Title: Problems authorizing Facebook Last modified: March 8, 2017 --- # Problems authorizing Facebook * [karunaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karunaray/) * (@karunaray) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/) * Hi: Trying out your plugin with FB. First FB told me to list my domain in my FB app and that took me to the next step. But when trying to complete FB authorization I get this error on your plugin’s logs: Error Occurred in Curl Error number: 28 Error message: Connection timed out after 30001 milliseconds. * Please advise how to solve this. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [Efficient Scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybperic/) * (@cybperic) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-8893216) * Hi, * Might be that “28 Error message: Connection timed out after 30001 milliseconds” is up to Facebook and indicates the temporary error . * Try again to authorize your FB account in Microblog Poster. * Kind regards! * Thread Starter [karunaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karunaray/) * (@karunaray) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-8898117) * I’ve tried many, many times. I get the exact same error every single time. I can’t authorize FB with your plugin… * Thread Starter [karunaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karunaray/) * (@karunaray) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9024576) * After ALL this time finally today your plugin and FB are authorized. But now it won’t post old posts. It says once activated first old post can be seen in logs, then it will default to selected interval. But it won’t send the first post. Please help! * Plugin Author [Efficient Scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybperic/) * (@cybperic) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9025940) * Hi there, * Make sure that you didn’t disable WP Cron in wp-config.php file. If you find this line in it: * define( ‘DISABLE_WP_CRON’, true ); * you’ll have to remove it if you want the Auto Publish Old Posts to function correctly. * 2. Try disabling plugins such as WP Crontrol, WP-Cron Control, etc.. They might change the standard execution of WP Cron feature. * Also, have a look at our blog * [http://efficientscripts.com/blog/2017/02/24/how-to-auto-publish-old-blog-posts-to-social-media-from-wordpress/](http://efficientscripts.com/blog/2017/02/24/how-to-auto-publish-old-blog-posts-to-social-media-from-wordpress/) * where is precisely explained how to auto publish old posts with Microblog Poster. * Kind regards! * Thread Starter [karunaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karunaray/) * (@karunaray) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9026885) * I don’t see anything that disables WP Cron. I don’t have any Cron plugins. I’m pretty sure everything is set correctly but when I save the auto-publish settings, nothing happens: the first old post does not go out. * My settings are 1460 days minimum age and 0 for max age. I have all but one category checked: Must Read. As long it publishes the Must Read category, I’ll be happy. * I don’t know if your 30 and 180 days limits are the problem, if those are actual limits. If so, that really defeats the purpose of your plugin. Please advise. Does your paid version have these limits? It doesn’t really matter, since I tested different settings other than 1460 and 0. It will NOT publish to FB. * I only have FB authorized for the time being. So I’m not sure if Default NEW post and POST UPDATE need to be checked. I tried it both ways and it made no difference. I don’t want new posts or post updates being published so they’re both checked. I guess cross-post means if I had other social accounts connected. * Anyway, any other help would be appreciated. * Plugin Author [Efficient Scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybperic/) * (@cybperic) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9027075) * Hi, * Please uncheck all categories that you have ticked. It might be that your post is also in some other category that you have disabled, not only in ‘Must read’. * If you have set 1460 days as a minimum age and 0 as a maximum age it means the posts that will be candidates for auto reposting are those posts that are up to 4 years ago published. * Test this functionality by setting 0 for minimum age and 0 for maximum age. By setting 0 for both you will not be limited by the age of posts. * Also, after setting all the parameters, bellow SAVE button, check if you have selected your Facebook account to update for auto publish old posts in Microblog Poster. * Regards! * Thread Starter [karunaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karunaray/) * (@karunaray) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9027709) * Sorry, it just won’t post to FB. I unchecked all categories, put min and max at 0 and it won’t work. I’m not new to using a plugin like yours. I have another that stopped working a few weeks ago. That one is still installed and today it posted to FB out of the blue. I’d like to make yours work too and see how I like it. * I don’t really understand why you’d have min and max options, as well as category options if they can’t be used to specify what to post. I don’t want ALL and ANY old posts being sent to FB. Only ones I select: Up to 4 years old and only from Must Read category. That’s how the other plugin was set up and is set up. I have to wait and see if it continues to work. I’d like to get yours to work too, but at this point I don’t know… * Plugin Author [Efficient Scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybperic/) * (@cybperic) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-authorizing-facebook/#post-9029633) * You will have to deinstall other auto publish plugins because it makes interaction with Microblog Poster preventing it to work properly. * Then try to deactivate – activate option Auto publish old blog post in Microblog Poster. * Kind regards! 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