Title: Authorize.net error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Authorize.net error

 *  Resolved [dleigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dleigh/)
 * (@dleigh)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorizenet-error-1/)
 * I’m getting the following error using the Authorize.net payment gateway:
 * The transaction is not successfully submitted.
    The merchant login ID or password
   is invalid or the account is inactive.
 * I’ve copy/pasted the API logon ID and transaction key from Authorize.net into
   the fields API User Name/Logon ID and API Signature (is this the transaction 
   key – if so, poorly named).
 * Both the plugin and the gateway are in test mode. I’m not sure what else to do
   to make it work. Is there anything I can look at to help diagnose the problem?
   Are you using Advanced Integration Method (AIM) or Server Integration Method (
   SIM) and do I have to put something in the Authorize.net gateway to make that
   work?
    Thanks!
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 *  Thread Starter [dleigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dleigh/)
 * (@dleigh)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorizenet-error-1/#post-7263649)
 * Never mind – to TEST when you only have a LIVE account, you set the live account
   to TEST, but you set the plugin to LIVE so that it goes to the right URL. If 
   you want to completely TEST, you must be testing against a authorize.net TEST
   account, not a live production account.
 *  Plugin Author [WPSuperiors Developer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amitwpdeveloper/)
 * (@amitwpdeveloper)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorizenet-error-1/#post-7263701)
 * Hi Dleigh,
    to make live payment you have to change the mode from backend.
 *  Plugin Author [WPSuperiors Developer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amitwpdeveloper/)
 * (@amitwpdeveloper)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorizenet-error-1/#post-9196540)
 * Solved

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [WPSuperiors Developer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amitwpdeveloper/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorizenet-error-1/#post-9196540)
 * Status: resolved