Renewing access or reconnecting a WordPress site
Access to your site lasts 90 days. Renew it in one click from Content Uploader, or reconnect from WordPress if it has already ended.
- WordPress
- 2 min read
- Updated October 14, 2026
For security, the access key a site gives Content Uploader expires after 90 days. Renewing it is free and does not depend on your plan or on whether a payment is due. Nothing you have set up is lost either way: configurations, uploads and publishing history stay, and so does everything already on your site.
You are reminded before it ends#
Content Uploader emails the people who use the site 14 days, 7 days and 1 day before access ends, and once more if it has ended. The same warning appears in the app: a yellow box on the dashboard cards that publish to the site, and a note on the Sites page. The email's Renew access button opens Content Uploader.
Renew in one click#
- Open Sites (or the link in the email, or the yellow box on the dashboard) and select Renew access. The renewal page says when access ends.
- Select Renew access for 90 days.
Renewing happens over the existing connection. Nobody needs to sign in to WordPress, and you do not need the WordPress password. The page then shows the new end date. The old key keeps working for ten minutes, so an upload that is being published at that moment is not interrupted.
A team member who was given the site can renew it. Only an owner can disconnect a site.
If renewing is not possible#
| What the page says | What to do |
|---|---|
| The Content Uploader connector on … is too old to renew access from here. Update it to the latest version in WordPress, then try again, or reconnect before …. | Update the plugin, then try again; or reconnect (below). |
| … didn't answer, so access wasn't renewed. Try again later. Access still works until … | The site was unreachable. Try again later. Content Uploader also retries after a minute. |
| … no longer accepts Content Uploader's access. It may have been disconnected on the site, or the account Content Uploader publishes as may have lost its rights. followed by the steps to reconnect | Reconnect from WordPress (below). |
| Access to … ended on …, so only reconnecting from WordPress restores it. | Reconnect from WordPress (below). |
Reconnect from WordPress#
Reconnecting also renews access, and it keeps all mappings and history:
- In WordPress, open Settings → Content Uploader and select Connect to Content Uploader.
- Continue to Content Uploader, sign in as a workspace owner, and select Approve connection for the same workspace. The site is recognised as the one that was connected before; it does not count as a new site, so the Free plan's one-site limit does not stop it.
Step by step with pictures: connecting your WordPress site.
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