WP 5.8.1 automatically posts older articles to our facebook site

  • Hello!

    We have a big problem with wordpress(?)

    We use a plugin (Social Media autopublish) to post our new articles automatically to facebook. (I use this plugin in another website works well there.)

    So the problem is wordpress published some older (from 2014-15) (10-15) article to facebook today. Interestingly this happened last time a week ago 2x times a day.

    So where is the problem? and why?

    Thank you!

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  • Hi @bocinet ,

    I am sorry that you are experiencing this problem.

    However, this is a strange issue as WordPress would not randomly post on your Facebook page without your authorization, especially if you are not using a plugin. Your site may have been compromised. Probably,someone hacked your administration credentials. Try resetting all your passwords and explore various security plugins to enhance your security so as not to worsen the situation.

    I hope this was helpful.

    Good luck.

    Thread Starter bocinet

    (@bocinet)

    Hello @angelakaunda!

    We use this plugin to publish posts to facebook.

    especially if you are not using a plugin.

    . So the posts was pulbished by the plugin or the wordpress by itself, I scanned with some security plugins and nothing has been found. So it is not a hacker on anything…

    Maybe WP-Cron or something wrong?

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by bocinet.

    Hi @bocinet ,

    From what I understood from your question, you were concerned because posts were being published without your consent, right? Older posts for that matter..

    How WP Cron works, it is a plugin that handles the scheduling of time based tasks, which includes, scheduling of posts, which is done manually. Therefore, you are aware and have authorized it.

    That’s why it’s difficult for me to gauge what the problem could be based off the fact that old posts were randomly posted. Another option is to check in with your team.Perhaps somebody knows about this? If not, please contact the support team.

    Good luck.

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