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Asked: 2026-05-17T23:54:12+00:00

I have an existing regex: /^http:\/\/twitter\.com\/(\w+)\/status(es)*\/(\d+)$/ that I use for determining if a URL

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I have an existing regex: 

/^http:\/\/twitter\.com\/(\w+)\/status(es)*\/(\d+)$/

that I use for determining if a URL is a twitter status update URL. Eg.

http://twitter.com/allWPthemes/status/2040410213974016

But ever since “new” twitter came out, they have changed the status URL’s to look like :

http://twitter.com/#!/allWPthemes/status/2040410213974016

with the added /#!

So my question is : How can I modify my regex to match both URL’s?

My final failed attempt was:

^http:\/\/twitter\.com\/(#!\/w+|\w+)\/status(es)*\/(\d+)$
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this:
    /^https?:\/\/twitter\.com\/(?:#!\/)?(\w+)\/status(es)?\/(\d+)$/

    This will match both the original URLs and the new hash tag URLs.

    If you just want to match the new URLs, this should do it:
    /^https?:\/\/twitter\.com\/#!\/(\w+)\/status(es)?\/(\d+)$/

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