Title: Authentication Failure
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Authentication Failure

 *  [chartinael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chartinael/)
 * (@chartinael)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/)
 * ERROR
    Authentication with Google failed. Reason: BadAuthentication
 * Login and PW are correct. Any thoughts? Does it not support all characters maybe?
 * Anyhow, would like to use different picasa accounts. I don’t think this plugin
   does that.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/embpicasa/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/embpicasa/)

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 *  Plugin Author [marchenko.alexandr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marchenkoalexandr/)
 * (@marchenkoalexandr)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446359)
 * Hm, very strange, I just get checked it again and all ok, can you please try 
   this plugin on other hosting (or may be even local stack)
 *  [arip30](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arip30/)
 * (@arip30)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446613)
 * I also have same issue… please help me…
 *  Plugin Author [marchenko.alexandr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marchenkoalexandr/)
 * (@marchenkoalexandr)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446614)
 * Which version of php do you have?
 *  [thomallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomallen/)
 * (@thomallen)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446645)
 * I get this message, but I think it has to do with 2 step authentication? Usually
   when I log into a Google property for the first time, I’m asked to enter a code.
   If you are logging is as me won’t you need to provide that step? Or if you are
   using the API and just asking for permission, I think I still need to do that
   correct?
 * Is any one else still having this problem?
 *  Plugin Author [marchenko.alexandr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marchenkoalexandr/)
 * (@marchenkoalexandr)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446646)
 * Can You please try to turn off 2 step auth and check is it working.
 *  [Srivathsan G.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dangerdiabolick/)
 * (@dangerdiabolick)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446652)
 * Me too facing this. Is it because I recently changed my Gmail account password
   and after that the plugin shows this bad authentication error?
 *  [Srivathsan G.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dangerdiabolick/)
 * (@dangerdiabolick)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446653)
 * I have reinstalled the plugin, updated the passwords from the Wp settings dashboard,
   but no use. It shows the same error again.
 *  Plugin Author [marchenko.alexandr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marchenkoalexandr/)
 * (@marchenkoalexandr)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446654)
 * Do you have 2 step auth enabled in your gmail account? Try turn it off, will 
   hope it will help
 *  [Srivathsan G.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dangerdiabolick/)
 * (@dangerdiabolick)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446655)
 * 2 step verification status is OFF from the beginning.
 *  Plugin Author [marchenko.alexandr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marchenkoalexandr/)
 * (@marchenkoalexandr)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446656)
 * Hm, can you try run plugin somewhere on other site\hosting it may be hosting 
   restrictions
 *  [Srivathsan G.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dangerdiabolick/)
 * (@dangerdiabolick)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446657)
 * I changed the password, now its working. But it messed up with the theme design.
 *  [begemotike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/begemotike/)
 * (@begemotike)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446678)
 * If you’re having trouble with it authenticating, and you don’t have two factor
   authentication on, check to make sure the authentication request from the plugin
   isn’t getting blocked. Log in to your account and visit google.com/blocked to
   find out. That’s what was happening to me, and after I approved it everything
   worked flawlessly.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failure/#post-3446678)
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