Title: [Plugin: Facebook] Error Authenticating
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Facebook] Error Authenticating

 *  [benched42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benched42/)
 * (@benched42)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-error-authenticating/)
 * I am having trouble creating the application. After adding an App Name and App
   Namespace and then entering the Captcha information, I get the error “Your account
   must be verified before you can take this action. Please verify your account 
   by adding your mobile phone or credit card.” I am then expected to “Continue”
   which brings back another Captcha page, whic then brings back the error, which
   then brings back the… you get the idea.
 * The problem is that the mobile phone I use actually belongs to the company I 
   work for and texting is blocked so I can’t receive any texts sent for verification
   of that. Also, I refuse to enter my credit card number on a site where I have
   no intention of buying anything.
 * Is there any way around this?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/)

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 *  [ialima7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ialima7/)
 * (@ialima7)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-error-authenticating/#post-2936176)
 * Your problem is not related to the plugin, but the politics of Facebook, and 
   you even have the answer: have a personal cell phone. How do you live only with
   the phone of the work?
 *  Thread Starter [benched42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benched42/)
 * (@benched42)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-error-authenticating/#post-2936214)
 * I do not want to carry two smart phones. Why carry two devices that essentially
   do the same thing (except text)? I am required to carry one for work. And I know
   dozens of people I work with that do the same thing. That is how I “live only
   with the phone of the work”.
 * There has to be a way around this. Not everyone who wants to cross post from 
   their personal blog to Facebook has a cell phone, do they?
 *  [ialima7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ialima7/)
 * (@ialima7)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-error-authenticating/#post-2936218)
 * All that remains is to use alternatives that do not need to create an application,
   as RSS Graffiti or Twitterfeed.
 * Or use the phone number of someone else’s home or family.

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [ialima7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ialima7/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-error-authenticating/#post-2936218)
 * Status: not resolved