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Hi @jememyers1,

The reason is that the $admin variable on that line appears not to be an array, but a string which is strange.

There’s an easy way to get rid of the notice, but more interesting would be to find the underlying issue.

Could you have a look at your options table in the database, look for the wpseo_social option and see what’s there ?

Thanks!

Smile,
Juliette

It shows this:

I deleted all the numbers since I wasn’t sure if these were okay to post online or not….

a:12:{s:9:"opengraph";s:2:"on";s:9:"fb_admins";a:1:{s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:1:"h";}s:6:"fbapps";a:11:{i:0;s:34:"Do not use a Facebook App as Admin";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:24:"Redeeming Press Comments";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:"Grace English Bible";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:16:"Grace Commentary";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:34:"Till He Comes All 3 Follower Count";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:22:"Grace Commentary Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:"Grace Blogger Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:17:"Grace Books Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:17:"GraceGround Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:19:"Till He Comes Posts";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:18:"Scripture On Posts";}s:10:"fbadminapp";s:15:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";s:13:"facebook_site";s:33:"https://facebook.com/jeremy.myers3";s:18:"og_frontpage_image";s:75:"https://www.tillhecomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TillHeComesEbooks.jpg";s:17:"og_frontpage_desc";s:124:"The blog of author Jeremy Myers, who writes to bring Scripture and Theology to Life. Sign up at his website for free eBooks!";s:16:"og_default_image";s:75:"https://www.tillhecomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TillHeComesEbooks.jpg";s:7:"twitter";s:2:"on";s:12:"twitter_site";s:10:"jeremyers1";s:14:"plus-publisher";s:0:"";s:12:"fbconnectkey";s:32:"LONGNUMBEREHERE";}

Oops.. yeah, I should have mentioned to remove the numbers. Thanks for being vigilant.

It appears that the fb_admins array is set up either in an old (disused) format or may have some left over data which is not in use anymore.

Do you have any facebook accounts as admin linked to you website through WP SEO ?

If so, would you mind deleting them and adding them again to see if that solves it ?

If you don’t have any, – sorry, I know it’s a pain -, would you mind clearing all facebook data and adding any admins and apps again to see if that solves it ?

That seemed to fix it. Thanks.

On a related note, there are no options showing under the “Google+” Tab for ‘Author for homepage:’

https://www.diigo.com/item/image/1e8u8/ds2g

Is that the way this is supposed to look?

I take it back… the fix worked for about 30 seconds, and now the error is back. Very strange.

What I have done is cleared all the data again, and then only connected as an admin, and did not click the “Use a Facebook App as Admin” button. So far, the error has not returned.

That notice is a little unclear though:

“To be able to access your Facebook Insights for your site, you need to specify a Facebook Admin. This can be a user, but if you have an app for your site, you could use that. For most people a user will be “good enough” though.”

Does this mean that I should only use one or the other (admin OR app), and if I only use one, the admin user is preferred?

Hi Jeremy,

Strange that the error came back…
I can’t give you advice on what’s best to use.

If the warning is bothering you I can give you a quick (code) fix, but it’s not a harmful error or anything.

I’m not going to change it in the plugin core for now as I’m working on a version which should get rid of (nearly) all these kind of issues, though it may still be a while before that version is released.
If you’d like to be a beta tester, please let me know and I’ll drop you a line when the version is ready for testing.

Concerning the other issue – you should see a dropdown box with all users with an author status or higher. So at the very least it should display your admin account.

Do you get any error messages about this in the php error log ? or may be it’s a css conflict – could you check in the page source code whether you can find the drop down box there ?

Hope this helps,
Juliette