Valid credentials rejected for post writes
Authenticated write requests return 401 or 403 with valid credentials after a plugin update, breaking scripts that create or edit posts.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 16 October 2023 · last reported 17 January 2025
What's going wrong
Developers and owners running scripts, external apps and multisite installs report that creating, editing or deleting posts through the REST API suddenly returns unauthorized errors after a plugin update, even with correct application passwords or tokens.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.