WP Review Slider lets you search X (formerly Twitter) for posts about your business and display them right alongside your Facebook reviews. To do this, X requires you to use your own developer credentials. As of the latest version, the plugin only needs one value: your App’s Bearer Token. This uses X’s OAuth 2.0 “app-only” authentication with the X API v2 — no Access Tokens or Token Secrets required.
Follow the steps below to get your Bearer Token.
Step 1 — Sign in to the X Developer Portal
Go to developer.x.com and sign in with the X account you want to use. If you’ve never used the developer portal before, you’ll be asked to sign up for a developer account and agree to the developer terms. The Free tier is enough to get started (see the note on limits at the end).
Step 2 — Create a Project and an App
- In the developer portal, open the Dashboard.
- If you don’t already have one, create a Project (give it any name, e.g. “Website Reviews”).
- Inside the Project, create an App. X will generate a set of keys for the App.
Step 3 — Copy your Bearer Token
When you create the App, X shows you:
- API Key (Consumer Key)
- API Key Secret (Consumer Secret)
- Bearer Token
For WP Review Slider you only need the Bearer Token. Copy it somewhere safe.
Important: The Bearer Token is only shown in full once, right after you create the App (or when you regenerate it). If you didn’t copy it, open your App, go to Keys and tokens, and click Regenerate under “Bearer Token” to get a new one. Regenerating invalidates the previous token.
Step 4 — Paste the Bearer Token into the plugin
- In your WordPress admin, go to WP Review Slider → Get Reviews and open the X (Twitter) tab.
- Click Enter/Modify Bearer Token.
- Paste your Bearer Token into the field and click Save.
That’s it — you can now search X and download posts. The plugin checks the token the first time you run a search (this avoids wasting your monthly request quota on a separate test call).
Step 5 — Search and download posts
- Click Add New X (Twitter) Source.
- Enter your search terms (for example your business name, @handle, or a hashtag).
- Choose a search type:
- Recent search (last 7 days) — available on all tiers, uses the X API v2 recent search endpoint.
- Full-archive search — searches all historical posts, but requires elevated/paid X API access (Pro or higher). If your account doesn’t have it, use Recent search.
- Click Get Posts, then click the download icon next to any post you want to keep.
- Display your saved posts using the same shortcodes and templates as your other reviews.
A note on X API limits
X’s API tiers changed significantly after the Twitter → X transition. The Free tier has a small monthly cap on the number of posts you can read, and full-archive search requires a paid tier. If your searches stop returning results, check your usage in the developer portal — you may have hit your tier’s monthly limit or need higher access for full-archive search. See X’s pricing page for current details.
