Goodreads widget doesn’t recognize my user ID?

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  emijoy15 · Member · Aug 27, 2019 at 9:40 am

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  Hello! I’m trying to set up my Goodreads widget, and when I paste in my numeric user ID (I used ONLY the numbers), nothing happens. I don’t even get an error message. The preview widget just asks for my user ID the same as before, and then the number I pasted in disappears from the input box. Why? Help, please. Here’s my Goodreads account, if that’s useful. I’m not an author, just a reader. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28673715-emily-joy The blog I want to add the widget to is https://joyridereading.wordpress.com/

  Thanks so much!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  fstat · Staff · Aug 27, 2019 at 12:32 pm

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  Hi there,

  Can you please make sure you’re logged in to your Goodreads account before adding the widget?

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  emijoy15 · Member · Aug 28, 2019 at 1:06 am

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  Yes, I am logged in.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 28, 2019 at 6:37 am

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  Thanks for confirming.

  We’re aware of this issue, and our developers are investigating it, but we suspect this might be a change to how GoodReads validates the account ID on their end.

  We’ll update you here once we have more information, but for now I’m afraid we don’t have any way to force the widget to accept your account ID.

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  katiehill1515 · Member · Sep 6, 2019 at 2:07 pm

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  I am having this issue as well. Very frustrating!

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 6, 2019 at 3:28 pm

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  katiehill1515 – Please tell us which site you are having the issue on. Please see the last reply from @kokkieh.

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  biblioyoga · Member · Sep 12, 2019 at 5:00 pm

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  I am having the same issue. My website is biblioyoga.com
  Please assist!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 12, 2019 at 7:01 pm

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  Thanks, we’re looking into this.