# Twitter embeds just a blockquote **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Ghost\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584 "2021-12-27T23:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/1 "2021-12-27T23:40:35Z")
I’ve seen some discussion about Twitter embeds, and I think I saw a screenshot that showed a proper embed. Mine still look like blockquotes, though, with a link to the featured pic, instead of actually showing it. (As shown below) Am I doing something wrong? I’ve resorted to taking a screen shot of the tweet then using that image. ![Screen Shot 2021-12-27 at 6.39.04 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/1/1/1134e29b4b95737877650a8dff5a174277df7c51.png) ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/2 "2021-12-27T23:46:53Z")
Are you self hosting? If so, you need to add a twitter developer key. Resources: > **[Configuration - Adapt your publication to suit your needs](https://ghost.org/docs/config/#twitter)** > > Find out how to configure your Ghost publication or override Ghost's default behaviour with robust config options, including mail, storage, scheduling and more! > [@Twitter embeds in a newsletter](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-in-a-newsletter/27338/3): > > Hey @sgyurov & @inoryum — are you self-hosting Ghost? If so you’ll need to update your config: [Configuration - Adapt your publication to suit your needs](https://ghost.org/docs/config/#twitter) ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/3 "2021-12-27T23:59:44Z")
No, not self-hosting, and do not have access to the installation via FTP or SSH. I might be able to get the hosting owner to make the change for me. But, a question: Based on what I read, the Twitter developer key was only need to make the cards look right in emails. Is it also needed to make the Twitter cards display correctly on the web site? If so, I will get one right away. Being a news site, we use tweets regularly in stories. ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/4 "2021-12-28T00:15:28Z")
You’re right, I just tried embedding a tweet using `/twitter {url}` and it worked perfectly (both in the editor and in casper). Are you seeing this happen with multiple tweets? It sounds like you are, but want to confirm! Do you see any errors in your console? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/7/c/7c2fa3379d294e1d037b069d72ed19918a9cf6a6.png) ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/5 "2021-12-28T00:35:49Z")
Yes, all tweets. They have always shown up as plain block quotes. (I need to clarify the hosting situation: I am not on Ghost Pro, but on another hosting service that doesn’t provide any access to the server. So yes, I am self-hosting, but “managed hosting” would be a better way to put it. So I don’t have access to the console.) As I said, if the developer key will make them work correctly on the web site, I will get one and try to get the hosting owner to add it. ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/6 "2021-12-28T00:53:50Z")
The screenshot I shared with you is a local ghost installation without the twitter developer key, so I don’t think you need it for the web. Do you see any errors in your browser console? If not, what happens when you go to `https://YOUR_SITE_URL/ghost/api/canary/admin/oembed/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fshanselman%2Fstatus%2F1475556695048810497&type=embed`? You need to be logged in for this to work. One other thing - are you able to share the URL to your site? You might have certain security measures (e.g. CSP) which might prevent the tweets from becoming interactive. The way the embed works is the tweet starts as a blockquote, and after the twitter javascript loads, becomes interactive ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/7 "2021-12-28T17:02:37Z")
Ah, you meant browser console, not the operating system console on the server. Yes, a number of errors, with a different set depending on how I was viewing the post. (I actually published a test post to see what errors were generated.) I’m not copying them here for now, as they would make the reply rather tedious. 🙂 However, I did add a tweet card to an existing story from some months ago, and republished it. Here it is. The tweet card is at the bottom; it’s a repeat of a tweet I screen-captured earlier in the story. Let me know what you find out. Thanks for the help! > **[Massie compares vaccine mandates to Holocaust; intern resigns in protest](https://forwardky.com/massie-compares-masks-to-holocaust-intern-resigns-in-protest/)** > > Rep. Thomas Massie posted a tweet comparing vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. Even though the tweet was deleted, it generated significant backlash, including one intern resigning. ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/8 "2021-12-28T17:08:19Z")
> [@vikaspotluri123](#): > > https://YOUR\_SITE\_URL/ghost/api/canary/admin/oembed/?url=https%3A%2F%[2Ftwitter.com](http://2Ftwitter.com)%2Fshanselman%2Fstatus%2F1475556695048810497&type=embed Also, you asked about what happens when I use that URL. The result: ```auto {"url":"https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1475556695048810497","author_name":"Scott Hanselman","author_url":"https://twitter.com/shanselman","html":"

I hate this no man’s land between Christmas and New Years. I have a week’s vacation here but in this weird space time has no meaning.

— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) December 27, 2021
\n\n","width":550,"height":null,"type":"twitter","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_name":"Twitter","provider_url":"http://www.twitter.com/","version":"1.0"} ``` ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/9 "2021-12-28T20:14:49Z")
Twitter card looks correct to me! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/1/d/1d4522c217047256e624fe86800924a658884a76.png) And the result you shared suggests there’s no issue with the server fetching tweets, so I think there might be a browser-specific issue. If you have any browser settings or extensions that do content filtering (such as ad blockers or third party script blockers), the twitter javascript might be blocked by it. ---
**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/10 "2021-12-28T22:02:38Z")
This is weird to me. The tweet on my site looks like just a block quote in preview. But, I looked at it on my iPhone in Safari, and it looks okay. Thanks for your help with this. I’ll start using Twitter cards again, rather than having to do screen shots every time. ---
**Author:** ![FifthRate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@FifthRate](https://forum.ghost.org/u/FifthRate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/11 "2021-12-29T19:55:24Z")
Try clearing that web browser cache and cookies. ---
**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/twitter-embeds-just-a-blockquote/27584/12 "2021-12-30T08:45:14Z")
> [@BruceInLouisville](#): > > This is weird to me. The tweet on my site looks like just a block quote in preview. But, I looked at it on my iPhone in Safari, and it looks okay. I found a similar issue in the Ghost Admin area for only a few secs when I added a tweet card.