Quite recently WordPress.com users got the ability to automatically tweet posts to twitter ^[1], but what about other self-hosted WordPress ^[2] users? Well, there are tons of Twitter ^[3] plugins and tools available for WordPress.org users.

In this post, we will take a look at some of the most useful twitter plugins for WordPress users.

Twitter Tools ^[4] – Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.

TweetSuite ^[5] – TweetSuite is a Twitter-WordPress integration plugin that includes retweet buttons, digg like tweet button, automatic tweeting of new posts and more.

Twitter Widget Pro ^[6] – A widget that properly handles twitter feeds, including @username, #hashtag, and link parsing. It supports displaying profiles images, and even lets you control whether to display the time and date of a tweet.

TweetMeme ^[7] – The TweetMeme retweet button easily allows your blog to be retweeted. The button also provides a current count of how many times your story has been retweeted throughout twitter.

Tweetbacks ^[8] – Allows you to pull in comments from twitter and displays it as tweetbacks on your blog (requires manual editing of theme).

BackType Connect ^[9] – Allows you to pull comments related to your blog from twitter and other websites.

TwitterCounter ^[10] – Allows you to integrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your site.

Do you know of any other plugins that can make it to this list? Do let us know about them through your comments.

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