Title: Cannot access Google Webfonts?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot access Google Webfonts?

 *  Resolved [M97i8c21h8a9e74l](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m97i8c21h8a9e74l/)
 * (@m97i8c21h8a9e74l)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-google-webfonts/)
 * Hi Jason,
 * Thanks much for the great plugin!
 * I just created our Webfonts API key and have entered the key into the plugin’s“
   Google Developer API Key” field. After saving changes I get this error:
 * “Cannot access Google Webfonts. Check your API key. Using fallback font list 
   instead.”
 * Any ideas?
 * In our project, we have “Web Fonts Developer API” turned on…
 * Thanks in advance!
 * Michael
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-fonts-for-woo-framework/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-fonts-for-woo-framework/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jason Judge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judgej/)
 * (@judgej)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-google-webfonts/#post-4728158)
 * Hi Michael,
 * I have seen this happen when hosted on a Mac or Windows server. The Google API
   is accessed using a secure HTTPS connection, and sometimes the right plugin is
   not installed into the web server to allow that to happen.
 * I did try at one point to display any error messages that are returned by Google
   for additional clues, but the return codes were not easy to decipher and Google
   did not publish what the format was, so I left it.
 * There may also be some clues in the error logs of the web server.
 * However, you won’t be lacking any fonts or weights or styles, as they are all
   in the fallback file. Google is long overdue an update (they have a load of new
   fonts waiting in the wings) and I’ll keep my eye on that and provide an update
   when they appear.
 *  Plugin Author [Jason Judge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judgej/)
 * (@judgej)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-google-webfonts/#post-4728164)
 * There beta release linked in another ticket will display some additional error
   details from the Google API. It may be worth giving it a try to see if it tells
   you what is happening:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/control-which-weights-get-downloaded?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/control-which-weights-get-downloaded?replies=3)
 *  Plugin Author [Jason Judge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judgej/)
 * (@judgej)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-google-webfonts/#post-4728276)
 * The release that should tell you more about the error has been out for a week
   now. I’ll assume your install is working, and will close this ticket, but feel
   free to reopen it with more details if you are still have a problem.

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 * Last reply from: [Jason Judge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judgej/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-google-webfonts/#post-4728276)
 * Status: resolved