the home page which displays two of my recent posts, I don’t see the tweet button.
Also it will be great if it would automatically tweet (like it does on facebook) when we post a new post.
Aug 12th at 4:39 pm
This is just on single post pages. You can use our publicize feature to tweet your new posts automatically.
Aug 12th at 4:36 pm
Wonderful!!!!!
Aug 12th at 4:36 pm
Thank you wordpress… this is brilliant!
Aug 12th at 4:39 pm
Keeps getting better and better. Thanks for all the good work.
Aug 12th at 4:39 pm
Whoo-hoo! Thank you for simplifying my life!
Aug 12th at 4:39 pm
Sweet!!!!!
Aug 12th at 4:43 pm
I don’t have an extras section in my appearance menu.
Aug 12th at 4:45 pm
If you go to your blog dashboard you’ll see the “Appearance” menu on the left hand side. Under this menu is the “Extras” menu where you’ll find the setting.
Aug 12th at 4:43 pm
Awesomeness!
Aug 12th at 4:44 pm
i’ll try this out later; it makes the blog look more high-tech.
Aug 12th at 4:44 pm
Terrific new feature. And placing the button on older posts retroactively is particularly useful. Thanks.
Aug 12th at 4:45 pm
Good idea and appreciate it. But the Tweet button only shows up if I open the comments section. Would be much more useful if it was available when you open the blog itself with multipages displayed. Similar issue with Like button…why is it hiding?
Aug 12th at 5:15 pm
As mentioned above, we’ll likely add this as an option very soon.
Aug 12th at 4:45 pm
Thank you! And Finally! Have been manually adding the tweetmeme shortcode on every post for months. Hope this works as well. That said, it doesn’t appear to visually show (on the button) how many people have tweeted it…
Aug 12th at 5:14 pm
It will show the tweet count by default. I think Twitter are tweaking things on their end right now so the count is a little intermittent.
Aug 12th at 4:46 pm
Brilliant feature!!!
Now I would love if you implement native Facebook sharing as well
Aug 12th at 4:48 pm
Thank you. This is so cool it almost makes up for the Cutline/Coraline debacle.
Aug 12th at 4:55 pm
Cool. Is the button retroactive on older posts or just new ones going forward? Thanks.
Aug 12th at 5:13 pm
All posts, new or old.
Aug 12th at 4:56 pm
Thanks for adding this feature. It’s great!!
As you have already mentioned above, will wait to see the Twitter button in the page (main page where all the blog posts appear) also.
Aug 12th at 5:01 pm
FINALLY. Thank you thank you thank you!
Aug 12th at 5:05 pm
Finally, that’s great. thank you!
Aug 12th at 5:06 pm
Puleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease do a Facebook button sooner too!!
Aug 12th at 5:14 pm
How thoughtful! I’m off to add this now!
Thanks for all the awesome features. You make WordPress sinfully easy to love. ^^
Aug 12th at 5:15 pm
great wordpress….\m/
Aug 12th at 5:15 pm
Hey Andy,
1) I am absolutely astounded that this feature is OFF by default.
Kudos to WP for FINALLY establishing features but not popping things up on our blog without asking us first. It’s nice to be respected that maybe we DON’T want this feature. This is in stark contrast to the “Like” button that popped up on my blog with no forewarning and then my wife asked me WTF was that- as if _I_ had put it there.
2) thanks for being here to respond to comments.
3) thanks for the tweet button. I think, as others do, it should be on each post, not on the site as a whole. I currently do this manually, with GetSOCIAL.
lastly, I hope you guys are still working on the Facebook linking.
It was nice to have at first, but it had no image. Now it pulls an image, which is great, but it still doesn’t have a “Share” button.
If I click on the image in Facebook, it takes me to the blog post.
If I click on the title in Facebook, it takes me to the blog post.
So there’s no reason for the “Read Original Post” which would be a thirdly redundant link to the blog post.
But enabling people to “share” the item on Facebook, gets me a lot more eyeballs, because it can be shared, and shared, and shared…
But right now, it can’t.
Aug 12th at 6:38 pm
We’re working on lots of new ways to share your posts, so look out for more soon.
Aug 12th at 5:16 pm
YESSSS!! Rocks! Okay, I also vote Facebook button too plz.
Aug 12th at 5:16 pm
I need facebook button
Aug 12th at 5:19 pm
Great news and very excellent function. Hope that we would get facebook button soon enough!!:P
Aug 12th at 5:22 pm
This is terrific — what a great addition. Thank you so much!
Aug 12th at 5:25 pm
OH THANK YOU. I was wondering when!! And hopefully we’ll be able to add FACEBOOK and other media too soon!!
Aug 12th at 5:27 pm
That’s really great!
Thank you!!
Aug 12th at 5:31 pm
NIIIIIIICE!!! This is going to be LOVERLY
Aug 12th at 5:34 pm
Good Stuff,thanks!
Aug 12th at 5:34 pm
I like the idea.
Aug 12th at 5:35 pm
Why does it appear so close to the end of the blog post text? It seems very crowded! On your post here, there is a nice double-spaced effect, but on both of my blogs, the button seems to smash into the final paragraph of the post.
Aug 12th at 5:44 pm
I’m looking in to fixing this for you.
Aug 12th at 5:36 pm
Multumesc!
Aug 12th at 5:39 pm
This is great, I have enabled the tweet button on my blog page
Aug 12th at 5:40 pm
That’s really nice! Thank You!
Aug 12th at 5:43 pm
YES! Thank you so much for this!!
Aug 12th at 5:43 pm
Thanks for the tweet button. Is there a way to move the button up to the top of the post instead of the bottom?
Aug 12th at 6:36 pm
Not yet, but we’ll look into providing more options in future updates.
Aug 12th at 5:43 pm
Thanks for the help. This is another great tool.
Aug 12th at 5:48 pm
Wow!! I’ve been waiting for that! Thanks a lot!
Aug 12th at 5:48 pm
I have enabled the twitter button on my blogs but it is not showing yet. Will this take care of itself in a day or so?
Aug 12th at 6:35 pm
No, it should instantly appear at the bottom of single post pages.
Aug 12th at 5:50 pm
Good start, so any timescales when other social sites (such as Faceache) will be added so people who look can share to their hearts content?
Aug 12th at 5:53 pm
Now how about a Facebook button?
Aug 12th at 6:00 pm
add FB one too plz
Aug 12th at 6:07 pm
Good thing. I think you may add a bunch of other social media icons including Facebook, StumbleUpon.