With the release of Sitefinity 15.2, scheduled in October 2024, Progress will discontinue the integration of Twitter (rebranded to X) with the Publishing system in Sitefinity CMS.

As a result, you will no longer be able to include Twitter feed as source or target destination in your feeds, which you create via the Administration » Alternative Publishing menu in Sitefinity CMS backend. 

NOTE: The following capabilities including the corresponding code will be removed in Sitefinity CMS:

• “Content to include” and “Publish as…” options will be removed from the corresponding UI:

• Twitter inbound and outbound Pipes: TwitterInboundPipe, TwitterOutboundPipe

Any custom inbound and outbound Pipes that inherit the out-of-the-box Pipes will cause breaking changes.

• Twitter Feed widget (breaking change)
• Two libraries will no longer be shipped: linqtotwitterNET40 and Telerik.Sitefinity.Twitterizer 
• The configurations for Twitter in Basic Settings:

• The URL Shortener capability (breaking change)

Precisely, the following system configuration in Advanced Settings:

When will the deprecation become effective?

The described capabilities will be discontinued with the release of Sitefinity 15.2 and will affect all subsequent Sitefinity versions. The release of Sitefinity 15.2 is scheduled for late 2024.

I am using the Twitter Feed widget, what should I do?

Only pages based on Web Forms or hybrid templates are affected because Twitter Feed is a Web Forms widget.

Before the upgrade to Sitefinity 15.2, we recommend that you consider the following:

• Remove the Twitter Feed widget to prevent yellow screens on your front-end pages. 
• If you want to achieve similar integration of X (formerly known as Twitter) with the Publishing system in Sitefinity, you can use Service Hooks or Sitefinity Integration Hub.

Additional Resources

• [Documentation] Deprecated capabilities in Sitefinity CMS
• [Documentation] API changes in Sitefinity CMS
• FAQ: Deprecated Capabilities in Sitefinity CMS
• Sitefinity Scope of Support