Title: Creator API
Last modified: March 6, 2026

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# Creator API

 *  Resolved [maxidavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxidavis/)
 * (@maxidavis)
 * [3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creator-api/)
 * Hallo 🙂 Wie schaut es mit der Umstellung auf die Creators API aus? Kann man 
   es schon machen bzw. muss man es nicht machen? Und wenn ja, wie ist der Ablauf?

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 *  [paapiplugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paapiplugin/)
 * (@paapiplugin)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creator-api/#post-18894953)
 * hallo maxi, ich antworte auf englisch weil mein deutsch nicht gut genug fur technisches
   ist, hoffe das passt.
 * short version: you can already start the migration if you want, and amazon actually
   recommends being done by end of april. amazons published timeline has two dates:
    - apr 30, 2026 is the deprecation date and amazons recommended migration cutoff(
      docs stop being maintained, amazon says migrate by this date to avoid disruption)
    - may 15, 2026 is when the v5 endpoint itself retires. pa-api v5 keys still 
      work until then
    - the new creators api is oauth 2.0. credentials come from the associates central
      creators api portal (separate from your regular amazon developer console)
    - amazon now requires 10 qualifying sales in the last 30 days in the marketplace
      before they give you creators api access. if youre under that threshold, keep
      using your existing pa-api v5 keys
 * the process itself once you have creators api credentials: register an oauth 
   app in the creators api portal, get the credential id and secret, plug them into
   whatever plugin supports the new auth method. its not a shortcode change, just
   a credential swap if the plugin is built for both.
 * full writeup with the timeline and what to check on your plugin settings: [https://paapiplugin.com/amazon-is-retiring-pa-api-v5-is-your-affiliate-plugin-ready/?utm_source=wporg-forums&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pa-api-migration](https://paapiplugin.com/amazon-is-retiring-pa-api-v5-is-your-affiliate-plugin-ready/?utm_source=wporg-forums&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pa-api-migration)
 * ich weiss nicht ob affiliate-toolkit schon die neue api unterstutzt. falls nicht
   und du was zum uberbrucken brauchst: ich entwickle PaapiPlugin (kostenlos auf
   wp.org), unterstutzt beide auth methoden. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/paapi-product-search-for-amazon/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/paapi-product-search-for-amazon/)
 *  Plugin Author [SERVIT Software Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cservit/)
 * (@cservit)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creator-api/#post-18894971)
 * Hallo,
   unser Plugin unterstützt die Creators API: [https://www.affiliate-toolkit.com/affiliate-toolkit-3-8-5-amazon-creators-api-support-why-you-need-to-migrate-before-may-15-2026/](https://www.affiliate-toolkit.com/affiliate-toolkit-3-8-5-amazon-creators-api-support-why-you-need-to-migrate-before-may-15-2026/)
 * Viele Grüße,
   Christof

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