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I am trying to get Twitter consumer key for a wordpress website. I understand I have to create an application, but want to be sure this is not going to affect my client's twitter account. I just simply want to get a twitter count for her website so I guess I don't understand why I have to create an application? Can anyone enlighten me? What is the purpose of the application? Thanks.

Lolo
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It is not directly related to WordPress. Creating a Twittter application won't affect your account. You just gotta be careful not to share the secret keys.

Here's a very thorough answer about using the new Twitter 1.1 API

Simplest PHP example for retrieving user_timeline with Twitter API version 1.1

If you check the documentation the Get Users method returns the number of followers:

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/users/show

Cheers.

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  • Thanks for the reply. I'm just careful when I go messing with my client's accounts. I don't really want an app only need to retrieve the keys so I guess I just make up some dummy information? I'll give it a go. Thanks again! – Lolo Jan 21 '14 at 19:43