Static Posts for Twitter – Embed x.com Tweets without an iframe
Active Installs
100+
Last Updated
March 27, 2026
First Released
February 18, 2024
Download History (Last one month)
Contributors
The standard Tweet, or Post (or Xeet?), loads in 500kb of front end JavaScript, tracking cookies, and lots of noise. This plugin avoids all of that by pre-rendering the entire Tweet statically. Say goodbye to bulky Tweets!
https://github.com/KevinBatdorf/wp-xeet
Features
- Embed a Tweet/Post/Xeet without an iframe
- Save 500kb of page load
- No Twitter/X cookies, tracking, JavaScript, etc
- Static – Twitter/X changes won’t affect your site
- Dark/light auto mode
Vercel
The Tweets are parsed on a server hosted on Vercel. Using this service, and thus connecting to their servers, you agree to their privacy policy and terms.
NOTE: Your frontend does not rely on any api calls, and if the Vercel api shuts down tomorrow, your site will not be affected in any way.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
Screenshot Gallery
Coming soon, but you will be able to self host the backend API, which requires a basic Node.JS server. Open an issue on GitHub if you are interested in this.
If you add data-theme="light" (or ‘dark’) anywhere above the block (for example, on the body tag), the block will respect that theme. There is also an override “per block” if needed
Changelog
1.0.2 – 2026-03-27
- Switch to Biome for linting/formatting
- Switch to Playwright + WP Playground for testing
- Update packages
- Fix input clearing on invalid tweet URL/ID
1.0.1 – 2024-02-19
- Updates the block.json file with a better title
" width="120" height="120">
