Title: ERROR WHEN AUTHORIZING PLUGIN
Last modified: September 18, 2019

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# ERROR WHEN AUTHORIZING PLUGIN

 *  [3vance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3vance/)
 * (@3vance)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-authorizing-plugin/)
 * When I install Google Analytics Dashboard for WP by ExactMetrics (formerly GADWP)
   and click Authorize button, the following error appears on Errors and Details
   tab:
 * Error Details
    Count: 1 Last Error: 2019-09-18 02:28:27: Google_IO_Exception:
   The stream IO handler requires the allow_url_fopen runtime configuration to be
   enabled in /home1/kilimonews/public_html/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-
   dashboard-for-wp/tools/src/Deconf/IO/Stream.php:51 Stack trace: #0 /home1/kilimonews/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tools/src/Deconf/
   Client.php(629): Google_IO_Stream->__construct(Object(Google_Client)) #1 /home1/
   kilimonews/public_html/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tools/
   src/Deconf/Auth/OAuth2.php(112): Google_Client->getIo() #2 /home1/kilimonews/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tools/src/Deconf/
   Client.php(128): Google_Auth_OAuth2->authenticate(‘4/rAF0W-NXFEg0k…’, false) #
   3 /home1/kilimonews/public_html/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-
   for-wp/admin/settings.php(1254): Google_Client->authenticate(‘4/rAF0W-NXFEg0k…’)#
   4 /home1/kilimonews/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): GADWP_Settings::
   general_settings(”) #5 /home1/kilimonews/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.
   php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array) #6 /home1/kilimonews/public_html/wp-
   includes/plugin.php(465): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #7 /home1/kilimonews/public_html/
   wp-admin/admin.php(253): do_action(‘toplevel_page_g…’) #8 {main} GAPI Error:
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 * Last reply from: [3vance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3vance/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-authorizing-plugin/)
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