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Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget v2.8.0

Custom Twitter Feeds is a WordPress plugin that displays posts from public X (Twitter) accounts in a customizable feed on a site.

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 3, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 3, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 5.3+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 7.6% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 97 Passed
  • 21 Warnings
  • 7 Failed
Security 78/100
Needs Improvement

29 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 87/100
Good

53 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

2.8 MB

8.1 MB unzipped

Total files

487

across all file types

Lines of PHP

34,267

in 157 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • JS
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 12 High
  • 130 Medium
  • 50 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget, Code Quality improved the most (+18). The largest regression was in Accessibility (-16). The codebase grew 258% in size.

Audited 1.8 → 2.8.0 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.8 2.0.5 2.2.4 2.8.0

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 543 1085 1.8 2.0.5 2.2.4 2.8.0

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

9,214

downloads

Today

1,246

downloads

Week over week

−5%

vs previous week

Month over month

+15%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

92% of installs run an older version

≈ 92.4K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v2.2
  • v2.3
  • v2.5
  • v2.6
  • v2.7
  • v2.8

Ratings

401 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 371
  • 4 13
  • 3 1
  • 2 3
  • 1 13

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 10, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 41 days

average between releases

Total releases

61

since May 2016 · 10 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Custom Twitter Feeds in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Custom Twitter Feeds v2.8.0 flagged 192 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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