Title: cannot authenticate Instagram
Last modified: March 15, 2023

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# cannot authenticate Instagram

 *  [philipmhoward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipmhoward/)
 * (@philipmhoward)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-authenticate-instagram/)
 * cannot update authentication due to Instagram “insufficient developer role” so
   I assume this is a broken plugin.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-authenticate-instagram/#post-16564014)
 * This was announced back in September 2022 and is a pinned support topic at the
   top of the forum: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instagram-discontinuation-with-effect-from-mid-september-2022/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instagram-discontinuation-with-effect-from-mid-september-2022/)
 * There is no issue with the plugin code. Rather, Facebook has blocked its API 
   for individuals and only allows businesses. Photonic is developed by an individual(
   me), hence it unfortunately got the axe.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-authenticate-instagram/#post-16564014)