diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 978cc039..0a609b05 100755
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -357,7 +357,10 @@ function twitter_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 		// and now tweet it :-)
 		if(strlen($msg)) {
 			$result = $tweet->post('statuses/update', array('status' => $msg));
-			logger('twitter_post send' , LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			logger('twitter_post send, result: ' . print_r($result, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			if ($result->error) {
+				logger('Send to Twitter failed: "' . $result->error . '"', LOGGER_ERROR);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/wppost.tgz b/wppost.tgz
index bf238ba9..b07bf6e0 100755
Binary files a/wppost.tgz and b/wppost.tgz differ
diff --git a/wppost/wppost.css b/wppost/wppost.css
index 4ecd81aa..de876958 100755
--- a/wppost/wppost.css
+++ b/wppost/wppost.css
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 
-#wppost-enable-label, #wppost-username-label, #wppost-password-label, 
-#wppost-blog-label, #wppost-bydefault-label, #wppost-backlink-label {
+#wppost-enable-label, #wppost-username-label, #wppost-password-label, #wppost-blog-label, #wppost-bydefault-label {
 	float: left;
 	width: 200px;
 	margin-top: 10px;
 }
 
-#wppost-checkbox, #wppost-username, #wppost-password, 
-#wppost-blog, #wppost-bydefault, #wppost-backlink {
+#wppost-checkbox, #wppost-username, #wppost-password, #wppost-blog, #wppost-bydefault {
 	float: left;
 	margin-top: 10px;
 }
diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index ed39bb38..28e4e369 100755
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ function wppost_settings(&$a,&$s) {
     $s .= '<div id="wppost-bydefault-wrapper">';
     $s .= '<label id="wppost-bydefault-label" for="wppost-bydefault">' . t('Post to WordPress by default') . '</label>';
     $s .= '<input id="wppost-bydefault" type="checkbox" name="wp_bydefault" value="1" ' . $def_checked . '/>';
-
-    $s .= '<div id="wppost-backlink-wrapper">';
-    $s .= '<label id="wppost-backlink-label" for="wppost-backlink">' . t('Provide a backlink to the Friendica post') . '</label>';
-    $s .= '<input id="wppost-backlink" type="checkbox" name="wp_backlink" value="1" ' . $def_checked . '/>';
-
     $s .= '</div><div class="clear"></div>';
 
     /* provide a submit button */
@@ -118,7 +113,6 @@ function wppost_settings_post(&$a,&$b) {
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'wppost','wp_username',trim($_POST['wp_username']));
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'wppost','wp_password',trim($_POST['wp_password']));
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'wppost','wp_blog',trim($_POST['wp_blog']));
-		set_pconfig(local_user(),'wppost','backlink',trim($_POST['wp_backlink']));
 
 	}
 
@@ -195,15 +189,8 @@ function wppost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 
 		$title = '<title>' . (($b['title']) ? $b['title'] : t('Post from Friendica')) . '</title>';
 		$post = $title . bbcode($b['body']);
-
-		$wp_backlink = intval(get_pconfig($b['uid'],'wppost','backlink'));
-		if($wp_backlink && $b['plink'])
-			$post .= EOL . EOL . '<a href="' . $b['plink'] . '">' 
-				. t('Read the original post and comment stream on Friendica') . '</a>' . EOL . EOL;
-
 		$post = xmlify($post);
 
-
 		$xml = <<< EOT
 <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>
 <methodCall>