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WordPress: authentication failed: WordPress ran into an issue. Error code 401: Only authenticated users can access the REST API.

  • September 27, 2023
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Hello, I can’t connect my wordpress account to zapier…

 

I tried everything, the tutorials, the permalink thing, the plugin…

 

But nothing works

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ken.a
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  • Zapier Staff
  • September 28, 2023

Hi there @brunomsantos,

Welcome to the Community! 🎉

I’m sorry to hear about the troubles connecting your WordPress account to Zapier.

Before we dive deeper, could you please send a screenshot of the error you’re running into? This will help me get enough context and provide accurate troubleshooting steps.

Please keep us posted.


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  • September 28, 2023

Hey, thank you for your time

it says that I have no access but I made sure to creat a new admin user 


ken.a
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  • Zapier Staff
  • October 2, 2023

Hi there @brunomsantos,

Could you please check if you have a password plugin that's blocking access? Also, you need to make sure REST API access is enabled.

Please let me know how it goes.