Title: Error in publishing
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Error in publishing

 *  Resolved [ConwayHall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conwayhall/)
 * (@conwayhall)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/)
 * Keep on getting this message when trying to post.
 * > There has been an error with the API. Please make sure your API settings are
   > correct and try again: WRONG_SIGNATURE
 * RSS works fine. Keys are all good and it’s the newest version of the plunging
   with the newest install of WP.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/publish-to-apple-news/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publish-to-apple-news/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188560)
 * That error indicates that the signature for your API request is incorrect. When
   you push to the API, the server computes what it thinks the signature should 
   be for your request and compares it to what you sent.
 * There are four key components that create the signature:
    1. The key
    2. The secret
    3. The current timestamp
    4. The request type (i.e. POST, GET, DELETE)
 * The most likely culprits are #1 and #2 since they could be copy/pasted or typed
   incorrectly. #3 is the next most likely which could result if your server has
   the incorrect time zone set. This would make the API think it was receiving a
   request that was sent hour(s) off from the time it’s expecting. #4 is highly 
   unlikely since it’s set automatically by the plugin.
 * Those are your best bets to investigate further.
 *  [ronpod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronpod/)
 * (@ronpod)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188610)
 * Now what do I do with articles that are in limbo from before everything was working
   and are showing up as “PENDING”? I there a way to reset the status so I can no
   submit them correctly?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188611)
 * You’ll have to manually remove all postmeta fields for those posts that start
   with `apple_news_`
 *  [ronpod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronpod/)
 * (@ronpod)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188612)
 * Where in the PHP error log?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188614)
 * No, this is in your database. If you don’t know how to do that, I’d propose using
   a plugin like: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-manager/)
 *  [ronpod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronpod/)
 * (@ronpod)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188615)
 * The plugin Changes Meta Keys or Deletes Meta Keys… what do I need and what is
   the Meta Key? the Article ID number?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188616)
 * You should read a few articles about how post meta works since this is a little
   out of scope of support directly for the plugin.
 * The meta keys that should be removed for each article would be (if they exist):
 * `apple_news_api_pending`
    `apple_news_api_async_in_progress`
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188679)
 * Were you able to resolve this issue based on the feedback?
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188698)
 * Closing this thread since you’ve opened a newer thread on the subject: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/again-where-do-the-published-posts-go-to](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/again-where-do-the-published-posts-go-to)

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 * 9 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-publishing/#post-7188698)
 * Status: resolved