Title: Saving Settings
Last modified: April 10, 2026

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# Saving Settings

 *  [jimk1416](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimk1416/)
 * (@jimk1416)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-settings-9/)
 * None of the main settings changes (not the feed settings) are saving. It just
   spins but never finishes.
   Clearing caches, Feed Issue Email Reports, etc

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 *  [Smash Balloon Nigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nigelrsb/)
 * (@nigelrsb)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-settings-9/#post-18877444)
 * Hi [@jimk1416](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimk1416/),
 * Thank you for contacting us for help with your Instagram feed plugin settings
   not updating.
 * The issue you described is usually due to a conflict with one of your plugins.
   To determine if a conflict with another plugin or theme is causing the issue,
   please follow these steps:
    1. **Switch Theme**: Temporarily switch your site to a default theme like Twenty
       Twenty-Three and check if the issue persists. If switching themes resolves the
       problem, the issue originates from your theme. Please contact your theme’s author
       for assistance.
    2. **Deactivate Plugins**: Temporarily deactivate all third-party plugins to see
       if the issue is resolved. If it is, reactivate the plugins one at a time, checking
       for the issue each time a plugin is reactivated. When the issue reappears, the
       last activated plugin is likely the source of the conflict.
 * Once you find the conflicting plugin/theme, please let us know so we can replicate
   the issue on our end and address it. 
   I hope this helps! Please let me know if
   you have any questions.
 * Best Regards,
    -  This reply was modified 2 months ago by [Smash Balloon Nigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nigelrsb/).
      Reason: Added line asking them to let us know once they find the conflicting
      plugin
 *  Thread Starter [jimk1416](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimk1416/)
 * (@jimk1416)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-settings-9/#post-18877521)
 * Thanks I deactivated all the plugins and theme but the same issue persists.
   I
   have a staging site with the exact same plugins. Installed Smash Balloon and 
   it saves settings there.So maybe if I uninstalled it and reinstalled it maybe
   it would work but I’ll have to come back to this I don’t want to have to reconnect
   the feed all over again.
 *  Thread Starter [jimk1416](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimk1416/)
 * (@jimk1416)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-settings-9/#post-18877560)
 * I figured out the issue is the Wordfence plugin.
   When deactivated I can save 
   the settings but when activated I can not.

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 * Last reply from: [jimk1416](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimk1416/)
 * Last activity: [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-settings-9/#post-18877560)
 * Status: not resolved