Asking for too many Facebook permissions to log in

same issue – would like option to limit the requested permissions.

aaah that is set in FB dev settings in facebook – not in the plugin

I have the same issue as well. Didn’t see anywhere in the FB dev settings about permissions as ‘maddog’ suggested.

same issue. I don’t want to ask for all those permissions. as few as possible is best. can there be setting in the plugin to ask for the extras if you want. I presume they are being used to feed into the plugins user insights. but now there are just too many permissions being asked.
Will be the perfect plugin if this gets sorted. Thanks

Hi guys!
same here
any ideas?

thanks

Same here – anyone come to a solution? :/

Turns out there is a really easy fix for this.

When facebook gives you the error there should be a little thumbnail with your facebook display picture and under it a link that says something to the effect of ‘change what you share’. If you click it you can untick everything except the required things and it should work perfectly~! Yay!

@shibbymintay – Thanks for your post. It seems though that you are referring to solving the problem of getting yourself logged in, however what is needed is to not ask for the extra permission in the first place so that other users don’t decide to to leave due to too many permissions asked – a strategy that even FB have warned against in their guide.

I have solved this problem by hacking the plugin, and will share it, but remember that changes will get overwritten when updating the plugin, so obviously would prefer this to become an option in the plugin.

hack
file: includes/services/wsl.authentication.php
line 169: //$config[“providers”][$provider][“scope”] = “email, user_about_me, user_birthday, user_hometown, user_website”;
line 170: $config[“providers”][$provider][“scope”] = “email”;

Thanks @stuart O’Brien. The above solution worked for me. Too bad it requires modifying the plugin files. Hopefully these permissions will be customizable or reduced in the future.