Please help!!! Can someone please explain to me why my Google sharing connection disabled?

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  chesterexploresworld · Member · Oct 17, 2016 at 4:16 pm

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  Yesterday, when I published my post on WordPress, the post was not shared publicly in my Google+ profile. So, I disconnected my Google+ connection in WordPress -> Sharing and try to reconnect again. But this page popped up instead of letting to reconnect my blog to Google+.
  https://public-api.wordpress.com/connect/?disabled
  I could not find any similar answer online. Can anyone please kindly advice on how I could fix it? I have this question once but no one seems to care….

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 18, 2016 at 7:13 am

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  Hi there,

  A few weeks ago Google made a change that now makes it impossible to change the audience of posts shared via Publicize. So, if you were to reconnect your Google+ account, any posts that were shared automatically to Google+ would be visible only to you, with absolutely no way to change it so people in your circles can see it.

  Because of this we have decided to disable all new Google+ connections. Existing connections should still work as before, but until Google changes things so this setting can be changed again there is no value in posting to Google+, as only you will be able to see your posts.

  For now, if you want your posts to appear on Google+ you will need to share them manually using a sharing button on your site, or by posting the link directly into Google+ after you’ve published a post.

  We know this is frustrating, but this is a decision Google made and at the moment they are not offering any other options that we can use to make this feature work.

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  chesterexploresworld · Member · Oct 20, 2016 at 3:46 am

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  Totally understood now. Thank you for the explanation.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 20, 2016 at 6:23 am

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  You’re very welcome :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 26, 2016 at 11:45 am

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  Hi there,

  I just want to let you know that the Google+ connection has been re-enabled in Publicize.

  In the past few weeks, we’ve worked with Google+ to start using a new API. That API works just like the old one, with one exception: publicized posts are now public. You can’t change the visibility of publicized posts to “My Circles”, or anything else.

  You can find instructions on how to create a new connection with Google+ here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#google-profiles-and-pages

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  chesterexploresworld · Member · Oct 30, 2016 at 3:02 am

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  It’s great to hear that! Thanks for the update. :)

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 2, 2016 at 11:15 am

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  We are happy to help and will be available if you run into any future questions!