Title: [Plugin: Twitter Tools] Authentication Failed Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Twitter Tools] Authentication Failed * [cortexlinux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cortexlinux/) * (@cortexlinux) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/) * Every bit of information I have provided is correct,Twitter is up and running, but still when I press the connect to Twitter button I get the following message: * “Authentication Failed. Please check your credentials and make sure Twitter is up and running” Viewing 15 replies - 16 through 30 (of 40 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/?output_format=md) 2 [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/3/?output_format=md) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646905) * Just out of curiosity, see if you can get this plugin to work: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-twitter-connect/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-twitter-connect/) * [crazywhistlepig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazywhistlepig/) * (@crazywhistlepig) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646906) * I cannot get twitter tools to work either… same issues as all above. Simple Twitter Connect, however, works like a CHAMP! * [mhines86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhines86/) * (@mhines86) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646908) * Its funny…I actually have hosting accounts at two different places. one of them is 000webhost and all of my blogs there will not authenticate but this one [VoIP Review Twitter](http://twitter.com/voipstartshere) is hosted on a different, paid host and as you can see, it is working with no problem. This makes me believe that the plugin is fine but the host is the problem. * As someone said above, curl is required and it seems to me that there is some php setting that is preventing it from working on certain servers. * [mhines86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhines86/) * (@mhines86) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646909) * Update: I checked to see if curl is enabled on the host where twitter tools cant authenticate and sure enough curl support is enabled. i dont think its curl. * [jaxonk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaxonk/) * (@jaxonk) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646910) * +1 for “authentication fail” Running WP 2.9.2 * [crazywhistlepig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazywhistlepig/) * (@crazywhistlepig) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646911) * I wound up using the [AutoTwitter ](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autotwitter/) plugin. Not as feature-rich but works like a champ right out of the box. * [wadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadmin/) * (@wadmin) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646912) * I used this plugin and love it so much * Xhanch – My Twitter [http://xhanch.com/wp-plugin-my-twitter/](http://xhanch.com/wp-plugin-my-twitter/) [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xhanch-my-twitter/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xhanch-my-twitter/) * No problem with oAuth authentication issue 🙂 I even can post tweet on any page of my website * [E-TARD The LifeCaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etardwebcam/) * (@etardwebcam) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646914) * well my oAuth authentication worked did not get any errors of any kind but my twitter-tools widget is not getting any of my updates i cant go back to the older twitter-tools because twitter changed the api login so no more pop-up logins so there for the older plugin is no help. * my ? is how long do i have to w8 before this is fixed? or do i just need to start looking for some kind of alternative plugin? * [E-TARD The LifeCaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etardwebcam/) * (@etardwebcam) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646915) * NVM I went with Xhanch – My Twitter all I needed was a good widget * [dvsarchitect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvsarchitect/) * (@dvsarchitect) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646918) * Same here. Switched to shorten2ping using ping.fm. Works like a charm! Plus you can post to any other service as well. Goodbye WP-Twitter and twitter tools! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shorten2ping/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shorten2ping/) * [shekharg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shekharg/) * (@shekharg) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646920) * The latest version of Twitter Tools uses OAuth for authentication. This worked fine for me on WordPress 2.9.2. When I upgraded to 3.0.1, Twitter Tools stopped working at my blog [http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com](http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com). Note that the version of Twitter Tools I’m using is 2.4. * Next, I followed the steps mentioned at [http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com/wordpress/a-perfect-integration-of-wordpress-and-twitter/](http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com/wordpress/a-perfect-integration-of-wordpress-and-twitter/)– refer to Update (November 15, 2009). But this time, I faced a different issue. * The authentication (the first step before setting up the plugin) kept failing saying “Authentication Failed. Please check your credentials and make sure Twitter is up and running”. * After hours of troubleshooting at the code level, coincidently I happened to check my server’s time (system time). It was lagging behind by several minutes. Updated my server’s time (via ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com) and voila! the authentication worked. The sidebar is showing the latest tweets now. * Yet to see if the daily digests will start shooting up again. * [shekharg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shekharg/) * (@shekharg) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646928) * With reference to my previous comment: since October 4, the daily digests are posting regularly !!SOLVED!! 🙂 * [Orlando Alonzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ogalinski/) * (@ogalinski) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646929) * *Bump* * [Orlando Alonzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ogalinski/) * (@ogalinski) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646934) * Dear Lord, it was the server’s time all along; after creating a ticket with my hosting provider asking to update the server’s time (it was 36 minutes behind), authentication worked…two months of headaches have officially ended. 😀 * [dvsarchitect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvsarchitect/) * (@dvsarchitect) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-twitter-tools-authentication-failed/page/2/#post-1646935) * That totally makes sense. However, anyone looking for the easiest fix on the planet should consider Ping.fm. I added my rss feed to my account and setup my twitter and facebook accounts and viola! Automatic posting for multiple social media networks totally outside of WP and free of server time lag. 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