Title: API key
Last modified: May 21, 2019

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# API key

 *  Resolved [raudel59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raudel59/)
 * (@raudel59)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-142/)
 * Is it necessary to use an API key?

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 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-142/#post-11556843)
 * Hi,
    Unfortunately – yes 🙁 It’s a new rule by Google. We can’t do anything about
   it.

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