Cannot complete setup. Invalid URL error in console.

[eoingroat]

I recently had to install site-kit for our marketing team; while trying to use it we had the following error occur:

Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL

Some minor debugging found that it was trying to construct a URL of / or /wp-admin/admin.php?page=... and was failing because the URL was not fully qualified. A quick look round with the debugger and a peek at the source indicate that this is probably an issue with how the site is configured vs how site-kit expects.

The site is installed from the bitnami-wordpress image on google cloud marketplace; and as far as I'm aware no unusual config has occurred - our site health dump is below

I'm having them use a TamperScript for TamperMonkey to get round this issue for now. This allows them to sign in and use most things, but pagespeed insights is not fixed. All the script does is override the URL constructor with one that adds the current domain if no domain is present.

I presume there is an issue with our sites setup, but I couldn't see anythign.

Site Health

I've redacted some information and placed <redacted> where it was.

### wp-core ###

version: 6.1.1
site_language: en_GB
user_language: en_GB
timezone: Europe/London
permalink: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
https_status: true
multisite: false
user_registration: 0
blog_public: 1
default_comment_status: undefined
environment_type: production
user_count: 12
dotorg_communication: true

### wp-paths-sizes ###

wordpress_path: /opt/bitnami/wordpress
wordpress_size: 1.08 GB (1164118520 bytes)
uploads_path: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/uploads
uploads_size: 194.11 MB (203534464 bytes)
themes_path: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/themes
themes_size: 18.33 MB (19218338 bytes)
plugins_path: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/plugins
plugins_size: 193.61 MB (203015388 bytes)
database_size: 1.42 GB (1526038528 bytes)
total_size: 2.90 GB (3115925238 bytes)

### wp-dropins (1) ###

advanced-cache.php: true

### wp-active-theme ###

name: Hello Elementor (hello-elementor)
version: 2.5.0 (latest version: 2.6.1)
author: Elementor Team
author_website: https://elementor.com/?utm_source=wp-themes&utm_campaign=author-uri&utm_medium=wp-dash
parent_theme: none
theme_features: core-block-patterns, widgets-block-editor, menus, post-thumbnails, automatic-feed-links, title-tag, html5, custom-logo, editor-style, align-wide, woocommerce, wc-product-gallery-zoom, wc-product-gallery-lightbox, wc-product-gallery-slider
theme_path: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/themes/hello-elementor
auto_update: Disabled

### wp-themes-inactive (3) ###

Stratus: version: 4.2.1, author: Themovation, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Twenty-Three: version: 1.0, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Twenty-Two: version: 1.1, author: the WordPress team (latest version: 1.3), Auto-updates disabled

### wp-plugins-active (33) ###

All in One SEO: version: 4.2.7.1, author: All in One SEO Team, Auto-updates enabled
Converter for Media: version: 5.5.0, author: Image Optimization Team by matt plugins, Auto-updates enabled
Duplicate Page: version: 4.4.9, author: mndpsingh287, Auto-updates enabled
Elementor: version: 3.8.1, author: Elementor.com, Auto-updates enabled
Elementor Pro: version: 3.8.2, author: Elementor.com, Auto-updates enabled
Enable Media Replace: version: 4.0.1, author: ShortPixel, Auto-updates enabled
Envato Market: version: 2.0.7, author: Envato, Auto-updates enabled
EWD Premium Helper: version: 0.0.22, author: Etoile Web Design, Auto-updates enabled
Formidable Forms: version: 5.5.3.1, author: Strategy11 Form Builder Team, Auto-updates enabled
GDPR Cookie Consent: version: 2.3.8, author: WebToffee, Auto-updates enabled
HubSpot All-In-One Marketing - Forms, Popups, Live Chat: version: 9.0.500, author: HubSpot, Auto-updates enabled
Kirki Customizer Framework: version: 4.0.24, author: David Vongries, Auto-updates enabled
Make Column Clickable Elementor: version: 1.4.0, author: Fernando Acosta, Auto-updates enabled
Make Paths Relative: version: 1.3.0, author: YAS Global Team, Auto-updates enabled
Marker.io: version: 1.1.5, author: Marker.io, Auto-updates enabled
Members: version: 3.2.2, author: MemberPress, Auto-updates enabled
Notification Bar Builder for Elementor: version: 1.0.3, author: AZ_Plugins, Auto-updates disabled
<redacted>'s Dynamic Elementor Templates: version: 1.0, author: RDK, Auto-updates disabled
<redacted>Euclid/Elixir Timeline Template: version: 1.4, author: RDK, Auto-updates disabled
Page Builder Widget Pack: version: 2.1.13, author: Themovation, Auto-updates disabled
Premium Addons for Elementor: version: 4.9.39, author: Leap13, Auto-updates enabled
Remove Pointer from Blank Menu Items: version: 1.0.2.8, author: Worcester Web Studio, Auto-updates disabled
Simple Page Ordering: version: 2.4.3, author: Jake Goldman, 10up, Auto-updates enabled
Site Kit by Google: version: 1.87.0, author: Google (latest version: 1.88.0), Auto-updates disabled
Ultimate FAQ - WordPress FAQ and Accordion Plugin: author: (undefined), version: 2.1.18, Auto-updates enabled
Unlimited Elements for Elementor: version: 1.5.40, author: Unlimited Elements, Auto-updates enabled
Website File Changes Monitor: version: 1.8.3, author: WP White Security, Auto-updates enabled
Widget Logic: version: 5.10.4, author: WPChef, Auto-updates enabled
Wordfence Security: version: 7.7.1, author: Wordfence, Auto-updates enabled
WordPress Importer: version: 0.8, author: wordpressdotorg, Auto-updates enabled
WP-Optimize - Clean, Compress, Cache: version: 3.2.9, author: David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft, Auto-updates enabled
WP Activity Log: version: 4.4.2.1, author: WP White Security, Auto-updates enabled
WP Engine Automated Migration: version: 4.78, author: WPEngine, Auto-updates enabled

### wp-plugins-inactive (5) ###

Web Stories: version: 1.27.0, author: Google, Auto-updates enabled
Wonder 3D Carousel Pro: version: 4.2C, author: Magic Hills Pty Ltd, Auto-updates enabled
WP-Sweep: version: 1.1.5, author: Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan, Auto-updates enabled
WP Crowdsignal Forms: version: 1.5.15, author: Automattic, Auto-updates disabled
WPS Cleaner: version: 1.6.8, author: WPServeur, NicolasKulka, wpformation, Auto-updates enabled

### wp-media ###

image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick
imagick_module_version: 1690
imagemagick_version: ImageMagick 6.9.10-23 Q16 x86_64 20190101 https://imagemagick.org
imagick_version: 3.5.1
file_uploads: File uploads is turned off
post_max_size: 80M
upload_max_filesize: 80M
max_effective_size: 80 MB
max_file_uploads: 20
imagick_limits: 
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_AREA: 122 MB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_DISK: 1073741824
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_FILE: 49152
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MAP: 512 MB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MEMORY: 256 MB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_THREAD: 1
imagemagick_file_formats: 3FR, 3G2, 3GP, AAI, AI, ART, ARW, AVI, AVS, BGR, BGRA, BGRO, BIE, BMP, BMP2, BMP3, BRF, CAL, CALS, CANVAS, CAPTION, CIN, CIP, CLIP, CMYK, CMYKA, CR2, CRW, CUR, CUT, DATA, DCM, DCR, DCX, DDS, DFONT, DNG, DPX, DXT1, DXT5, EPDF, EPI, EPS, EPS2, EPS3, EPSF, EPSI, EPT, EPT2, EPT3, ERF, FAX, FILE, FITS, FRACTAL, FTP, FTS, G3, G4, GIF, GIF87, GRADIENT, GRAY, GRAYA, GROUP4, H, HALD, HDR, HEIC, HISTOGRAM, HRZ, HTM, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, ICB, ICO, ICON, IIQ, INFO, INLINE, IPL, ISOBRL, ISOBRL6, J2C, J2K, JBG, JBIG, JNG, JNX, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPM, JPS, JPT, JSON, K25, KDC, LABEL, M2V, M4V, MAC, MAGICK, MAP, MASK, MAT, MATTE, MEF, MIFF, MKV, MNG, MONO, MOV, MP4, MPC, MPEG, MPG, MRW, MSL, MTV, MVG, NEF, NRW, NULL, ORF, OTB, OTF, PAL, PALM, PAM, PATTERN, PBM, PCD, PCDS, PCL, PCT, PCX, PDB, PDF, PDFA, PEF, PES, PFA, PFB, PFM, PGM, PGX, PICON, PICT, PIX, PJPEG, PLASMA, PNG, PNG00, PNG24, PNG32, PNG48, PNG64, PNG8, PNM, PPM, PREVIEW, PS, PS2, PS3, PSB, PSD, PTIF, PWP, RADIAL-GRADIENT, RAF, RAS, RAW, RGB, RGBA, RGBO, RGF, RLA, RLE, RMF, RW2, SCR, SCT, SFW, SGI, SHTML, SIX, SIXEL, SPARSE-COLOR, SR2, SRF, STEGANO, SUN, TEXT, TGA, THUMBNAIL, TIFF, TIFF64, TILE, TIM, TTC, TTF, TXT, UBRL, UBRL6, UIL, UYVY, VDA, VICAR, VID, VIFF, VIPS, VST, WBMP, WEBP, WMV, WPG, X, X3F, XBM, XC, XCF, XPM, XPS, XV, XWD, YCbCr, YCbCrA, YUV
gd_version: bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
gd_formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP
ghostscript_version: not available

### wp-server ###

server_architecture: Linux 4.19.0-21-cloud-amd64 x86_64
httpd_software: nginx/1.21.3
php_version: 7.4.24 64bit
php_sapi: fpm-fcgi
max_input_variables: 1000
time_limit: 30
memory_limit: 1024M
max_input_time: 60
upload_max_filesize: 80M
php_post_max_size: 80M
curl_version: 7.64.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1n
suhosin: false
imagick_availability: true
pretty_permalinks: true
htaccess_extra_rules: true

### wp-database ###

extension: mysqli
server_version: 10.3.31-MariaDB
client_version: mysqlnd 7.4.24
max_allowed_packet: 16777216
max_connections: 151

### wp-constants ###

WP_HOME: https://<redacted>.ai/
WP_SITEURL: https://<redacted>.ai/
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/plugins
WP_MEMORY_LIMIT: 40M
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 1024M
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: false
WP_DEBUG_LOG: true
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: true
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: Undefined
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE: undefined

### wp-filesystem ###

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable

### aioseo (1) ###

noindexed: Search Page

### google-site-kit ###

version: 1.87.0
php_version: 7.4.24
wp_version: 6.1.1
reference_url: https://<redacted>.ai
amp_mode: no
site_status: connected-site
user_status: authenticated
verification_status: verified-file
connected_user_count: 2
active_modules: site-verification, search-console, adsense, analytics, analytics-4, pagespeed-insights
recoverable_modules: none
required_scopes: 
	openid: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/siteverification: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense.readonly: ✅
	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly: ✅
capabilities: 
	googlesitekit_authenticate: ✅
	googlesitekit_setup: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_posts_insights: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_dashboard: ✅
	googlesitekit_manage_options: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_splash: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_authenticated_dashboard: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_wp_dashboard_widget: ✅
	googlesitekit_view_admin_bar_menu: ✅
enabled_features: 
	adsenseSetupV2: ✅
	dashboardSharing: ⭕
	ga4ActivationBanner: ⭕
	ideaHubModule: ⭕
	twgModule: ⭕
	userInput: ⭕
search_console_property: https://<redacted>.ai/
adsense_account_id: pub-106•••••••••••••
adsense_client_id: ca-pub-106•••••••••••••
adsense_account_status: ready
adsense_site_status: ready-no-auto-ads
adsense_use_snippet: yes
adsense_web_stories_adunit_id: none
analytics_account_id: 7249••••
analytics_property_id: UA-7249••••••
analytics_profile_id: 1149•••••
analytics_use_snippet: no
analytics_4_property_id: 3097926••
analytics_4_web_data_stream_id: 4269••••••
analytics_4_measurement_id: G-1M••••••••
analytics_4_use_snippet: yes

The TamperScript

To use this script replace the @match directive with one pointing to your desired domain.

// ==UserScript==
// @name         SiteKit-URLFix
// @description  Fixes URL construct issues on wordpress - site kit can't find the sites URL for some reason.
// @version      0.1
// @author       Eoin Groat <eoin@numbereight.ai>
// @match        http*://yourdomain.ai/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=yourdomain.ai
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

// Acquire global - adapted from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/globalThis
function check(it) {
    // Math is known to exist as a global in every environment.
    return it && it.Math === Math && it;
}
const theRealGlobalObject =
      check(typeof globalThis === 'object' && globalThis) ||
      check(typeof window === 'object' && window) ||
      check(typeof self === 'object' && self) ||
      check(typeof global === 'object' && global) ||
      // This returns undefined when running in strict mode
      (function () { return this; })() ||
      Function('return this')();

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Expose the value as field in whatever way the current environment supports
    function makeGlobal(field, value) {
          Object.defineProperty(theRealGlobalObject, field, {
              value,
              enumerable: false,
              configurable: true,
              writable: true,
          });
        return theRealGlobalObject[field];
    }

    // Save the old URL constructor.
    const oldURL=theRealGlobalObject.URL;

    // Allow for on page debugging of URLs that have been modified (it doesn't save them past the current page - maybe add localstorage if we really care?)
    const fixedURLs = makeGlobal('SiteKit-URLFix-fixedURLs', []);

    // The "fixed" URL function. If an absolute path is given that is *not* prefixed with a domain then it should be auto-prefixed with the current site.
    function SiteKitURLFix(originalURL) {
        let fixedURL = null;
        if(originalURL.startsWith('/')) {
            fixedURL = window.location.origin + originalURL;
            fixedURLs.push({ originalURL, fixedURL });
            console.log(`Site request fixed with SiteKit-URLFix:`, { originalURL, fixedURL });
        }
        return new oldURL(fixedURL || originalURL);
    };

    // Expose the fix and the debugging information to the global and window contexts.
    makeGlobal('URL', SiteKitURLFix);
})();

It would be great to get help with this

• Identify why site-kit can't find the domain (and fix it)

After that, it would be great to see about detecting if this affects a user and telling them! In our searches we found a few dozen people who had struggled looking for help and then just reinstalled or gone silent. Reinstalling isn't an option for us!

Thanks

[adamdunnage]

Hello @eoingroat thanks for getting in touch. We don't provide plugin support through GitHub so could I please ask you to open a support forum topic for this and we'd be more than happy to help you troubleshoot this issue you are facing there. I will close this issue but we can reopen here if this requires further investigation by a developer. Thanks a lot.