How to create a Twitter App for Social Connect

Table of Contents

1 Login into Twitter Apps
2 Create New App
3 Create an application
4 Enable OAuth
5 Do not request users email address manually
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7 Application Details
8 Application Keys and Access Tokens
9 Paste the Consumer Key / Secret
10 Twitter Login in Front End

Login into Twitter Apps

First you will need to Login into your Twitter Account and then to access Twitter Apps.

Create New App

After you login inside your Twitter Account, and access Twitter Apps, you will need to click on “Create New App”.

Create an application

After you click on “Create New App” you will need to setup the Application. You will need to set the:

Name – Your application name

Then please click the Next button.

Here you can see “API Key” and “API Secret Key”

To continue setting the application click on "App settings".

Enable OAuth

Next, you will need to enable OAuth.

Click “Edit” next to “Authentication settings”

After clicking edit, you need to enable “3-legged OAuth”

Also, you will need to set the:

Callback URLs (required) – URL that contains the admin-ajax.php in it. Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Website URL (required) – https://www.yourdomain.com
Organization name (optional)
Organization URL (optional)
Terms of service (optional)
Privacy policy (optional)

Then click “Save”.

Do not request users email address manually

*This is an extra step* In order to receive the user’s email address, there are some additional steps that need to be done:

Enable “Request email address from users”
Add URL to Terms of service (required) – https://www.yourdomain.com
Add URL to the Privacy policy (required) – https://www.yourdomain.com

Then click “Save”.

Application Details

Once the Application is created we can see all the details.

Application Keys and Access Tokens

Go to “Keys and Access Tokens” and click on “Regenerate”.

Copy your Consumer Key (API Key) and Consumer Secret (API Secret).

Paste the Consumer Key / Secret

After you copy the Consumer Key (API Key) and Consumer Secret (API Secret) go to your website -> Dashboard -> Profile Builder -> Social Connect -> Enable Twitter Login and paste your Consumer Key (API Key) and Consumer Secret (API Secret). Scroll to the bottom to Save.

Twitter Login in Front End

Social Login with Twitter should be available on WordPress Default and Profile Builder forms.