My WordPress post failed to publish
Written By Nick
Last updated 2 days ago
If a blog post couldn't publish to WordPress and Social Valet wasn't able to recover on its own, it moves to the Failed tab on your posts page. From there you can review what went wrong, fix it, and either move the post back to Approved or delete it.
Common causes
Your WordPress connection expired or was revoked. The most common cause. You'll see a banner on the failed post and another in your Alerts. Reconnect at Settings → Platform Management, then move the post back to Approved.
The application password was changed or removed in WordPress. If you regenerated or deleted the application password Social Valet uses, publishing will fail until you reconnect.
Your WordPress site is unreachable. A site that's down for maintenance, hitting an SSL issue, or behind a firewall change can block publishing. Confirm the site loads in your browser, then move the post back to Approved.
WordPress rejected the post. A plugin, security rule, or user role restriction on your site can block the request. Check that the connected user still has permission to publish posts.
WordPress had a temporary outage or rate-limited the request. Less common, and usually resolves on its own. Move the post back to Approved and Social Valet will try again at the scheduled time.
How to fix a failed post
Go to the Failed tab on your posts page.
Open the post. The failure banner explains what happened.
Click Edit to make changes, or Delete if you no longer want the post.
Once the issue is resolved, click Move to Approved. The post returns to your scheduling queue.
Still not working?
If your WordPress site loads, the connection is active, and the post still fails, contact support with the post title and the error shown on the failure banner.