Title: string(11) “Bad Request” Last modified: February 12, 2024 --- # string(11) “Bad Request” * Resolved [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/) * When I try to configure Google Site Kit, I get the following error message after completing the steps to log in. I receive the error message ‘string(11) “Bad Request”‘. I don’t understand why this is happening. It’s a new WordPress installation, and I’ve gone through this process about 15 times with other websites. The URL looks like this when I get the error message: * [https://fakeurl.uu/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&authuser=0&code=4%2F0AeaYSHAMiKyL7slTEPTivAtY1866gNOyUQhkmNMvm67vLiIIchHPmJONlfUCGFRr-_sLZA&prompt=consent](https://xxxxxx.uu/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&authuser=0&code=4%2F0AeaYSHAMiKyL7slTEPTivAtY1866gNOyUQhkmNMvm67vLiIIchHPmJONlfUCGFRr-_sLZA&prompt=consent) * I’ve tried both Chrome and Firefox, and even incognito mode. Resetting Site Kit also doesn’t help. * ```wp-block-code ` wp-core version: 6.4.3 site_language: nl_NL user_language: nl_NL timezone: Europe/Amsterdam permalink: /%postname%/ https_status: true multisite: false user_registration: 0 blog_public: 1 default_comment_status: closed environment_type: production user_count: 3 dotorg_communication: true wp-paths-sizes wordpress_path: /data/sites/web/xxx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/wp wordpress_size: 54,03 MB (56657267 bytes) uploads_path: /data/sites/web/xxx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app/uploads uploads_size: 991,61 MB (1039776346 bytes) themes_path: /data/sites/web/xxx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app/themes themes_size: 172,04 MB (180399946 bytes) plugins_path: /data/sites/web/xxx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app/plugins plugins_size: 85,46 MB (89614232 bytes) database_size: 6,11 MB (6406144 bytes) total_size: 1,28 GB (1372853935 bytes) wp-dropins (1) advanced-cache.php: true wp-active-theme name: xxx version: 10.0.0-dev author: xx author_website: https://xx.xx parent_theme: none theme_features: sage, widgets-block-editor, soil, menus, editor-color-palette, editor-gradient-presets, editor-font-sizes, custom-units, custom-line-height, custom-spacing, disable-custom-colors, disable-custom-gradients, disable-custom-font-sizes, title-tag, post-thumbnails, align-wide, responsive-embeds, html5, customize-selective-refresh-widgets, widgets theme_path: /data/sites/web/xx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app/themes/xx wp-mu-plugins (3) Bedrock Autoloader: version: 1.0.3, author: Roots Disallow Indexing: version: 1.0.0, author: Roots Register Theme Directory: version: 1.0.0, author: Roots wp-plugins-active (11) Advanced Custom Fields PRO: version: 6.2.5, author: WP Engine (latest version: 6.2.6.1) Gravity Forms: version: 2.8.3, author: Gravity Forms Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On: version: 1.4.0, author: Gravity Forms ManageWP - Worker: version: 4.9.19, author: GoDaddy Redirection: version: 5.4.2, author: John Godley Site Kit by Google: version: 1.119.0, author: Google SVG Support: version: 2.5.5, author: Benbodhi WP-PageNavi: version: 2.94.1, author: Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP Migrate Lite: version: 2.6.9, author: WP Engine (latest version: 2.6.10) Yoast Duplicate Post: version: 4.5, author: Enrico Battocchi & Team Yoast Yoast SEO: version: 21.9.1, author: Team Yoast (latest version: 22.0) wp-plugins-inactive (1) WP Rocket: version: 3.15.9, author: WP Media wp-media image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick imagick_module_version: 1691 imagemagick_version: ImageMagick 6.9.11-60 Q16 x86_64 2021-01-25 https://imagemagick.org imagick_version: 3.7.0 file_uploads: 1 post_max_size: 256M upload_max_filesize: 256M max_effective_size: 256 MB max_file_uploads: 20 imagick_limits: imagick::RESOURCETYPE_AREA: 122 MB imagick::RESOURCETYPE_DISK: 1073741824 imagick::RESOURCETYPE_FILE: 768 imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MAP: 512 MB imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MEMORY: 256 MB imagick::RESOURCETYPE_THREAD: 1 imagick::RESOURCETYPE_TIME: 9.2233720368548E+18 imagemagick_file_formats: 3FR, 3G2, 3GP, AAI, AI, APNG, ART, ARW, AVI, AVIF, AVS, BGR, BGRA, BGRO, BIE, BMP, BMP2, BMP3, BRF, CAL, CALS, CANVAS, CAPTION, CIN, CIP, CLIP, CMYK, CMYKA, CR2, CR3, CRW, CUR, CUT, DATA, DCM, DCR, DCX, DDS, DFONT, DJVU, DNG, DOT, DPX, DXT1, DXT5, EPDF, EPI, EPS, EPS2, EPS3, EPSF, EPSI, EPT, EPT2, EPT3, ERF, EXR, FAX, FILE, FITS, FRACTAL, FTP, FTS, G3, G4, GIF, GIF87, GRADIENT, GRAY, GRAYA, GROUP4, GV, H, HALD, HDR, HEIC, HISTOGRAM, HRZ, HTM, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, ICB, ICO, ICON, IIQ, INFO, INLINE, IPL, ISOBRL, ISOBRL6, J2C, J2K, JBG, JBIG, JNG, JNX, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPM, JPS, JPT, JSON, K25, KDC, LABEL, M2V, M4V, MAC, MAGICK, MAP, MASK, MAT, MATTE, MEF, MIFF, MKV, MNG, MONO, MOV, MP4, MPC, MPG, MRW, MSL, MSVG, MTV, MVG, NEF, NRW, NULL, ORF, OTB, OTF, PAL, PALM, PAM, PANGO, PATTERN, PBM, PCD, PCDS, PCL, PCT, PCX, PDB, PDF, PDFA, PEF, PES, PFA, PFB, PFM, PGM, PGX, PICON, PICT, PIX, PJPEG, PLASMA, PNG, PNG00, PNG24, PNG32, PNG48, PNG64, PNG8, PNM, POCKETMOD, PPM, PREVIEW, PS, PS2, PS3, PSB, PSD, PTIF, PWP, RADIAL-GRADIENT, RAF, RAS, RAW, RGB, RGBA, RGBO, RGF, RLA, RLE, RMF, RW2, SCR, SCT, SFW, SGI, SHTML, SIX, SIXEL, SPARSE-COLOR, SR2, SRF, STEGANO, SUN, SVG, SVGZ, TEXT, TGA, THUMBNAIL, TIFF, TIFF64, TILE, TIM, TTC, TTF, TXT, UBRL, UBRL6, UIL, UYVY, VDA, VICAR, VID, VIDEO, VIFF, VIPS, VST, WBMP, WEBM, WEBP, WMF, WMV, WMZ, WPG, X, X3F, XBM, XC, XCF, XPM, XPS, XV, XWD, YCbCr, YCbCrA, YUV gd_version: bundled (2.1.0 compatible) gd_formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, XPM ghostscript_version: 9.53.3 wp-server server_architecture: Linux 6.1.38-hcl x86_64 httpd_software: Apache php_version: 8.0.30 64bit php_sapi: fpm-fcgi max_input_variables: 20000 time_limit: 300 memory_limit: 256M max_input_time: 60 upload_max_filesize: 256M php_post_max_size: 256M curl_version: 7.74.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1n suhosin: false imagick_availability: true pretty_permalinks: true current: 2024-02-12T17:34:16+00:00 utc-time: Monday, 12-Feb-24 17:34:16 UTC server-time: 2024-02-12T18:34:15+01:00 wp-database extension: mysqli server_version: 5.7.40-43-log client_version: mysqlnd 8.0.30 max_allowed_packet: 67108864 max_connections: 150 wp-constants WP_HOME: https://xxx.xx WP_SITEURL: https://xxx.xx/wp WP_CONTENT_DIR: /data/sites/web/xx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /data/sites/web/xx/checkout/master/98e6719f8a15063c2595fe0a8d7cf9cac9e9b5c3/web/app/plugins WP_MEMORY_LIMIT: 40M WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 256M WP_DEBUG: false WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: false WP_DEBUG_LOG: /path/to/debug.log SCRIPT_DEBUG: false WP_CACHE: false CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined COMPRESS_CSS: undefined WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: Ongedefinieerd WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE: undefined DB_CHARSET: utf8mb4 DB_COLLATE: undefined wp-filesystem wordpress: writable wp-content: writable uploads: writable plugins: writable themes: writable mu-plugins: writable google-site-kit version: 1.119.0 php_version: 8.0.30 wp_version: 6.4.3 reference_url: https://xx.xx amp_mode: no site_status: connected-site user_status: not authenticated verification_status: not-verified connected_user_count: none active_modules: site-verification, search-console, analytics, analytics-4, pagespeed-insights recoverable_modules: none required_scopes: openid: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/siteverification: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly: ⭕ https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tagmanager.readonly: ⭕ capabilities: googlesitekit_authenticate: ✅ googlesitekit_setup: ✅ googlesitekit_view_posts_insights: ⭕ googlesitekit_view_dashboard: ⭕ googlesitekit_manage_options: ⭕ googlesitekit_update_plugins: ⭕ googlesitekit_view_splash: ✅ googlesitekit_view_authenticated_dashboard: ⭕ googlesitekit_view_wp_dashboard_widget: ⭕ googlesitekit_view_admin_bar_menu: ⭕ googlesitekit_view_shared_dashboard: ⭕ googlesitekit_read_shared_module_data::["search-console"]: ⭕ googlesitekit_read_shared_module_data::["pagespeed-insights"]: ⭕ googlesitekit_manage_module_sharing_options::["search-console"]: ⭕ googlesitekit_manage_module_sharing_options::["pagespeed-insights"]: ⭕ googlesitekit_delegate_module_sharing_management::["search-console"]: ⭕ googlesitekit_delegate_module_sharing_management::["pagespeed-insights"]: ⭕ enabled_features: gm3Components: ⭕ search-console_shared_roles: none search-console_management: owner pagespeed-insights_shared_roles: none pagespeed-insights_management: all_admins search_console_property: none analytics_account_id: none analytics_property_id: none analytics_profile_id: none analytics_use_snippet: yes analytics_4_property_id: none analytics_4_web_data_stream_id: none analytics_4_measurement_id: none analytics_4_use_snippet: yes analytics_4_available_custom_dimensions: none ``` Viewing 15 replies - 16 through 30 (of 39 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/?output_format=md) 2 [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/3/?output_format=md) * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17456203) * Appreciate the update [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). I’ll need to request another check of your site records based on this. I’ve done so now and I’ll provide you with an update here as soon as I have it. Thank you! * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17457211) * Thanks for the update [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). From discussing your matter with the team, one additional check to help rule out browser extensions or features would be to attempt set up from a Chrome browser incognito window. Can you do this and let me know the outcome? * If you encounter any errors that differ to the “Bad Request” error, let me know. * Thread Starter [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17457225) * Thank you for your response, I always connect this plugin in Chrome incognito mode because of the passwords; in my other window, I’m logged in myself. * And perhaps to emphasize again, I’ve gone through this process for about 20-30 websites, and the stack itself doesn’t change much. * I’m now at the point of just hardcoding it into the website, but I’m really curious about what could still be causing the issue. - This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). - This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17457274) * Appreciate the update [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). I’ll check this further with the team and report back to you here. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17472726) * Thanks for your patience on this [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). Can you try set up Site Kit once more? If the same occurs, did you use any other domains for this site, such as a staging site URL? * Thread Starter [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17473597) * Thank you for your response. I tried again, using incognito mode, deactivated WP Rocket, deactivated Redirects, reset Site Kit, and saved permalinks. After logging in again, I still received the error message “string(11) ‘Bad Request'”. * As I mentioned earlier, this is the first time I’m attempting to link it. Previously, the website was on a staging URL, and we didn’t link Site Kit there. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17475290) * Sorry to hear that [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). I’m happy to reach out once more and relay this back while requesting another site check. They did ask about any possible staging site URL. While you didn’t set Site Kit up on your staging site, some of the old staging site records may remain, which could have been passed to the Site Kit service. To troubleshoot this further, if possible please share your staging site URL. You can do so privately via the [same form previously used](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lhjns2K7c0Ny7ME4gxTcsnYtNUtcMr8BvFpPQi23Y1E/). Regardless, I’ve requested another check of your site. * Note that while we’re awaiting a check of your site records, you may wish to see if you’re able to complete set up by using Site Kit specific constants, [as per this guide](https://sitekit.withgoogle.com/documentation/using-site-kit/configure-site-kit-wp-config-keys/). I can’t guarantee this will allow you to proceed, but it result in your site bring registered on the Site Kit service once more, and hopefully it won’t use any invalid callbacks. * Let me know if you have any questions with the above. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17498111) * Appreciate your patience on this [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). The `wp` path was added to your callback URL now. Can you please attempt set up once more and let me know if you’re able to proceed? * Thread Starter [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17498345) * Thank you for your response. I’ve tried again, but I’m still encountering the same error message. I’ve set the permalinks to default, deactivated all plugins, activated only Site Kit, reset Site Kit, but it still doesn’t work. I just checked to see if I could set the Site Kit constants in the wp-config file. However, we use Bedrock, and the wp-config file is not directly editable. * This is the URL where I end up when encountering the error: - [https://xx.nl/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&code=sitekit-NrZEWsG4sNcmfRuussrvnW](https://xx.nl/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&code=sitekit-NrZEWsG4sNcmfRuussrvnW) - [https://xx/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&authuser=1&code=4%2F0AeaYSHAybphMC4ngwIlmBWrPIQ0KUpFokhezp8-MMZT5FzuMziuBN7Iy1IAK_CEPwrTJ4A&prompt=conse](https://xx/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&authuser=1&code=4%2F0AeaYSHAybphMC4ngwIlmBWrPIQ0KUpFokhezp8-MMZT5FzuMziuBN7Iy1IAK_CEPwrTJ4A&prompt=conse) - [https://xx/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&code=sitekit-djxcFewGNeEZuqPiPwS32E](https://xx/wp/wp-admin/index.php?oauth2callback=1&code=sitekit-djxcFewGNeEZuqPiPwS32E) * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17501319) * Thanks for the update [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/), and sorry to heat that didn’t work for you. * As you’re a Bedrock user, you can define your own Site Kit constnats via following the guide [here](https://roots.io/bedrock/docs/configuration/#:~:text=The%20file%20to%20modify%20for%20configuration%20options%20is%20config/application.php.%20This%20is%20the%20file%20that%20contains%20what%20wp%2Dconfig.php%20usually%20would.), adding them to your config/application.php file. * If the same occurs after defining your Site Kit constants, I can request all your site URLs be modified. Please do let me know if this is the case. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17525959) * As we didn’t receive a response I’ll mark this as resolved. Feel free to [open a new support topic](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-site-kit/#new-post) if you continue to encounter issues, or reopen this topic and we’d be happy to assist. * Thread Starter [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17545984) * Just tried again, disabled redirect and caching plugin. During installation, the plugin says the configuration is found. I also see the new Google style during the process now. However, it ends with the same error message: string(11) “Bad Request”. * I haven’t tried the solution with constants; it’s not as simple as just putting them in your .ENV file. These constants also need to be retrieved in the wp-config of Bedrock. But I’m not going to start that because then I’ll be modifying files that shouldn’t be modified.” * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17547843) * Understood regarding changing your constants. I’m happy to go ahead and request an update of your site records, but before I do, can you share a recording of your experience once more? In this recording, please demonstrate setup from a Chrome browser incognito window, while keeping the developer tools console open, displaying any [browser console errors](https://imgur.com/KyLAzgH.png). When you land back on the same error page, please open the “Network” tab, so we can review any possible [invalid XHR response](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19sl0VBsTwdGhPrEIAkt9MDjWgKLex2hG/view?usp=sharing). * I’m aware you prefer not to install any software to share a recording, but some records such as Loom are web based, or you can share from your phone and upload to a file sharing service if preferred. This will allow us to determine more on any potential block, given we already corrected your site records on the service. You can share via the [same form previously used](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lhjns2K7c0Ny7ME4gxTcsnYtNUtcMr8BvFpPQi23Y1E/) if you wish to share this privately. * I also reopened this support topic so we can continue to troubleshoot. Thank you! * Thread Starter [gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/) * (@gchris2) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17622888) * I just filled out the form, I have sent 3 links with 2 videos with the developer tools open and once with the network tab open. I also sent a screenshot of the page where I get the error message with the network tab open. I did all of this incognito, site kit was reset during the attempt. Also, the redirect and caching plugins were turned off. * Please let me know when I can delete the files. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string11-bad-request/page/2/#post-17632899) * Many thanks [@gchris2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gchris2/). I’ve downloaded the recordings now, feel free to delete from your filesystem. From reviewing the details, it looks like this error occurs as soon as the plugin tried to connect Analytics. While I’ll check this further with the team, can you reset Site Kit_ [(Tools > Available Tools > Reset Site Kit](https://i.imgur.com/P6al3e7.png))_, and then set up the plugin once more. When setting up, [please don’t select the option to include Analytics as part of the set up process](https://imgur.com/t67qata). * Let me know how you get on with the above. 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