# Twitter embeds hide usernames

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840 "2022-09-13T02:28:39Z")
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### Author: ![eba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@eba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eba)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/1 "2022-09-13T02:28:39Z")

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Any idea why the Twitter username and profile image might hide when embeded?

Here’s what it looks like in the forum

 ![Screen Shot 2022-09-12 at 10.25.25 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/d/0/7d0dfa41f5ec73eeae51acbe43c168f0dc3c23a4.png)

Here’s the actual post if it helps at all:  
[https://forum.codesharegrow.com/t/should-a-beginner-learn-git-and-if-so-when/29?u=eba](https://forum.codesharegrow.com/t/should-a-beginner-learn-git-and-if-so-when/29?u=eba)

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/2 "2022-09-13T03:01:07Z")

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Is the Twitter api stuff correctly configured?

[https://twitter.com/edanbenatar/status/1374133233114308614](https://twitter.com/edanbenatar/status/1374133233114308614)

Looks fine here on meta.

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### Author: ![eba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@eba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eba)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/3 "2022-09-13T03:03:44Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-09-12 at 11.03.03 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/d/7/bd72a8c67974ec6ca08fb374e46758fa6255e763.png)

Are you referring to that? I thought it was for authentication so didn’t touch it.

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/4 "2022-09-13T03:03:57Z")

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> [@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 …

It’s necessary for both login and rich embeds

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### Author: ![eba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@eba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eba)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/5 "2022-09-13T03:15:38Z")

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Thank you so much! It works, and now we also have Twitter authentication 🙂

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-embeds-hide-usernames/238840/6 "2022-10-13T03:16:10Z")

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