Title: Twitter Error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Twitter Error

 *  Resolved [massimod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/massimod/)
 * (@massimod)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-3/)
 * The last weeks i see an error in twitter:
 * Twitter – 6 failures – Received HTTP response code: 404 Not Found
 * the debug is kinda strange, since the url is NOT my site (it is wikipedia!!!!).
 *     ```
       Array
       (
           [request_time] => 2015-11-27 09:23:45
           [request_method] => get
           [request_uri] => http://urls.api.twitter.com/1/urls/count.json?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org
           [request_response] => Array
               (
                   [headers] => Array
                       (
                           [content-encoding] => gzip
                           [content-type] => application/json;charset=utf-8
                           [server] => tsa_b
                           [x-connection-hash] => 02251efae3b185f7a4e3c83f8abfe39d
                           [x-response-time] => 2
                           [content-length] => 92
                           [accept-ranges] => bytes
                           [date] => Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:23:46 GMT
                           [via] => 1.1 varnish
                           [age] => 0
                           [connection] => close
                           [x-served-by] => mtc-tw-chi1-cr1-9-TWCHI1
                           [x-cache] => MISS
                           [x-cache-hits] => 0
                           [vary] => Accept-Encoding
                       )
   
                   [body] => {"errors":[{"message":"Sorry, that page does not exist","code":34}]}
                   [response] => Array
                       (
                           [code] => 404
                           [message] => Not Found
                       )
   
                   [cookies] => Array
                       (
                       )
   
                   [filename] =>
               )
   
       )
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-metrics-tracker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-metrics-tracker/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ben Cole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcole808/)
 * (@bcole808)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-3/#post-6793707)
 * Hello!
 * The Twitter API is down because Twitter has officially removed it. You can read
   more on these threads:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-twitters-changes-of-chare-counts-affect-smt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-twitters-changes-of-chare-counts-affect-smt)
   
   [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-counter-for-disabled-twitter-api](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-counter-for-disabled-twitter-api)
 * The Wikipedia URL is a generic test URL that this plugin uses when it needs to
   try to reconnect to an API when there are errors.
 * Version 1.6.3 of the plugin is now released which removes the Twitter API =(
 *  [Artur Brugeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brugeman/)
 * (@brugeman)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-3/#post-6793874)
 * Hi, Ben.
 * Can I offer newsharecounts.com as an option to get Twitter share counts. User
   would have to sign-up with his Twitter account and add the website, and shares
   would be tracked from that point on. Your plugin could collect them over our 
   public API.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-3/#post-6793874)
 * Status: resolved