Some WordPress plugins block or interfere with the CoSchedule plugin. Use this page to find the plugin causing trouble and fix it. This applies to every plan.
Find the conflicting plugin
- Install the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin and turn on its troubleshooting mode. It turns off your other plugins for your own account only, so visitors aren't affected.
- Turn your other plugins back on one at a time, and check CoSchedule after each one.
- When the problem comes back, the plugin you just turned on is the cause. Look for it in the table below.
- If it isn't listed, contact support with the plugin's name and a screen recording of the problem.
Known plugin conflicts
Plugin | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
Bit.ly Official WordPress Plugin | Links are already shortened when they reach CoSchedule, so UTM tags don't work. | Use CoSchedule's Bitly integration instead. See Shorten links with Bitly. |
Disable XML-RPC Pingback | Stops CoSchedule from making requests to your site. | Deactivate it. |
Easy PayPal Custom Fields | Stops CoSchedule from saving posts to WordPress and blocks incoming requests. | Deactivate it. |
Easy WP SEO | Isn't compatible with CoSchedule. | Use a different SEO plugin, such as Yoast SEO. |
Indeed Ultimate Affiliate Pro | Stops CoSchedule from making requests to your site. | Deactivate it. |
PilotPress | Changes WordPress user permissions, so CoSchedule is treated as a signed-out user and can't sync post data. | Deactivate it. |
Polylang | CoSchedule flags it as a conflicting plugin. | Contact support. |
PublishPress Revisions | Each revision shows on your calendar as a new scheduled draft. Edit in WordPress fails from that draft, and deleting the draft deletes the revision in WordPress. | Manage revisions in WordPress, not from your calendar. |
Redirection | Can stop CoSchedule from connecting. | Deactivate it. |
Role Scoper | Stops CoSchedule from syncing authors and categories. The plugin is no longer developed. | Switch to a different role plugin. |
Root Relative URLs | Stops CoSchedule from loading the files it needs. | Deactivate it. |
Solid Security (formerly iThemes Security) | Its filter for suspicious query strings breaks the connection. | Turn off that filter in Solid Security. |
TinyPNG Image Compressor | Some Google Doc to WordPress conversions fail. | Uninstall TinyPNG if your conversions fail. |
W3 Total Cache | CoSchedule flags it as a conflicting plugin. | Contact support. |
WishList Member | Hides your categories from CoSchedule and blocks the connection. | Deactivate it. |
Wordfence | Can stop CoSchedule from connecting. | Allow CoScheduleBot and its IP addresses in Wordfence (see Fix "Could not reach WordPress admin" and firewall problems and Wordfence's help). If that doesn't work, deactivate it. |
WordPress Tweet Button | Blocks a part of your site CoSchedule uses to sync data, so your calendar shows connection errors. | Deactivate it. |
WP-SpamShield | Blocks a part of your site CoSchedule uses to sync data, so your calendar shows connection errors. | Turn on CoSchedule's Static IP Proxy and allow its address in WP-SpamShield. See Fix "Could not reach WordPress admin" and firewall problems. |
Yoast Duplicate Post | A copied post gets a new ID, which wipes the work in its CoSchedule project, including tasks, color labels and new social messages. | Duplicate in CoSchedule instead. See Duplicate anything on the calendar. |