Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Display a completely customizable, responsive and search engine crawlable X feed or Twitter feed on your website. The Custom Twitter Feeds plugin will display any user timeline posts or tweets that completely match the look and feel of your site and includes tons of customization options! Features Quick 3-Step Feed Creation – create a Twitter feed in just 3 steps with our guided flow to help you do this, even if you’re a WordPress newbie Completely Customizable – by default, your user timeline feed will inherit your theme’s styles – automatically X posts (Twitter feed) content is crawlable by search engines, adding SEO value to your site Completely responsive and mobile-optimized – your Twitter feed looks great on any screen size and on any device Easily display an X Feed (Twitter feed) from any Twitter user – you can quickly connect 1 public Twitter account for absolutely free Using our Site Key and a verified email address, you can automatically refresh your Twitter feed once a week so you can showcase fresh Twitter content on your site at zero cost Post caching means that your Twitter feed loads lightning fast. Load more of your Tweets with the ‘Load More’ button Built-in easy to use “Custom Twitter Feeds” Widget makes it easy to display tweets from any public Twitter account Fully internationalized and translatable into any language Display a beautiful header at the top of your Twitter feed Enter your own custom CSS or JavaScript for even deeper customization of your Tweets For simple step-by-step directions on how to set up the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin, please refer to our setup guide. Benefits Increase social engagement between you and your users, customers, or fans Save time by using the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin to generate dynamic, search engine crawlable content on your website Convert site visitors into Twitter followers by displaying your Twitter content directly on your site Improve your SEO as all of that quality keyword-rich Twitter content is directly embedded into your website Keep users on your site by showcasing your tweets from any user timeline on WordPress Boost engagement by letting site visitors reply and like your tweets directly on your site Showcase your Twitter content your way to perfectly match your website’s style The Custom Twitter Feeds plugin is updated regularly with new features, bug-fixes and solutions to comply with recent Twitter API changes Pro Version In order to maintain the free version of Custom Twitter Feeds plugin on an ongoing basis, and to provide quick and effective support for free, we offer a Pro version of the plugin. The Pro version allows you to: Display tweets from multiple users in the same Twitter feed Display photos, videos, and gifs and view them in a popup lightbox directly on your site Multi-column Masonry layout demo Show your tweets in a Twitter slideshow demo Choose from professionally-made Twitter templates so you can easily build your Twitter feed in seconds Allow filtering of Twitter user timelines include/exclude any/all keywords Tweet-specific moderation system Visual Twitter cards displayed with links which support them Include Tweet replies (in reply to tweets) Combine multiple Twitter feeds into one Automatically update your Twitter feeds up to 12 times per day so you can effortlessly display up-to-date X posts (Twitter content) to your site visitors Autoload more Tweets when scrolling Find out more about the Pro version. Try the Pro version demo here Featured Reviews for Custom Twitter Feeds “Great for Customization – Great plugin! Superb customization options! Am changing all twitter feeds for all my websites to this! I have tried several Twitter plugins so far. This is the best I have come across 🙂” – @nehavivekpatil “Excellent plug-in. Excellent support. – Excellent instructions and guidance. Patient and prompt support for the newbies. Regular updates. You can’t lose. Thank you Smash Balloon.” – @nuspa “Amazing Support and a Great Twitter Plugin – I am using the free version of this Twitter plugin and identified a real problem in the display on my website. I emailed support and Craig was all over the fix for me. Seven or so emails later (even on a Sunday) the problem was fixed and Craig was still reaching out to make sure all was well.“ In a world of crappy support for premium plugins, and even worse support for free plugins, this kind of support (and listening to customers) that Craig and Smash Balloon provided me make their premium products worth every penny. In fact, I am going to buy them for my next project. They deserve it.“ Thanks again, Craig!” – @kcwebguy “At last a configurable Twitter Feed that WORKS! – I have messed with Twitter feeds on sites so many times only to be frustrated. This Plugin is the best I have tried. Stable, configurable and not too hefty a drag on performance. Well done!” – @mikemac67 “Everything you’ll need in a Twitter feed plugin – We’ve tried a few Twitter feed plugins across a bunch of our sites, and this one is now our go-to favorite. Most of the others we’ve tried have either styling or performance issues, but we’ve been using this plugin for a few months now, and it’s been perfect. There are tons of customization options, the feed looks great, and… it works!“ Kudos to the SmashBalloon team on a well supported, tightly developed, feature-packed WordPress Plugin.” – @laymanlab View the reviews to see what other users are saying about the Custom Twitter Feeds plugin. We’re dedicated to providing the most customizable, robust and well supported Twitter feed plugin in the world! Feedback or Support We’re committed to providing the easiest-to-use, most powerful and #1 supported Twitter feed plugin in the world, so if you have an issue or any feedback on how to improve the plugin, then please let us know. If you like the plugin then please consider leaving a review, as it really helps to support the plugin. If you have an issue, then please allow us to help you fix it before leaving a review. Just let us know what the problem is and we’ll get back to you right away.

Compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load automatically with the powerful Smush image optimizer to keep your WordPress site fast, without losing quality. Smush makes it easy to optimize images, compress images, and deliver images faster across your entire WordPress site. This all-in-one image optimizer automatically reduces image file sizes, enables image lazy load, and serves modern formats like WebP and AVIF, all without breaking image quality or adding extra work. Whether you’re running a blog, store, or portfolio, Smush helps you optimize images at scale and keep your site fast with a trusted WordPress image optimizer. Trusted by 1+ Million Sites | 4.8/5 Star Rating Get everything you need to optimize images and speed up your site. Smush works out of the box with no complicated setup – just install and let it handle the rest. Compress images without losing quality Reduce image file size automatically while keeping your images sharp and clear. Smush is an easy-to-use image optimizer which let’s you compress images using both lossless and lossy compression, giving you the best balance of quality and performance without extra work. You can also compress images outside the media library using Directory Smush, making it easy to optimize images stored in theme folders, plugins, or other directories on your server. Lazy load images for faster pages Enable image lazy load across your site so images load only when needed. This image optimizer improves initial page speed and creates a smoother experience for visitors without extra configuration. Serve WebP and AVIF images automatically (PRO) Convert images to WebP and AVIF and serve them automatically to supported browsers. Smush helps you optimize images using next-gen formats to reduce file size and improve load times across your WordPress site. Deliver images faster with an Image CDN (PRO) Serve images through a global image CDN to reduce latency and improve load times for visitors around the world. 119 global CDN servers Up to 500 GB of bandwidth Faster image delivery based on visitor location Improved performance for image-heavy and high-traffic sites Automatically resize and fix image dimensions (PRO) Eliminate common PageSpeed warnings and improve layout stability with automatic image sizing. Smush dynamically resizes images to perfectly fit their containers, regardless of original size, helping fix the “Properly size images” warning in Google PageSpeed Insights. It also automatically adds missing width and height attributes to your images, improving rendering speed and reducing layout shifts. This helps you meet the “Ensure images have explicit width and height” recommendation without any manual work. Optimize your entire site, automatically Smush works across your whole site as a powerful image optimizer to optimize images as you upload them and maintain performance over time without manual work. Optimize images automatically on upload Compress images in bulk or individually Works with your existing media library No need to re-upload images Enable image lazy load across your site Convert images to WebP and AVIF Deliver images with an integrated image CDN Automatically resize and serve correctly sized images Optimize images outside the media library with Directory Smush Built for performance Smush improves page speed and overall performance by reducing image weight and improving how images are delivered. Reduce page load times Improve user experience Better performance for image-heavy pages Supports image lazy load and preload images (PRO) for faster perceived performance Works with your existing setup Smush is built to work with your current WordPress setup, including popular themes, page builders, and plugins. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, and more Works with WooCommerce stores No need to change your workflow Easy to enable and configure Designed to be simple You don’t need to be a performance expert to optimize images with Smush image optimizer. Works out of the box Simple settings when you need them No technical knowledge required Safe to use on any site Why choose Smush? There are plenty of image optimization plugins, but Smush focuses on making it easy to optimize images, compress images, and improve performance without complexity. As a leading WordPress image optimizer, Smush gives you powerful optimization tools without the technical hassle. Trusted by over 1 million WordPress users Built specifically for WordPress Regular updates and improvements Backed by the WPMU DEV team Get started in minutes Install Smush, activate it, and start to compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load right away. This easy-to-use image optimizer helps most sites see improvements immediately without changing how they upload or manage images. About Us WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. Learn more here: https://wpmudev.com/ Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource: WPMU DEV Blog Hey, one more thing… we hope you enjoy our free offerings as much as we’ve loved making them for you! Contact and Credits Originally written by Alex Dunae at Dialect (dialect.ca, e-mail ‘alex’ at ‘dialect dot ca’), 2008-11.