Hostinger — Enable WordPress Application Passwords

🚨 If your WordPress site is hosted on Hostinger and the connection to Sorank fails, it’s almost always because the Hostinger security plugin disables WordPress Application Passwords by default.

Sorank uses WordPress Application Passwords to securely publish articles to your site. When Hostinger’s security layer blocks them, the handshake between Sorank and your WordPress admin can’t complete, and you get a connection error.

Good news: it takes less than one minute to fix.

Why does this happen?

Hostinger installs a dedicated plugin on most of its managed WordPress sites. Among other hardening options, that plugin disables the native Application Passwords feature of WordPress. Since Sorank relies on it to authenticate to your site, the connection cannot be established until you re-enable the feature.

How to fix it

1. Log in to your WordPress admin area (https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin).
2. In the left sidebar, open the Hostinger plugin, then click the Tools tab.
   Direct URL: https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hostinger-tools
3. Find the Application Passwords setting.
4. Toggle it so that Application Passwords are enabled (i.e. not blocked by the Hostinger plugin).
5. Save the changes.

Retry the Sorank connection

1. Go back to Sorank and open Settings > Integration > WordPress.
2. Click Connect your CMS and follow the steps again.
3. If the connection still fails, clear your browser cookies for Sorank and retry.

Still stuck?

Check that no other security plugin (Wordfence, Sucuri, iThemes Security…) is also blocking the REST API or Application Passwords. Our main guide covers these cases: Connect WordPress.org to Sorank.

If the issue persists, contact Sorank support — we’ll investigate with you.