Problem activating Facebook Instant Articles plugin

  • Hello guys

    I’m trying to get the Facebook Instant Articles feature.
    I tried following facebook guide, but I got stuck there.
    Then I tried another guide which led me to a plugin called Instant Articles Articles for WP version 2.7. It installed correctly but when trying to activate it says it could not be activated due to a fatal error
    It gives me this message:
    Warning: require(/home1/lionspr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/facebook-instant-articles-wp-master/vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home1/lionspr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/facebook-instant-articles-wp-master/facebook-instant-articles.php on line 32

    Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required ‘/home1/lionspr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/facebook-instant-articles-wp-master/vendor/autoload.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/php54/lib/php’) in /home1/lionspr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/facebook-instant-articles-wp-master/facebook-instant-articles.php on line 32

    I wish I knew what this means or what to do next.
    My host is hostgator
    website: https://www.cuckoopress.com
    And I’m trying to follow this guide:
    https://github.com/Automattic/facebook-instant-articles-wp/

    I hope I provided all information necessary.
    Help is much appreciated!

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  • I Have The same problem i hope someone will find a solution ??

    I was having the same issue, but with version version 2.9. I deleted the plugin and tried again with 2.8 and that seems to have fixed the issue.

    If you haven’t already I would suggest trying version 2.8 here.

    https://github.com/Automattic/facebook-instant-articles-wp/releases

    Also, the first time I got the error message it said it required php 5.4 and up to run so make sure you are using a recent version of PHP.

    I hope this helps!

    I am finding Instant Articles to be excruciating. I have version 3.0.1 and the latest WP. When I go to “Facebook Instant Articles Settings” and select the button “Login with Facebook” I go straight to an error:

    Can’t Load URL: The domain of this URL isn’t included in the app’s domains. To be able to load this URL, add all domains and subdomains of your app to the App Domains field in your app settings.

    I just cannot figure out how to connect – I don’t even know how to backtrack to where I can check the url. I did look up troubleshooting, but I don’t understand about going to my “developer” account and where to find anything there. Is there a good alternative to Instant Articles? (one that might do the same but be easier to work with)?

    Or should I delete it and start over again from scratch?

    I am finding Instant Articles to be excruciating. I have version 3.0.1 and the latest WP. When I go to “Facebook Instant Articles Settings” and select the button “Login with Facebook” I go straight to an error:

    Can’t Load URL: The domain of this URL isn’t included in the app’s domains. To be able to load this URL, add all domains and subdomains of your app to the App Domains field in your app settings.

    If you’re seeing that login button, that means you created the app at https://developers.facebook.com

    You’re getting that error because even though you created the app, you probably didn’t finish setting it up. Facebook makes it pretty easy to set up (after you figure out what to do….which also took me forever to figure out).

    1. Go into the app you created for Instant Articles and click on it so you are taken to the dashboard

    2. If you haven’t made any changes to the settings, under the section that has the App ID and App Secret, you’ll see a box that says “Get started with the Facebook SDK”. Click on the “Choose Platform” button.

    3. Click on the “website” option

    4. Facebook will give you code snippet to paste in the <body> of your website. If you don’t already have a plugin that makes adding code snippets to your site easy, I recommend using Header and Footer

    5. After you copy and paste the first snippet they provided on your site you can go back to the settings page for the Instant Articles plugin, now when you click on the Login button you’ll see the login window asking if you want to give permissions to Facebook to access your site so it can send your articles to your Facebook Page

    Good luck and I hope this helps!

    Thank you blasdetejas. I did click the app number and I get this:
    “Sorry, the link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. Search for apps 618584358321594 dashboard on developers.facebook.com”

    If I search, it says:
    No results found for “apps 618584358321594 dashboard”

    I haven’t seen: “Get started with the Facebook SDK” only “Login with Facebook”.

    I have reviewed several videos – this one just now:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3et7xQyAAI
    and it seems like the plug in is difficult for them to do as well.

    Do you think I should get rid of the plug in and reinstall and start over making the app? I do not know what I named the app.

    Thank you for your help.

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