Installation¶

The best way to install the Jetpack plugin is via the Wordpress Admin Dashboard. Below are basic instructions. For additional help and support, visit the Jetpack plugin site.

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “Plugins→Add New” (If this doesn’t exist, you may need to read this section below)
3. In the search prompt, type in “Jetpack” and click “Search”
4. In the Jetpack result, click the “Install” link
5. When successfully installed, a “Jetpack” section will appear in the left-hand navigation, as shown below:

Configuration¶

Before you’re ready to go with Jetpack, follow these quick instructions to connect your blog to your Twitter account:

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “Jetpack” and then scroll down and find the “Sharing” section. Click on “Configure”. The section looks like the below:
3. Next to the Twitter section, click on the “Connect” button and continue to allow your blog to Authorize to your Twitter account.

When properly configured, you will see a “Publicize” section in the right-hand pane of a New Post page. Click the “Edit” link to customize the content of the Tweet. See below:

Advanced Configuration¶

Additionally, you may want to customize your Twitter Cards further, including adding your own twitter:site. To do so, you can include the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

function tweakjp_custom_twitter_site( $og_tags ) {
    $og_tags['twitter:site'] = '@jeherve';
    $og_tags['twitter:card'] = 'summary';
    return $og_tags;
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_open_graph_tags', 'tweakjp_custom_twitter_site', 11 );

A few things to note before you’re on your way:

• Make sure your site is accessible by Twitter’s web crawler by going to the Dashboard and configuring “Settings→Reading→Site Visibility” to allow search indexing.
• Be sure to submit one of your example posts via the Twitter Card Validator. Once you have the confirmation e-mail, a Tweet with your site URL will have a Card attached.

Thanks to Jeremy Herve (@jeherve) of Wordpress/Automattic for the twitter:site hint. You can read the full thread here.

Installation¶

The easiest way to install the JM Twitter Cards plugin is via the Wordpress Admin Dashboard. Below are basic instructions. For additional help and support, visit the JM Twitter Cards plugin site.

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “Plugins→Add New” (If this doesn’t exist, you may need to read this section below)
3. In the search prompt, type in “JM Twitter Cards” and click “Search”
4. In the JM Twitter Cards result, click the “Install” link
5. When successfully installed, you should see a new entry in the left sidebar named “JM Twitter Cards”

Configuration¶

Configuration of this plugin is relatively straightforward. Here are the basics:

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “JM Twitter Cards”. You should see the following screen:
3. In the top-most section, be sure to supply the following:
   • Type of Card to use (Summary, Summary w/ Large Image or Photo)
   • Personal Twitter Account
   • Twitter Account for your Website (or use same as above)
   • Meta key associated with Twitter Account (or use same as above)
4. Click “Save Changes”

A few things to note before you’re on your way:

• Make sure your site is accessible by Twitter’s web crawler by going to the Dashboard and checking “Settings→Reading→Search Engine Visibility”
• Be sure to submit one of your example posts via the Twitter Card Validator. Once you have the confirmation e-mail, a Tweet with your site URL will have a Card attached.

Installation¶

The easiest way to install the Yoast plugin is via the Wordpress Admin Dashboard. Below are basic instructions. For additional help and support, visit the WordPress SEO by Yoast site.

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “Plugins→Add New” (If this doesn’t exist, you may need to read this section below)
3. In the search prompt, type in “Yoast” and click “Search”
4. In the JM Twitter Cards result, click the “Install” link
5. When successfully installed, you should see a new entry in the left sidebar named “SEO”

Configuration¶

At the time of this writing, configuration of this plugins is limited to only show Summary Cards. Here are the basics:

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to “SEO→Social”. You should see the following screen:
3. Check the “Add Twitter card meta data”
4. Specify your Twitter username
5. Click on “Save Changes”

A few things to note before you’re on your way:

• Make sure your site is accessible by Twitter’s web crawler by going to the Dashboard and checking “Settings→Reading→Search Engine Visibility”
• Be sure to submit one of your example posts via the Twitter Card Validator. Once you have the confirmation e-mail, a Tweet with your site URL will have a Card attached.