While this is a photography blog, I decided to vary off course and write a post that may help other WordPress users. I had installed the Facebook for WordPress plugin so that when I published a post on my website, it would also appear under my Facebook account. However, when I hit the “publish” button for a post from my WordPress blog, it didn’t show up in Facebook – very frustrating!
After much internet research and some trial and error, I found the solution. If you’ve installed the Facebook for WordPress plugin, the WordPress dashboard will show the Facebook icon. Click on that link and it will bring up a screen titled Facebook for WordPress. On that screen, you will need to enter the “App ID” and the “App Secret”. It took me a while to figure out where to find this information. I finally found an internet article How do I get a Facebook Application ID? with the answer. Basically you have to log into your Facebook account, then register as a Facebook developer at https://developers.facebook.com, enter the name and domain name of your website, and then you will be provided a numeric App ID number and an alpha-numeric App Secret. Copy these codes into the WordPress “Facebook for WordPress” screen referenced above, save it, and presto – problem solved!
I hope this may be of some help to other WordPress users.
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