Twitter Feed

gistfile1.txt

// Twitter Feed
add_shortcode( 'twitter', 'rl_twitter_feed' );
function rl_twitter_feed( $atts ) {
  
	// Attributes
	if( isset( $atts['handle'] ) )
		$handle = $atts['handle'];
		
	// Check transients
	$body = get_transient( 'rl_twitter_data' );	
	if( empty( $body ) ) {
		$twitter_url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/' . $handle . '.json?count=3';	
		$data = wp_remote_get( $twitter_url );
		$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $data );
		
		if( empty( $body ) )
			return false;
		
		$body = json_decode( $body, true );
		set_transient( 'rl_twitter_data', $body, 300 );
	}
	
	//Begin Output
	$output = '<aside class="twitter-feed"><ul>';

	// Work with decoded data
	foreach( $body as $tweet ) {
		$output .= '<li>';
		$output .= '<p><span class="twitter-meta"><time datetime="' . date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( $tweet['created_at'] ) ) . '">' . date( 'd F, Y', strtotime( $tweet['created_at'] ) ) . '</time>';
		$output .= ' - <a href="http://twitter.com/' . $tweet['user']['screen_name'] . '">@' . $tweet['user']['screen_name'] . '</a></span>';
		$output .= $tweet['text'];
		$output .= '<span class="twitter-source">Via ' . $tweet['source'] . '</span>';	
		$output .= '</p></li>';
	}
	$output .= '</ul></aside>';
	
	return $output;
}