# Tweet preview is no longer working on my instance

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tweet-preview-is-no-longer-working-on-my-instance/238742
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tweet-preview-is-no-longer-working-on-my-instance/238742 "2022-09-12T07:58:19Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tweet-preview-is-no-longer-working-on-my-instance/238742/2 "2022-09-13T06:47:04Z")

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I am afraid this is not a bug.

In the past we carried a “simple” twitter embedder that relied on certain magic to generate the onebox. This had way too many edge cases and resulted in very uneven results, often breaking.

If any self hosters would like twitter embeds going forward, please follow:

> [@Configuring X login and rich embeds for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-twitter-login-and-rich-embeds-for-discourse/13395):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to set up Twitter login and rich embeds for your Discourse forum. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator warning In order for rich embeds to work properly, a Basic plan or higher for X Dev is mandatory. Rich embeds will not work with the Free X Dev plan. X Configuration Go to the [Developer Portal](https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/projects-and-apps) on X. Choose between a Free, Basic, or Pro X Dev plan and complete the developer agreement and policy requirements. After completing …

All people hosted by CDCK use the CDCK accounts so they do not need to worry about configuring this.

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