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# How to connect to my self-hosted WordPress site that is a higher version than 5.6

||| Connecting to a self-hosted WordPress site can only be done by an **Admin** user of the site. If you are not an **Admin**, please ask them to do it for you.
||| If you are connecting to a site that is hosted on WordPress, then please follow the guide [here](/en/article/how-to-connect-to-my-wordpress-site-w2urld/).

# To connect to your self-hosted WordPress site with a version of higher than 5.6:

* Go to your WordPress site.

||| Check what version your site is. If it is a version higher than 5.6, continue the steps below. If not, follow this guide [here.](/en/article/how-to-connect-to-my-self-hosted-wordpress-site-that-is-version-56-or-lower-4cxhbm/)

* Go to **Users > Profile.**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screenshot-2021-11-04-at-51723_17nrrph.png)

* On that page, scroll down to **Application Passwords**.
* Under **New Application Password Name**, where it says **WordPress App on My Phone** add the name for your site (i.e. Publer).
* Then, click on **Add New Application Password**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screen-shot-2021-09-30-at-1126_u37xiz.png)

* This will generate a pop-up window that will provide a **Password**. Make sure to save that password in a safe place.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screen-shot-2021-09-30-at-1127_exczk2.png)

* On the Social Accounts tab scroll to **WordPress**  > **Connect**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screen-shot-2024-12-30-at-1041_9h2ol3.png)

* Click on  **Self-Hosted**.

![Self Hosted WordPress](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screen-shot-2024-12-30-at-1045_165ml7r.png)

* Add your **WordPress site URL address**, the **email connected to the account** so what you use to Log in, and the **password** you saved from earlier, and click on **Add**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eefbebed3e091800/screen-shot-2024-12-30-at-1210_4vfude.png)

### If you are facing any errors, please make sure that you:
 
1. Copied and then pasted the password correctly.
2. You are using the email connected to your user profile on WordPress.
3. Check that your WordPress site is a version higher than 5.6.
4. Then, check under Plugins to make sure that you do **NOT** have the Application Passwords Plugin installed. If so, simply **delete** it and proceed with the steps again.

### If you are still facing an error when trying to connect to WordPress:
 
* Keep in mind, that this connection needs access to WordPress Rest API.
* If you have any WordPress security software that has disabled the WordPress Rest API, it will block the Publer connection.
* Also, take a look at this article on why you can't add your WordPress site [here](/en/article/why-cant-i-add-my-wordpress-site-1s59imu/).

Now that you have successfully added your WordPress account, learn how you can [create and schedule your first post to WordPress.](/en/article/how-to-create-and-schedule-posts-to-wordpress-ht24nu/)

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