Title: Authentication with Google failed
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Authentication with Google failed

 *  [cjcfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjcfry/)
 * (@cjcfry)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-with-google-failed/)
 * Hi, I’m getting follow error when I want to see my spreadsheet.
 * ERROR: Authentication with Google failed. Reason: BadAuthentication
 * Any advice?
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 *  [nathanbeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanbeach/)
 * (@nathanbeach)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-with-google-failed/#post-4116701)
 * I’m now suddenly getting this too, after having changed my password earlier this
   week. Even though I’ve updated the password in the shortcode, it refuses to re-
   authenticate.
 *  [nathanbeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanbeach/)
 * (@nathanbeach)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-with-google-failed/#post-4116702)
 * So, it looks like somehow the Sharing/Publishing settings on the spreadsheet 
   in question got screwed after I changed my Google Accounts password. You might
   go look at your settings and make sure you document is published as a web page.
   Re-publishing seems to have fixed it for me.
 * Also, because the gdata plugin was using the wrong password until I updated it,
   Google locked the client from making requests. I had to go to the Google Accounts
   security tab and let Google know the client connection was okay… I’m not sure
   if that’s what fixed this issue, though, because it only started working after
   I tweaked the spreadsheet publishing settings.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-with-google-failed/#post-4116702)
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