• Resolved Olaf Lederer

    (@finalwebsites)


    Hi,

    thanks for providing the excellent documentation about this problem.
    I followed the directions you show on your support page:

    1. I opened the Access Token Tool
    2. Generated a new token for the user ID (I have a personal profile)
    3. Applied all the requested permissions
    4. And finally I entred the values for the manual connection option.

    So far so good, the feed was visible (again) on my website. But only for a short time (24 hours?) and the authentication error is back.

    Is there something else I can do? Since you created already a manual for that problem, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of these coming 🙂

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Support Smash Balloon Manuel

    (@mescobar)

    Hi @finalwebsites,

    ​Thank you for reaching out to us for assistance. This could be happening for one of the following reasons that we, unfortunately, don’t have control over:

    * Changing your Facebook/Instagram password (the account that created the Access Token).
    * Having a role removed from one of the connected pages
    * Clicking the ‘log out from all devices’ button in the Facebook settings
    * Removing the Smash Balloon app from your Business Integrations on Facebook

    Additionally, other issues could make Facebook terminate the connection, such as if they notice a security issue on the account, such as a possible account intrusion. In this case, to prevent this from happening again, I’d suggest adding a role to the Business Profiles you are connecting to the plugin; it does not need to be an admin role; any role will work. Alternatively, you can ask the owner to generate a new token; however, if they change their password or any action listed above, the Access Token will be invalidated and must be refreshed.

    ​If this happens again please send us a support request using the form on our website here, including the System Info. To obtain this information go to:

    1- WordPress DashBoard > Instagram Feed > Settings > Support (tabbed page).
    2- Select all text in the “System Info” by clicking in the box, copy and then paste the ‘System Info’ into your reply.

    We ask you to use our form as the System Info contains other website information and the Access Token for your connection which we do not suggest posting here.

    Many thanks.

    Thread Starter Olaf Lederer

    (@finalwebsites)

    Hi,

    thanks for your information, you’re the best!

    Changing your Facebook/Instagram password (the account that created the Access Token).

    This is exactly what happend, the site owner has changed the password because she didn’t recognized my location/login during the configurations I did last weekend.

    Plugin Support Smash Balloon Manuel

    (@mescobar)

    Hey @finalwebsites,

    Glad to know you find that useful.

    Let us know if you need anything else in the future. Hope you have a great rest of your week!

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