Title: Illegal string offset 'link' Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Illegal string offset 'link' * [jeremyers1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyers1/) * (@jeremyers1) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/) * I am getting this warning: * Illegal string offset ‘link’ in /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/pages/ social.php on line 72 * Any idea what causes it or how to fix it? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/) * (@jrf) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279715) * Hi @jememyers1, * The reason is that the $admin variable on that line appears not to be an array, but a string which is strange. * There’s an easy way to get rid of the notice, but more interesting would be to find the underlying issue. * Could you have a look at your options table in the database, look for the wpseo_social option and see what’s there ? * Thanks! * Smile, Juliette * Thread Starter [jeremyers1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyers1/) * (@jeremyers1) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279751) * It shows this: * I deleted all the numbers since I wasn’t sure if these were okay to post online or not…. * `a:12:{s:9:"opengraph";s:2:"on";s:9:"fb_admins";a:1:{s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s: 1:"h";}s:6:"fbapps";a:11:{i:0;s:34:"Do not use a Facebook App as Admin";s:15:" LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:24:"Redeeming Press Comments";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:" Grace English Bible";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:16:"Grace Commentary";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE"; s:34:"Till He Comes All 3 Follower Count";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:22:"Grace Commentary Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:"Grace Blogger Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE"; s:17:"Grace Books Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:17:"GraceGround Posts";s:15:" LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:"Till He Comes Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:18:"Scripture On Posts";}s:10:"fbadminapp";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:13:"facebook_site";s:33:" http://facebook.com/jeremy.myers3";s:18:"og_frontpage_image";s:75:"http://www. tillhecomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TillHeComesEbooks.jpg";s:17:"og_frontpage_desc"; s:124:"The blog of author Jeremy Myers, who writes to bring Scripture and Theology to Life. Sign up at his website for free eBooks!";s:16:"og_default_image";s:75:" http://www.tillhecomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TillHeComesEbooks.jpg"; s:7:"twitter";s:2:"on";s:12:"twitter_site";s:10:"jeremyers1";s:14:"plus-publisher"; s:0:"";s:12:"fbconnectkey";s:32:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";}` * [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/) * (@jrf) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279753) * Oops.. yeah, I should have mentioned to remove the numbers. Thanks for being vigilant. * It appears that the fb_admins array is set up either in an old (disused) format or may have some left over data which is not in use anymore. * Do you have any facebook accounts as admin linked to you website through WP SEO? * If so, would you mind deleting them and adding them again to see if that solves it ? * If you don’t have any, – sorry, I know it’s a pain -, would you mind clearing all facebook data and adding any admins and apps again to see if that solves it ? * Thread Starter [jeremyers1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyers1/) * (@jeremyers1) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279756) * That seemed to fix it. Thanks. * On a related note, there are no options showing under the “Google+” Tab for ‘ Author for homepage:’ * [https://www.diigo.com/item/image/1e8u8/ds2g](https://www.diigo.com/item/image/1e8u8/ds2g) * Is that the way this is supposed to look? * Thread Starter [jeremyers1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyers1/) * (@jeremyers1) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279757) * I take it back… the fix worked for about 30 seconds, and now the error is back. Very strange. * What I have done is cleared all the data again, and then only connected as an admin, and did not click the “Use a Facebook App as Admin” button. So far, the error has not returned. * That notice is a little unclear though: * “To be able to access your Facebook Insights for your site, you need to specify a Facebook Admin. This can be a user, but if you have an app for your site, you could use that. For most people a user will be “good enough” though.” * Does this mean that I should only use one or the other (admin OR app), and if I only use one, the admin user is preferred? * [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/) * (@jrf) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279764) * Hi Jeremy, * Strange that the error came back… I can’t give you advice on what’s best to use. * If the warning is bothering you I can give you a quick (code) fix, but it’s not a harmful error or anything. * I’m not going to change it in the plugin core for now as I’m working on a version which should get rid of (nearly) all these kind of issues, though it may still be a while before that version is released. If you’d like to be a beta tester, please let me know and I’ll drop you a line when the version is ready for testing. * Concerning the other issue – you should see a dropdown box with all users with an author status or higher. So at the very least it should display your admin account. * Do you get any error messages about this in the php error log ? or may be it’s a css conflict – could you check in the page source code whether you can find the drop down box there ? * Hope this helps, Juliette Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Illegal string offset 'link'’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908) * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/) ## Tags * [illegal string](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/illegal-string/) * [warning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/warning/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/) * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-link-1/#post-4279764) * Status: not resolved