First of all, let us clarify that it’s not strictly necessary to enter a Facebook App ID under SEO > Social > Facebook. Leaving this field empty won’t interfere with the ability to share posts on Facebook but may limit your ability to use Facebook features like Insights.
If you would like to create a Facebook app for your website, please follow the steps found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/register
That being said, can you please make sure the Facebook App is in Live mode. If it’s in Development mode, Yoast SEO won’t be able to verify it and it will return a “The Facebook App ID you entered doesn’t exist” message.
Please manually check the app ID using the following URL replacing <APP_ID> with your app ID.
http://graph.facebook.com/<APP_ID>
If it’s a valid app ID, it should show a category, link, name, and other APP relation information. If a manual verification shows a valid app ID, there is a communication issue somewhere between your site and Facebook.
If it’s not valid, it will display an error like this: “Unsupported get request. Object with ID ‘<the app id you checked>’ does not exist.” If the manual verification shows an error, the app ID is not valid according to Facebook. Please check the app ID again and/or contact Facebook to find out why you see it as valid but the verification returns an error.
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Hi – I am implementing the FB Pixel code via GTM and the app id is not recognised by Yoast. If I try using http://graph.facebook.com/<APP_ID> then I receive the following response:
{
“error”: {
“message”: “An access token is required to request this resource.”,
“type”: “OAuthException”,
“code”: 104,
“fbtrace_id”: “AqsKQs0BoBJEQKBTZBp7rKn”
}
}
I can’t see a way past this and our analytics have basically stopped working. Does anyone have an idea how I can:
a) Get an access token,
b) Get the Pixel code to work using Yoast.
Is the only solution to bypass Yoast altogether and to roll our own?
Many thanks in advcance,
Anthony
@anthonyfletchers If you have a similar issue, please open a new request. That way it’s easier to track issues and provide assistance. Thanks!
