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Zaynaib Giwa
Zaynaib Giwa
9,784 Points
Posted by Zaynaib Giwa
Zaynaib Giwa
9,784 Points

Adding via to a custom twitter button

Hello all, I am trying to make a custom twitter button with a custom message a well. I am trying to add a via button to my code. This is what I have so far

  <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check%20Out%20Random%20Quotes%20Generator" title="Share on Twitter" target="_blank" class="btn btn-twitter" data-via="wpbeginner"
 > Twitter</a>

CSS code

.btn-twitter {
    background: #00acee;
    border-radius: 0;
    color: #fff
}
.btn-twitter:link, .btn-twitter:visited {
    color: #fff
}
.btn-twitter:active, .btn-twitter:hover {
    background: #0087bd;
    color: #fff
}
Zaynaib Giwa
Zaynaib Giwa
9,784 Points
Zaynaib Giwa
Zaynaib Giwa
9,784 Points

''' <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check%20Out%20Random%20Quotes%20Generator" title="Share on Twitter" target="_blank" class="btn btn-twitter" data-via="wpbeginner" > Twitter</a> '''

1 Answer

pjc90
pjc90
10,267 Points
pjc90
pjc90
10,267 Points

https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check%20Out%20Random%20Quotes%20Generator&via=YOURTEXT

So add &via=YOURTEXT to your URL

More information about Twitter Intent: https://dev.twitter.com/web/tweet-button/web-intent