Title: Plugin Problem on Linux
Last modified: October 1, 2016

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# Plugin Problem on Linux

 *  Resolved [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/)
 * I am using an Amazon linux server, which is becoming more popular. It’s called
   the EC2 AMI. It works as an instance.. which is probably a virtual box. There
   a few problems when running this server with the Apple News plugin. It’s the 
   timezone.
 * 1.) WordPress setting shows timezone: New York (Eastern).
    2.) Server date and
   timezone set at: New York (Eastern).
 * When I POST an article, the timestamp in the JSON for Apple News still shows 
   a time that’s 4 hours ahead.
 * Then I learned that there’s a “hardware clock” on the linux box.. and that’s 
   set at UTC. Well, I can’t seem to change this setting because I’m using a virtual/
   instance server.
 * Does Apple News compile its time using the hardware clock or the server date/
   time? When I show the time in PHP, it shows the proper server/Wordpress time.

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 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249328)
 * We haven’t expressly modified the code that creates the signature since the very
   first version of the plugin, so we’ll need to correlate recent deploys against
   anything that could have possibly altered it indirectly.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249335)
 * I see a lot of empty fields under the Custom Fields in the editor after publishing
   an article.
 * The following fields are BLANK:
 * apple_news_is_preview
    apple_news_pullquote
 * But this field has a value:
 * apple_news_pullquote_position – middle
 * That’s all the fields I see. BUT the one article that did publish correctly and
   go LIVE has more fields than that.. populated with apple_news data.
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249339)
 * Those fields are not always populated. That’s a red herring.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249347)
 * When the app makes the connection to Apple News.. how does it connect? PHP?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249354)
 * Yes, in PHP.
 * See: [https://github.com/alleyinteractive/apple-news/blob/master/includes/apple-push-api/request/class-request.php](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/apple-news/blob/master/includes/apple-push-api/request/class-request.php)
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249366)
 * I’m running SSL.. strictly SSL (redirecting http to https if someone connects
   to a non-secure connection). Does that matter?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249376)
 * Nope. This is all on the backend.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249416)
 * Well, guess what? I got it working… at least it’s working for now.. here’s what
   I did.
 * 1) I went back to iCloud.com and clicked on API Key.. then clicked REPLACE Key..
   then clicked REPLACE key a second time (because I’ve done this numerous times
   already)
 * 2) Updated key in APP.
 * 3) Deleted the extra fields in editor and clicked published. The article went
   LIVE on Apple News.
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249431)
 * Hm, interesting. That shouldn’t be necessary but let me see if that resolves 
   it for the other user that reported it.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249438)
 * Even though the articles all show “LIVE” in the Apple News tab.. when I got into
   iCloud, I only see 1 published article.. and 1 article when I open up iPhone 
   News. This is so weird.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8249458)
 * All articles now showing up in Apple News! All working now!
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8251437)
 * This did solve the issue for the other person that reported it. Marking this 
   closed.
 *  Thread Starter [andyhodges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyhodges-1/)
 * (@andyhodges-1)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-on-linux/page/2/#post-8251460)
 * Everything still working fine on my end! Problem solved!
 * Thanks for your fast responses!

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