{"id":2959,"date":"2012-12-28T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T03:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bryanhadaway.com\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:32:44","slug":"how-to-create-a-twitter-retweet-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webguy.io\/blog\/how-to-create-a-twitter-retweet-button\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Twitter Retweet Button"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of placing a Retweet button on your site is to help promote a specific Tweet, often for the purpose of a contest or giveaway. The information is readily available here<\/a>, but a little more hands-on than say going through the form<\/a> of creating a Follow button. Here, we have to create our own visual button manually.<\/p>\n

The Pertinents<\/h2>\n

Here’s a Retweet link:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=1926338102638895421<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And the original Tweet URL here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/webguyio\/status\/1926338102638895421<\/em><\/p>\n

As you can see, we simply need to snag the ID of the Tweet and append the Retweet URL with it.<\/p>\n

To get the ID, simply:<\/p>\n

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  1. Navigate to your main Twitter page (For example: https:\/\/x.com\/username)<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  2. Find the desired Tweet and click on the time\/date it was posted.<\/li>\n
  3. Now, in your browser’s URL bar above, you can highlight and copy the ID that appears just after \/status\/<\/em> in the URL (For example: 1926338102638895421)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Code<\/h2>\n

    With a little HTML, CSS, and JS, we can take our Retweet URL and turn it into a proper button:<\/p>\n

    <a href="https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=1926338102638895421" class="retweet" style="display:inline-block;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12px;color:#000;line-height:normal;text-decoration:none;padding:2px 5px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:3px;background-color:#ddd;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #f6f6f6, #ddd)">Retweet<\/a>\r\n<style>.retweet:hover{opacity:0.9}<\/style>\r\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");<\/script><\/code><\/pre>\n
    The Demo<\/h2>\n
    Retweet<\/a><\/p>\n