WordPress Says No More Twitter Auto-Sharing

Twitter Enterprise API could force many smaller apps and third-party tools out of the market.

Heads up, WordPress bloggers, you will no longer be able to auto-share your Wordpress blogs to Twitter.

WordPress follows many other applications and third-party tools that have recently been bowing out of Twitter integrations.

This is all because Twitter has rolled out a new pricing plan for API access, that comes with a hefty price increase while reducing the capacity of developer and researcher access.

As a result, the Twitter Enterprise API could force many smaller apps and third-party tools out of the market.

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