Activation of Woopayments fail

[EarieSalmon]

Website URL

(please specify the URL of the site on which you are experiencing the problem)

Error Message

Invalid request, please go back and try again.
Error Code: invalid_client
Error Message: The required “client_id” parameter is missing.

Other Information

After installing woopayments the second step is to connect to wordpress.com. The error looks like jetpack on the remote system is attempting to do a handshake. I do not have jetpack installed on infinityfree and I’m aware that it cannot be used. Does this mean that woopayments cannot be used on the free tier or is there another issue in play here. I have tried deactivating, removing and reinstalling woopayments - no difference.

[Meishin]

The request is most likely be blocked by this:

Browser Security System - Features and Limitations

InfinityFree uses a security system on all free hosting accounts to ensure your website is accessed by real web browsers, not bots or automated scripts. While this protects your site from malicious traffic, it can affect certain types of access. How the security system works The system checks that visitors can execute JavaScript and accept cookies: features that all modern web browsers support. This verification happens automatically and most website visitors will never notice it. You may occa…

[EarieSalmon]

Yes I’m aware of that article I had already read it. Does that mean that Woopayments cannot be used on your service? Is there a log where I can see if thats the cause?

[Meishin]

@EarieSalmon

Does that mean that Woopayments cannot be used on your service?

Most probably yes. Requests from a remote non-browser, server will be blocked. It’s not an issue specifically tied to Jetpack.

Even though most WordPress.com plugins (like Woopayments here) have a portion of Jetpack in it. This explains why a “Jetpack remote server” is trying to connect to your website.

@EarieSalmon

Is there a log where I can see if thats the cause?

Unfortunately no. Free hosting doesn’t do any type of logging at all.

[EarieSalmon]

Ok - what a shame. I was pretty happy with the hosting service but not being able to setup ecommerce for pre-launch testing is a show stopper. Thanks anyway. I guess you get what you pay for.

[Meishin]

I think that there’re other payment methods that works on free hosting but I can’t tell what exactly are those.