Register new application
- Head over to https://developers.facebook.com and log in, if necessary.
- Register as developer. You will be prompted to create your first app during your registration.
- If you’re already registered before choose on the navigation bar My Apps ➝ Add a New App.
- Type in any name of your App, your email and click Create New Facebook App ID.
- IMPORTANT! Leave your app in Development mode.
- Copy App ID at the top of the page. We will need it soon.
App ID
Paste your App ID
on Auth settings page in Plugin’s admin panel. Do not lose this ID, we still need it.
Get App Secret
- On Facebook Developers navigate to Settings ➝ Basic.
- Simply click Show in the field
App Secret
and confirm your Facebook password. - Copy revealed key and paste it on your Plugin’s Auth settings page in admin panel.
Filling Basic Settings
- Fill in the domain of your website in App Domains field using following format: yourdomain.com
- Fill in the privacy policy URL of your website (if you don’t have such page, enter the same URL from step 1 in Privacy Policy URL
- It is also necessary to upload an image through App Icon option. Use any image. Its dimensions must be 1024 x 1024 pixels.
- Head over to bottom of Settings page and click +ADD PLATFORM button
- Select Website
- Enter domain you entered in step 1
- Click Save Changes
Generating Token
- For streaming public pages please go to Explorer Tool,
- Choose your newly created app in Application dropdown.
- Expand Get Token dropdown and choose Get Page Access Token. Approve access, ignore warning, it’s not needed for getting your page feed.
- Choose page you want to stream in the same Get Token dropdown.
- That’s it, copy newly generated Page Access Token from token field and paste it in software.