Title: Private Web Server support Last modified: April 13, 2019 --- # Private Web Server support * Resolved [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/) * I have read the information regarding Photonic and am convinced this is exactly what I need to include Google Photos albums in my family journals (blogs). The problem I seem to facing is that I wish to use it for two (one test, and one production) private WordPress blogs that I host for my family at home. They are not visible except on my internal LAN. This seems to create a problem, if I’m reading the documentation correctly, with the Google OAuth setup as this appears to need a Domain verification… which I can’t give it. Have I got any other options? Can I use Photonic for Google photos in a setup such as mine? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/) * (@sayontan) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11424574) * Take a look at the [sticky post at the top of the forum](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-photos-authentication-challenges-with-photonic/), which talks about a workaround. That should set you up. You can use the same generated token on both sites, BTW. * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11426814) * Thanks for your rapid response. * I have followed the instructions and used the OAuth 2.0 Playground and successfully created a refresh token as suggested. I have plugged this in to the Google settings for Photonic as suggested and it correctly displayed an authorisation screen for my account. That’s great progress. * I am still having a problem however and when I try to use a command such as `"[ gallery type='google' view ='photos' album_id='2019-04-11 Arundel Tulip Festival with Ellie']"` I get the response: `”Failed to get data. Error: Request is missing required authentication credential. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential. See [https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.”](https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.”);` * Any help would be gratefully accepted ! * Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/) * (@sayontan) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11429999) * > I get the response: `”Failed to get data. Error: > Request is missing required > authentication credential. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other > valid authentication credential. See [https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.”](https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.”)` * When you get that error, it is generally indicative of one of 3 things: - Your hosting provider blocking SSL requests - Your site’s security settings stripping out some parts of a URL or blocking SSL requests (typically in `.htaccess` or in your Apache configuration file) - A security plugin in your WP installation blocking some API calls * Unfortunately such cases are too few and far in between for me to have any more concrete methods to resolve, so this is one of those errors that largely requires trial and error to fix. * That being said, the album ID you have is incorrect – the correct album ID should show up either when you you are building the gallery using the “Add / Edit Photonic Gallery” button, or via _Photonic → Helpers → Google Photos_ * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11434450) * Once again, thank you for the response. * I must confess that I’m not sure where to go from here. 1. I am my own hosting provider and have done nothing to block SSL requests. 2. I’ve check .htaccess and the apache configuration file, but cannot see anything that would strip out the URL or block SSL requests 3. I don’t have any security plug-ins installed in WP as my site is housed within my LAN at home and not visible from outside (though it can obviously see outside). * I’ll have to play around some more but seem to have hit a wall at present. * Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/) * (@sayontan) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11434668) * OK – try turning off SSL verification (_Photonic → Settings → Generic Options → Advanced → Turn off SSL verification in calls_). I can’t think of anything else that would interfere with requests. * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11443458) * Sayontan, Thank you once again. Turning off SSL has made a significant difference( as did switching back from Gutenberg to the classic editor). * Now I get the button to select my gallery and (after repeating the advice you gave regarding the pinned post) I get the photo/album selection open. I can then point to the album in question and select the layout. This is real tangible progress. * The outstanding problem that I seem to have is that the blog post doesn’t display anything other than the post title. No content at all… even preliminary text that I had entered. * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11443486) * Ah ha… responding to my own comment, this seems to be a little random. I tried a different album with a different grid (2 x 2) and this time it worked. I will experiment some more. * Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/) * (@sayontan) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11443503) * Since you aren’t able to see the text, one thing you might want to check is if you are getting any fatal errors as a part of your theme. You can do so by going to “View Source” for your page. Properly formed markup should have a closing ` ` and `` tags. Fatal errors due to something in your theme will prevent subsequent markup from rendering. * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11443620) * Thank you. I have no doubt that this was my error. It all seems to be working now. I will do some final testing tomorrow (to ensure that the refresh token works ok and everything still displays and works). On the assumption that it does, then I will re-implement the code in my production version of the blog. * Thread Starter [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * (@andymc5202) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11446653) * I think that we can mark this as closed. The initial problems that I reported are solved by the suggestions you have made. I can successfully display albums in my private blog (I don’t seem to be able to display multiple photos as I get an error code 411 – but I can live with that as it is albums that I wanted). * Thank you so much for your support Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Private Web Server support’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/photonic/assets/icon.svg?rev=1972449) * [Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others](https://wordpress.org/plugins/photonic/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/photonic/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/photonic/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/photonic/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/photonic/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/photonic/reviews/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [andymc5202](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andymc5202/) * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-web-server-support/#post-11446653) * Status: resolved