When I post a direct twitter/x link in my forum it is not correctly unfurling. When I post the exact same link here on the discourse forum it is working. My installed version: 3.6.0.beta1-dev ( 7c34595144 ) Correctly Unfurled Example on discourse.org forums https://x.com/ryanhallyall/status/196105…

[image] WolfpackFan: I followed the directions to create a twitter consumer ID and secret (from the developers.x.com portal) using the “free” tier. I think that’s the problem [image] Configuring Twitter login and rich embeds for Discourse :warning: In order for rich embeds to work properl…

Have you followed the steps in Configuring Twitter login and rich embeds for Discourse ?

I have NOT. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

I followed the directions to create a twitter consumer ID and secret (from the developers.x.com portal) using the “free” tier. When I use these generated values and add them in the discourse settings as shown below I am still getting the same incorrectly unfurled twitter post as described in my ori…

Oh my gosh.. egg on my face. I failed to read the first paragraph of the documentation with the giant warning sign! How kind of you not to scold me! I appreciate the prompt helpfulness provided here in the forum.

[image] Moin: I agree the default experience could be improved so you don’t end up with a blank onebox when twitter settings not configured Yes, perhaps it should default to just the link if it isn’t configured.

I am loving the use of the term “unfurling”. We refer to oneboxing here for that functionality. I’ve added the onebox tag and also alerted the staff experience team to look into how the UI might be improved to make it easier to understan what’s going on in a case like this. I believe there are oth…

Twitter/X links not unfurling correctly

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WolfpackFan August 28, 2025, 4:27pm 7

Yes, perhaps it should default to just the link if it isn’t configured.

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Twitter/X links not unfurling correctly

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