[Solved] Previewing Wordpress data in Blocs app

[CiroContns]

Hey all! First and foremost, I’m having a good time with Blocs so far, great app!

Unfortunately, I am one of those that gets the error message when trying to preview WP data in the Blocs app.

I have configured the URL in Blocs, and you can verify that my website indeed works and WP is there when navigating to the URL. I also have the Blocs plugin installed in my WP website.

How does the Blocs app access the data? Is there no username/password needed? Is there any “dark” setting I should check on my server? Maybe the name of my DB is non WP-standard?

Any pointer would be really appreciated, thanks!

[Norm]

It uses the standard WP rest API. Do you have a plug-in running that would disable it or change its url?

[CiroContns]

Thanks! That gave me a great hint on where to look. I found this error on the WP admin panel, under Tools > Site Health, saying that “the authorisation header is missing” and that without it, some apps couldn’t connect to the site.

I clicked on that “Flush permalinks”, and now the Blocs app is able to retrieve data.

I’m spelling all things out in the hope it will help someone in the future

Thanks, Norm!

[Norm]

I’ll get this added to the knowledge base.