Title: Instagram: Invalid scope field(s): basic
Last modified: November 23, 2020

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# Instagram: Invalid scope field(s): basic

 *  Resolved [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instagram-invalid-scope-fields-basic/)
 * Tried installing plugin.
    Go to setup feed for instagram
 * Click: Click here to get your Access Token and User ID
    Then clicked: Generate
   Access token
 * All i get is error:
    `{"error_type": "OAuthException", "code": 400, "error_message":"
   Invalid scope field(s): basic"}`
 * What am I doing wrong?

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 *  Thread Starter [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instagram-invalid-scope-fields-basic/#post-13705814)
 * Closed. Found and downloaded alternative: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/feed-them-social/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/feed-them-social/)
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instagram-invalid-scope-fields-basic/#post-13705814)
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