Title: Cannot activate license
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot activate license

 *  [Wil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delerium62/)
 * (@delerium62)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-acticate-license/)
 * The following error appears when trying to activate the Pro version with my license
   key:
 * name lookup timed out
    Error code: api_request_failed
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-acticate-license/#post-5568038)
 * Does your hosting provider allow outgoing HTTP requests? The plugin needs to 
   be able to connect to `adminmenueditor.com` to verify the key.

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 * Last reply from: [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-acticate-license/#post-5568038)
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