delarge
1/27/2015 - 11:25 AM

Twitter Cards meta data for header.php

Twitter Cards meta data for header.php

twitter_cards.php
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<?php
// TWITTER CARDS
// place in header.php in <head> tags

if(is_single() || is_page()) {
  $twitter_url    = get_permalink();
  $twitter_title  = get_the_title();

  $page_object = get_page( $post->ID );
  $content = strip_shortcodes($page_object->post_content);
  $twitter_desc = wp_trim_words( $content, 40);


   $twitter_thumbs = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), full );
    $twitter_thumb  = $twitter_thumbs[0];
      if(!$twitter_thumb) {
      $twitter_thumb = '**** default user image URL ****';
    }
  $twitter_name   = '****twitter handle****';
?>
<meta name="twitter:card" value="summary" />
<meta name="twitter:url" value="<?php echo $twitter_url; ?>" />
<meta name="twitter:title" value="<?php echo $twitter_title; ?>" />
<meta name="twitter:description" value="<?php echo $twitter_desc; ?>" />
<meta name="twitter:image" value="<?php echo $twitter_thumb; ?>" />
<meta name="twitter:site" value="@***twitter handle for website ***" />
<?
  if($twitter_name) {
?>
<meta name="twitter:creator" value="@<?php echo $twitter_name; ?>" />
<?
  }
}
?>