RSS to X (Twitter) PHP Bot. Most sites already broadcast updates via RSS, but posting to X (Twitter) is still a manual chore. In this mini build, we ship a self-hosted PHP bot that reads your RSS feed and publishes new items to X using the official API—no plugins, no monthly fees. It’s the sibling of our Instagram bot: simple cURL requests, a little formatting, and a cron job.
What it does
Reads RSS and picks the latest items (with a per-run limit).
Builds the post text (title + link, truncated to fit X limits).
Calls X API with a bearer token to publish.
De-dupes items (so you don’t double-post) and avoids overlapping runs.
Why this approach
Total control (self-hosted), zero subscriptions.
Works with any stack (plain PHP + cURL).
Easy to extend: hashtags, UTM links, schedules, language filters…
What you’ll need (no secrets shown)
An X developer account and a Bearer token for posting (app in write mode).
A public RSS feed URL.
PHP with cURL.
(Optional) a tiny file/DB store to remember posted GUIDs.
Posting flow (high-level):
GET RSS → parse items
For each unseen item: build status = "{title} {short_link}"
POST to X’s API with Authorization: Bearer …
Store GUID hash to avoid duplicatesRSS to X (Twitter) PHP Bot. Most sites already broadcast updates via RSS, but posting to X (Twitter) is still a manual chore. In this mini build, we ship a self-hosted PHP bot that reads your RSS feed and publishes new items to X using the official API—no plugins, no monthly fees. It’s the sibling of our Instagram bot: simple cURL requests, a little formatting, and a cron job.
What it does
Reads RSS and picks the latest items (with a per-run limit).
Builds the post text (title + link, truncated to fit X limits).
Calls X API with a bearer token to publish.
De-dupes items (so you don’t double-post) and avoids overlapping runs.
Why this approach
Total control (self-hosted), zero subscriptions.
Works with any stack (plain PHP + cURL).
Easy to extend: hashtags, UTM links, schedules, language filters…
What you’ll need (no secrets shown)
An X developer account and a Bearer token for posting (app in write mode).
A public RSS feed URL.
PHP with cURL.
(Optional) a tiny file/DB store to remember posted GUIDs.
Posting flow (high-level):
GET RSS → parse items
For each unseen item: build status = "{title} {short_link}"
POST to X’s API with Authorization: Bearer …
Store GUID hash to avoid duplicates
Code & Source : https://minicoursey.com/rss-to-x-twitter-php-bot
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