As Twitter is not only a great source to promote the blog but also one of the great sources of traffic. Almost every successfull blogger is using twitter to promote his blog. Its a great way to connect & interact directly with readers.Here is a great plugin which works with wordpress for tweeting your blog posts automatically(yes what i said is correct). The  plugin is called tweetable which helps to integrate twitter into our blog. Tweetable can automatically tweet links to your blog posts as they are published. To know more about this plugin follow this link.

Here are the steps you have to follow to install Tweetable

Install the plugin(To know how to install a plugin in wordpress just follow this link), after activating the plugin click on settings

Step1: Register your blog with Twitter

For security reasons, tweetable uses Twitter’s OAuth protocol to authenticate and access your Twitter account. For it to work, you must register your blog as an application with Twitter. Click the button below to go to Twitter.com and register it.

To Register Application at twitter follow this instructions

When you arrive at Twitter, click the “Register a new application,” you will see a form like the one pictured below. You will have to fill-out a few fields.

You do not need to upload an icon. It’s entirely optional, and chances are nobody will see it.

1. Enter your blog’s name in the Application Name field.
2. Put a brief description of your blog in the Description box. Just a few words to identify the application.
3. Your blog’s URL should go in the Application Website field. (E.g. http://lazytechie.com.)
4. Leave the Application Type as Browser.
5. In the Callback URL field, paste the link you will get in installation
6. Set Default Access type as Read & Write.
7. Press the Save button, then come back to wordpress installation page and continue the setup wizard.

Step 2: Enter the Application Keys

To enable WordPress to interface with the Twitter API, you must enter the application consumer keys. You can find them after completing the registration of an application at Twitter and selecting the application you registered in the previous step.

Enter the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret keys in the tweetable settings page at wordpress and then save and continue for further step

Step 3: Enter your twitter username and then continue

Step 4: Authorize Your Twitter Account

You are Almost done! Now you need to authorize your blog to have access to your Twitter account.

Just Click on sign in to twitter, and you will be taken to Twitter.com. If you’re already logged in, you will be presented with the option to authorize your blog. Press the button to do so, and you will come right back here.

And that is it you are done with tweetable installation and now you can enjoy updates to twitter automatically. 

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