WordPress Publishing Troubleshooting

Use this checklist when WordPress publishing fails from PrismSEO.

401 Unauthorized

• Verify username and application password.
• Recreate the application password and reconnect.
• Confirm the site URL uses HTTPS and is reachable.

403 Forbidden

• Check that the WordPress user can create and publish posts.
• Test access to /wp-json/wp/v2/users/me with the same credentials.

Publish succeeds but content is malformed

• Confirm your theme supports expected HTML blocks.
• Validate slug uniqueness and permalink behavior.
• Review any security plugins that sanitize outbound HTML.

Timeouts and intermittent failures

• Check host-level firewall or bot protection.
• Ensure WordPress REST endpoints are not rate-limited.
• Retry in draft mode and inspect publish history logs.