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I have made this an official plugin and you can visit the page for this plugin by visiting Twitter Tools – X.co URLs

So the other day GoDaddy.com released it’s new URL shortener x.co. They’ve also built in an API, so from that, we can now use the Twitter Tools WordPress plugin with the x.co URL Shortener. I’ve hacked together a file based off the Twitter Tools bit.ly plugin that works in conjunction with the main Twitter Tools plugin without any issues that I’ve noticed so far. For now you need to do the following:

1. An account with x.co (which is the same as a GoDaddy.com account or using the steps listed below in the update)
2. Install Twitter Tools for WordPress
3. Download this .zip file and extract it into wp-content/plugins/
4. Activate the Twitter Tools – x.co URLs plugin from your plugins list
5. Login to your x.co account and click on the ‘Settings’ tab, copy down your API Key.
6. From the ‘Settings’ menu select ‘Twitter Tools’ and you will need to enter your X.co API Key.
7. That’s it, you are ready to tweet your posts with x.co shortened URLs!

If you have any feedback let me know and I’d be glad to see what I can do to help you out. I will try and get this up on WordPress.org within the next day or two for installation directly in your WordPress admin area.

Update:
You do not need a GoDaddy Account to use x.co. You can use the following steps:

To sign up for X.CO

1. Go to X.CO.
2. If you have a Go Daddy account, log in with your user name and password.
3. If you don’t have a Go Daddy account, on the bottom-left of the screen, click Sign Up for a Free Account.
4. In the To Create a New Account form, enter your information and create a password.
5. When finished, click Create a New Account.