Title: Authorize with Instagram button issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Authorize with Instagram button issue

 *  Resolved [Zoe Rooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoerooney/)
 * (@zoerooney)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/)
 * Hi there,
 * Glad to see this plugin pop up and nice work! I noticed one small issue – when
   I got to the point of clicking the authorize button, it didn’t do anything. I
   eventually tried opening it in a new tab via right click/ control click and that
   was how I ended up authorizing (that worked just fine).
 * Just wanted to let you know.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-instagram/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-instagram/)

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 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483666)
 * Hey Zoe!
 * I appreciate the feedback. Just for my own troubleshooting – do you access your
   dashboard via https? Sometimes the browser doesn’t like trying to send auth requests
   from https to http.
 * Thanks for the info,
 * mr_speer
 *  Thread Starter [Zoe Rooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoerooney/)
 * (@zoerooney)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483695)
 * Nope, that site was not using https. I was using Chrome (latest version) on a
   Mac running Mavericks. Everything in the install had just been updated to the
   latest versions (plugins, core, etc.). I think I checked dev tools and didn’t
   see any errors, either, but I can’t remember for sure.
 *  [Timofey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timofeyy/)
 * (@timofeyy)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483715)
 * Hi. I have same issue.
 * It’s part of html source code:
 * `<iframe width="100%" src="http://*******/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=register_instagram"
   </iframe>`
 * Iframe tag not closed correctly. Maybe it caused this bug.
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483716)
 * Hey all,
 * Looks like it’s actually due to a slight change in the API that doesn’t allow
   redirects to occur within an iframe. I’ll post a quick fix to cause it to open
   in a new window for now and then get a permanent fix in place asap.
 * I’ll also fix that iframe tag; thanks for the catch!
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483719)
 * New version updated! Includes a fix for the Authorize button and an error with
   de-activation. Update asap to apply the fix.
 *  [Timofey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timofeyy/)
 * (@timofeyy)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483723)
 * Thanks, mr_speer!
 * But bug with iframe tag still present. Maybe, you forgot this.
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483728)
 * Ah yes you are correct. Updated and fixed in 1.0.3!
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483752)
 * 1.0.3 seems to have fixed this; marking it as resolved.
 *  [kieranjwelch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kieranjwelch/)
 * (@kieranjwelch)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483866)
 * Not sure if it’s related, but I seem to be having this issue on the latest version(
   downloaded and installed today).
 * I’ve registered the application with Instagram, entered the details and attempted
   to ‘Login to Instagram’. When I click the ‘Authorize’ button, it’s redirecting
   me to [http://www.example.co.uk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=register_instagram](http://www.example.co.uk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=register_instagram)
   as expected, but the page is blank and it fails to authorize correctly.
 * Tried in Safari and Chrome on Mac OSX.
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483867)
 * Hmm, interesting. When it redirects you to the register_instagram page, does 
   it have the authorization code appended to the URL?
 *  [kieranjwelch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kieranjwelch/)
 * (@kieranjwelch)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483868)
 * Yes it does indeed.
 * The site is only hosted on http, not sure if that could cause any issues.
 * Happy to provide further details if needed.
 *  Plugin Author [mr_speer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_speer/)
 * (@mr_speer)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorize-with-instagram-button-issue/#post-4483869)
 * Hmm that is a bit perplexing. Do you have other plugins installed on your site?
   I wonder if maybe one of them is causing some sort of conflict. You could try
   disabling them and seeing if that solves it.
 * I did just try running the auth process with a couple of different Instagram 
   accounts, both on http and https and didn’t seem to run into any issue, so I 
   think it’s probably something to do with your specific WP setup.
 * If you’d really like to debug the issue, you could enable WordPress’ debug log
   and see if it registers any errant scripts during the auth process. I’ve found
   that to be immensely helpful.
 * One last question – after you authorize and it takes you to a blank page, what
   happens if you re-visit the Simple Instagram settings page? Does step 3 still
   show the “Login with Instagram” button, or does it show any sort of error?
 * Thanks for the information!
 * mr_speer

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