The easiest way to display Twitter followers is by using the official Twitter follow button. But If you want to display your twitter followers count as text for any reason, maybe you would like to customize the appearance of the text and control the formatting of it.
This quick code will show your Twitter followers count, you will need to only change the username to match your Twitter’s username. With just a few lines of code, you can show off your Twitter followers count.
Display your Twitter Followers Count
<?php
/* First add this function to your functions.php file */
function twitter_followers( $username ) {
$url = "http://twitter.com/users/show/" . $username;
$response = file_get_contents ( $url );
$t_profile = new SimpleXMLElement ( $response );
$count = $t_profile->followers_count;
return $count;
}
/* Use something similar to this to show the count */
?>
<p>Welcome to my website! I have <?php echo twitter_followers('DeluxeThemes'); ?> on Twitter!</p>
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