# Fix an article that failed to publish

Source: https://distribb.io/help/publishing/fix-publishing-failed
Last updated: 2026-11-05

Why an article shows Publishing Failed, how to fix the connection, and how to publish it again.

An article fails to publish when Distribb cannot reach your site or your site refuses the request. The article is safe in Distribb. Fix the connection, then publish it again.

## Steps

1. Open **Calendar** and switch to **Table**.
2. Find the row with **Fix & publish**. The note under it says the last publish attempt did not go through.
3. Open the article. The status shows Publishing Failed, and an error message says why.
4. Fix the cause (see below), then choose **Publish to Platform** on the article page.

## Common causes

- Firewall: Cloudflare, Sucuri or Wordfence blocked the request. Allow /wp-json/distribb/v1/* and try again.
- Plugin not found: the Distribb plugin is not installed or not activated, or the site URL points at /blog instead of the root.
- Key rejected: create a new Integration Key in WordPress and paste it in **Integrations**.
- Site too slow: your site took too long to answer. Try again later.
- Connection needs to be refreshed: on Shopify, Webflow or Wix, reconnect from **Integrations**.
- No active integration: the project has no connected site. Connect one first.

## Check it works

The article status changes to **Published** and **View Live Page** opens it on your site.

## Good to know

- When you reconnect an integration, Distribb queues recent failed articles again, two per day, so you do not need to publish each one by hand.
- If the error makes no sense to you, send it to support@distribb.io with the article title. A person reads every message.
- Agencies with many sites can check all client connections in one account with [white label](/white-label). Every article is still written by the [AI content writer](/ai-content-writer).

## Go further

- [AI content writer](https://distribb.io/ai-content-writer): How Distribb researches, writes and publishes each article.
- [White label SEO](https://distribb.io/white-label): Run Distribb for your clients under your own brand.

Open in Distribb: https://distribb.io/content-calendar