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How To: Add Twitter Follow Button In WordPress Blogs

twitter follow buttonHello my dear friends. As a blogger you all will be having at least one Twitter Account to connect with many other bloggers around the world.

Twitter is one of the sensational tool which can make two strangers as friends in seconds. Twitter is a place where we get to know all the latest news around the world!

Just few months back Twitter came up with their own Tweet button which you can find in almost 75% of the websites who deals with Twitter for more visitors and today Twitter team announced another button which can fetch you more followers πŸ™‚

Here comes Twitter Follow button which allows instant follow of Twitter accounts directly from the websites you visit every day. You can also see the profile and latest Tweets of the account you want to follow by clicking the username next to the Button.

How To Add Twitter Follow Button !!

Well there is a link which allows you to get Follow Button instantly. You can get the button by following this link.

twitter follow button website

If you want to manually add it just add the following code snippet in your blog. Open your single.php to add it in all the pages or you can also add in your sidebar.php.

Light Background Button:

Follow @TWITTER_HANDLE
<script src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:0--></script>

Dark Background Button:

Follow @ TWITTER_HANDLE
<script src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:1--></script>

Note: TWITTER_HANDLE is your Twitter ID/Handle

It’s very simple to add Follow button as compared to Tweet Button where you had to follow many other steps. And one advantage is, you can add how much ever Follow Buttons you like πŸ˜‰

Twitter said,

For publishers and brands, adding the Follow Button to your website and using Twitter to stay connected with your audience is a powerful combination. People who follow your account are much more likely to retweet and engage with your Tweets, and to repeatedly visit your website.

Hope you guys enjoy with this new button by Twitter which can eventually add more followers to your Twitter Account. Happy Tweeting πŸ™‚

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