/* Automatically link Twitter usernames in WordPress*/

function twtreplace($content) {
	$twtreplace = preg_replace('/([^a-zA-Z0-9-_&])@([0-9a-zA-Z_]+)/',"$1<a href=\"http://twitter.com/$2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@$2</a>",$content);
	return $twtreplace;
}

add_filter('the_content', 'twtreplace');   
add_filter('comment_text', 'twtreplace');

Automatically link Twitter usernames in WordPress - Paste the code into the functions.php of your theme

Automatically link Twitter usernames in WordPress

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