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htmlburger/carbon-twitter
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Helper library for retrieving information from the Twitter API.
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Carbon Twitter
==============
[](#carbon-twitter)
Helper library for retrieving tweets from the Twitter API.
Installation
------------
[](#installation)
The library is available as Composer package. You can include it in your Project with:
`composer require htmlburger/carbon-twitter`
Usage
-----
[](#usage)
```
use Carbon_Twitter\Carbon_Twitter;
Carbon_Twitter::config( array(
'api' => array(
'access_token' => '',
'access_token_secret' => '',
'consumer_key' => '',
'consumer_secret' => '',
),
'cache_lifetime' => 300,
'verbose' => false,
'cache_candidates' => [ 'WordPress', 'File' ],
) );
$tweets = Carbon_Twitter::get_tweets( 'wordpress', 5 );
foreach ( $tweets as $tweet ) {
echo $tweet->text;
}
```
or by using the helper functions:
```
carbon_twitter_set_config( array(
'api' => array(
'access_token' => '',
'access_token_secret' => '',
'consumer_key' => '',
'consumer_secret' => '',
),
'cache_lifetime' => 300,
'verbose' => false,
'cache_drivers' => [ 'WordPress', 'File' ],
) );
$tweets = carbon_twitter_get_tweets( 'wordpress', 5 );
foreach ( $tweets as $tweet ) {
echo $tweet->text;
}
```
Configuration Parameters
------------------------
[](#configuration-parameters)
`api (array) - required`
The `api` parameter holds an array of 4 elements:
- `access_token`
- `access_token_secret`
- `consumer_key`
- `consumer_secret`
`cache_lifetime (int) - optional`
The cache duration defined in seconds. Defaults to `300` seconds (5 minutes)
`verbose (boolean) - optional`
Whether to enable Verbose mode. Defaults to `false`.
`cache_drivers (array) - optional`
An array of Cache Drivers to use. Uses the first Driver which is supported in the Project environment. Defaults to `array( 'WordPress', 'File' )`
In WordPress environment
------------------------
[](#in-wordpress-environment)
Once the library is installed in your WordPress project, the receive the following features out of the box:
- Carbon\_Twitter\_Feed widget is being registered
- A new Carbon Container is registered - Twitter Settings
There are several hooks that you can use in order to customize the functionality
### Carbon\_Twitter\_Feed\_Widget
[](#carbon_twitter_feed_widget)
**carbon\_twitter\_widget\_id**
Allows you to modify the Widget ID.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_widget_id', 'carbon_twitter_feed_widget' );
```
**carbon\_twitter\_widget\_title**
Allows you to modify the default Widget title.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_widget_title', __( 'Carbon Twitter Feed', 'carbon-twitter' ) )
```
**carbon\_twitter\_widget\_description**
Allows you to modify the default Widget description.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_widget_description', __( 'Displays a Twitter Feed.', 'carbon-twitter' ) )
```
**carbon\_twitter\_widget\_fields**
Allows you to modify the array of the default Widget fields.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_widget_fields', array(
Field::make( 'text', 'title', __( 'Title', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
Field::make( 'text', 'twitter_username', __( 'Twitter Username', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
Field::make( 'text', 'count_tweets', __( 'Number of Tweets to Display', 'carbon-twitter' ) )
->set_default_value( 5 ),
) )
```
**carbon\_twitter\_widget\_classes**
Allows you to modify the CSS classes that will be added to the Widget.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_widget_classes', 'carbon-twitter-feed' )
```
### Twitter Settings Carbon Container
[](#twitter-settings-carbon-container)
**carbon\_twitter\_settings\_title**
Allows you to change the title of the Twitter Settings Carbon Container.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_settings_title', __( 'Twitter Settings', 'carbon-twitter' ) )
```
**carbon\_twitter\_settings\_page\_parent**
Allows you to change the Page Parent of the Twitter Settings Carbon Container.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_settings_page_parent', 'crbn-theme-options.php' )
```
**carbon\_twitter\_settings\_custom\_help\_text**
Allows you to modify the help text of the Twitter Settings Carbon Container.
**carbon\_twitter\_settings\_fields**
Allows you to modify the default fields in the Twitter Settings Carbon Container.
```
apply_filters( 'carbon_twitter_settings_fields', array(
Field::make( 'html', 'carbon_twitter_settings_html' )
->set_html( carbon_twitter_get_options_help_text() ),
Field::make( 'text', 'carbon_twitter_consumer_key', __( 'Consumer Key', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
Field::make( 'text', 'carbon_twitter_consumer_secret', __( 'Consumer Secret', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
Field::make( 'text', 'carbon_twitter_access_token', __( 'Access Token', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
Field::make( 'text', 'carbon_twitter_access_token_secret', __( 'Access Token Secret', 'carbon-twitter' ) ),
) )
```
### Health Score
31
—
LowBetter than 66% of packages
Maintenance20
Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained
Popularity18
Limited adoption so far
Community16
Small or concentrated contributor base
Maturity61
Established project with proven stability
Bus Factor1
Top contributor holds 57.9% of commits — single point of failure
How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.
**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.
**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.
**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.
### Release Activity
Cadence
Every ~193 days
Total
4
Last Release
3222d ago
Major Versions
v1.0.2 → v2.0.02017-08-28
### Community
Maintainers
[HTMLBurger](/maintainers/htmlburger-git)[@htmlburger-git](https://github.com/htmlburger-git)
---
Top Contributors
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---
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