indieweb / indieweb/wordpress-indieauth

Authorization Test Has Failed

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Description

hi! I'm on WordPress 6.7.1 with WPEngine as my host. They don't allow use .htaccess anymore and I haven't been able to resolve the "Authorization Test Failed" error.

The WPEngine team made the following effort:

Since .htaccess is no longer read on our platform, we've gone ahead and applied an Nginx variation to what you were looking to apply:

if ($http_authorization ~ "^(.*)"){
set $rule_0 1;
}
if ($rule_0 = "1"){
set $http_authorization %1;
}

But that hasn't changed the result. Any suggestions?

Note that I haven't changed to an indiweb-friendly theme yet (I'm on Divi) because this is my main and very long-running website and switching themes would be a monumental process, so first I'm trying to see how this shakes out on my existing theme.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions on next steps.

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Start by reviewing the Authorization Test Failed report for WordPress 6.7.1 on WPEngine and the Nginx rules supplied in the issue. Determine whether the plugin can support this hosting configuration; done means the authorization test succeeds or the limitation and supported next steps are documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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