Install and activate Smash Balloon
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:02 am
First of all, you should know that Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feed has a free version and a premium version .
If you want to try this social media plugin for free, head over to the plugin repository in your WordPress dashboard. To do so, go to Plugins » Add New Plugin and then in the plugin search bar, type “Custom Twitter Feeds.”
Once you find the plugin, download and activate it.
It's important to make sure it's from Smash Balloon as there are many similar plugins out there that won't give you the performance you're looking for.
custom twitter feed free
But for this tutorial, we want to explore all the features of the plugin so we will go for Custom Twitter Feed Pro.
To get the pro version, visit the plugin's official website , register and purchase a plan.
Next, in your Smash Balloon dashboard, head to My Accounts . Here, download the Custom Twitter Feed Pro ZIP file to your PC.
But before you return to your WordPress dashboard, greece number data also copy the license key, as you will need it to activate the plugin in the next step.
smash balloon download twitter feed pro
Now, head over to your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins » Add New Plugin . Here you will upload the Custom Twitter Feed Pro file that you downloaded earlier. Once installed, activate it.
Next, you'll need to activate the premium version to have access to all of its features. To do this, go to the Twitter menu and select Settings .
Next, under Settings, go to the “General” tab. Here you will also have the options to integrate Twitter, import or expert feeds, and at the top, activate the plugin.
In the license key bar, insert the activation key you copied earlier and Activate it .
smash balloon twitter feed pro activation
And just like that, you have Twitter Feed Pro fully installed and activated.
Step 2: Create a Twitter account
Once you have completed the plugin setup, you are ready to create your first Twitter feed.
To do this, go to Twitter Feed » All Feeds and select Add New .
smash balloon add new twitter feed
On the next page, select Feed Type . With Smash Balloon, you have the option to add a Twitter feed from any account's timeline, a public hashtag, or a search result.
For this tutorial, we will select User Timeline for our feed type.
smash balloon twitter select feed type
But remember that you are not limited to just one type of power with Smash Balloon – you can select all three options at the same time if you wish.
And that's not all; on the next page, you can also add multiple user profiles to the same feed. Since this plugin allows you to add any public Twitter profile, your feed can contain diverse content from different accounts.
You can also add another feed type to the same feed on this page. Just select Add another feed type. Then, in the pop-up window, choose another feed type.
But for this tutorial, we are going to create a simple Twitter feed. To do so, simply paste the username of the profile you want to add into the user timeline bar provided and proceed with “Next”.
smash balloon create twitter feed
Smash Balloon was built to help you have complete customization of how your feed appears. So on the next page, we're going to continue this feed customization journey by selecting a template.
You can choose one of the options below.
Default
Masonry Cards
Simple carousel
Simple cards
Carousel of shop windows
Last Tweet
Widget
For this tutorial we will choose “Masonry Cards” for its simple and detailed display style. Then go to the next page.
smash balloon twitter template
At this point, you're done creating your Twitter Feed, and you can publish it. But as you'd expect with such a powerful social media plugin, we're not done customizing the feed.
If you want to try this social media plugin for free, head over to the plugin repository in your WordPress dashboard. To do so, go to Plugins » Add New Plugin and then in the plugin search bar, type “Custom Twitter Feeds.”
Once you find the plugin, download and activate it.
It's important to make sure it's from Smash Balloon as there are many similar plugins out there that won't give you the performance you're looking for.
custom twitter feed free
But for this tutorial, we want to explore all the features of the plugin so we will go for Custom Twitter Feed Pro.
To get the pro version, visit the plugin's official website , register and purchase a plan.
Next, in your Smash Balloon dashboard, head to My Accounts . Here, download the Custom Twitter Feed Pro ZIP file to your PC.
But before you return to your WordPress dashboard, greece number data also copy the license key, as you will need it to activate the plugin in the next step.
smash balloon download twitter feed pro
Now, head over to your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins » Add New Plugin . Here you will upload the Custom Twitter Feed Pro file that you downloaded earlier. Once installed, activate it.
Next, you'll need to activate the premium version to have access to all of its features. To do this, go to the Twitter menu and select Settings .
Next, under Settings, go to the “General” tab. Here you will also have the options to integrate Twitter, import or expert feeds, and at the top, activate the plugin.
In the license key bar, insert the activation key you copied earlier and Activate it .
smash balloon twitter feed pro activation
And just like that, you have Twitter Feed Pro fully installed and activated.
Step 2: Create a Twitter account
Once you have completed the plugin setup, you are ready to create your first Twitter feed.
To do this, go to Twitter Feed » All Feeds and select Add New .
smash balloon add new twitter feed
On the next page, select Feed Type . With Smash Balloon, you have the option to add a Twitter feed from any account's timeline, a public hashtag, or a search result.
For this tutorial, we will select User Timeline for our feed type.
smash balloon twitter select feed type
But remember that you are not limited to just one type of power with Smash Balloon – you can select all three options at the same time if you wish.
And that's not all; on the next page, you can also add multiple user profiles to the same feed. Since this plugin allows you to add any public Twitter profile, your feed can contain diverse content from different accounts.
You can also add another feed type to the same feed on this page. Just select Add another feed type. Then, in the pop-up window, choose another feed type.
But for this tutorial, we are going to create a simple Twitter feed. To do so, simply paste the username of the profile you want to add into the user timeline bar provided and proceed with “Next”.
smash balloon create twitter feed
Smash Balloon was built to help you have complete customization of how your feed appears. So on the next page, we're going to continue this feed customization journey by selecting a template.
You can choose one of the options below.
Default
Masonry Cards
Simple carousel
Simple cards
Carousel of shop windows
Last Tweet
Widget
For this tutorial we will choose “Masonry Cards” for its simple and detailed display style. Then go to the next page.
smash balloon twitter template
At this point, you're done creating your Twitter Feed, and you can publish it. But as you'd expect with such a powerful social media plugin, we're not done customizing the feed.