Wrong author name appearing on shared posts

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  emilypootle · Member · May 22, 2015 at 10:35 am

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  As the title says, really – when I share something to my Facebook News Feed, it says ‘by Pxxxxxx Patel’, (won’t use his full name) the name is a link to his FB profile.

  I have no idea who he is. I am the only author on the blog, this is not someone I’ve ever had any contact with. Why would his name be appearing on my shares?

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

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  timethief · Member · May 22, 2015 at 3:11 pm

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  timethief · Member · May 22, 2015 at 3:13 pm

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  Have you checked https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/ to make sure your sharing icon link URLs are correct?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 24, 2015 at 7:39 pm

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  Thanks for the report here @emilypootle! Is this still occurring on your side? If so, could you grab a screenshot and upload it to your Media Library? Screenshot instructions can be found here:

  Take a Screenshot

  We have seen a few reports of this, and we’re looking into what could be causing the issue!

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  bradleelocke · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 4:09 am

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  Hi, I’m having this same problem too! I’m really confused and have tried a few things but none have worked. So what should I do?

  Thanks!

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  slametbadwi · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 4:22 am

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  I’ve got this issue as well. It is caused by the Pxxxx’s FB url is /author. Perhaps the issue is at the FB side.

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  ellseedee87 · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 12:28 pm

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  Hi there, experiencing the same problem, but not on all my posts. The name appears on all of my blog posts between May 9th and May 26th.

  Here’s a screenshot: http://www.themochileradiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-05-at-3.21.54-PM.png

  If anyone figures out how to fix this, please let me know!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 3:06 pm

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  Hi all,

  We don’t have a solution as of yet. The issue seems sporadic so we’re still trying to track down exactly what is triggering this to happen. Going forward, the link to the WordPress.com post (that when shared produces the error on Facebook) would be very helpful!

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  bradleelocke · Member · Jun 8, 2015 at 12:22 am

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  Here’s the link to my post that is getting messed up.

  http://passionandapen.com/2015/05/21/taking-the-jump-to-move/

  Thanks!

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 8, 2015 at 11:16 am

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  @bradleelocke — Thanks for that link. I’m sharing it with our developers so they can use it to investigate this issue. We’ll let you know when we get an update about this!