Title: Plugin: Mastodon Autopost – Cannot Authenticate
Last modified: January 22, 2019

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# Plugin: Mastodon Autopost – Cannot Authenticate

 *  Resolved [rclinton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rclinton/)
 * (@rclinton)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/)
 * Mastodon Autopost takes me through the Mastodon authentication process and Mastodon
   recognizes the grant of permissions for cross-posting (WordPress Mastodon Autopost
   is listed as authorized in Mastodon) but the plugin somehow fails to return an
   authentication token or other credentials to WordPress since WordPress keeps 
   asking to login tp Mastodon and will not autopost, behaving as if it had never
   been authenticated. I have tried using the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin
   to create a Troubleshooting mode with only Mastodon Autopost enabled but that
   did not resolve the problem (but it did suggest the problem is not a conflict
   with any other plugin). Any suggestions? I would really love to use the plugin
   but so far I cannot get it to work.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [renehamburg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehamburg/)
 * (@renehamburg)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11140230)
 * Hi,
 * same problem here: WordPress Version 5.0.3 + Plugin Version 3.2.7
 * regards,
    René
 *  [volapuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/volapuk/)
 * (@volapuk)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11153352)
 * Hi, same here, hosted in wordpress.com, the plugin redirects me to de main page
   of the blog, and the authentication does not occur.
 *  Plugin Author [Simon Frey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/l1am0/)
 * (@l1am0)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11156811)
 * Should be fixed with version 3.2.7.5 as we switch back to the older auth flow.
   The new one seemed to make a lot of problems.
 * Please give me a heads ups if it works for your and close the issue if so!
 * Best
 *  Thread Starter [rclinton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rclinton/)
 * (@rclinton)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11159278)
 * Authentication now works but plugin fails to post photo images (which is what
   I am trying to use it for). Thanks for fixing the authentication issue. Check
   cybershutterbug on photo.social to see the results from the plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [Simon Frey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/l1am0/)
 * (@l1am0)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11327655)
 * Photo should be fixed with version 3.2.8
 * It not please open an github issue for it, as I do not get notified on issues
   here on wordpress.org :/
 * Github issues page: [https://github.com/simonfrey/mastodon_wordpress_autopost/issues](https://github.com/simonfrey/mastodon_wordpress_autopost/issues)

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/autopost-to-mastodon/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1674300)
 * [Mastodon Autopost](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autopost-to-mastodon/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autopost-to-mastodon/#faq)
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 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autopost-to-mastodon/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autopost-to-mastodon/reviews/)

 * 5 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Simon Frey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/l1am0/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mastodon-autopost-cannot-authenticate/#post-11327655)
 * Status: resolved