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There are two ways to add Twitter to your WordPress.com blog. You can use the Twitter widget or you can use the RSS widget using the instructions below.

  1. Go to http://twitter.com/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE to view your timeline.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and look on the left for RSS.
    twitter-rss
  3. Right click the RSS link and choose the option to copy the link (the naming of this option is different for each browser).
  4. In your blog’s Dashboard, go to Appearance->Widgets.
    appearance-widgets-menu
  5. Add an RSS widget from the Available Widgets on the left.
    widgets-rss-add
  6. Click Edit for the RSS widget you added.
    rss-widget-edit
  7. Paste the link from step 3 in to box for Enter the RSS feed URL here: and onfigure any of the other options. Click the Done button on the RSS widget options.
    rss-widget-options
  8. Click the Save Changes button at the button of the Current Widgets list.
    rss-widget-save-changes

    Your blog’s sidebar will now display the tweets from your Twitter account.

Last modified: November 30, 2008

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