Title: Invalid MailChimp API Key
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Invalid MailChimp API Key

 *  [Scott Werner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottwerner/)
 * (@scottwerner)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-mailchimp-api-key/)
 * I went to add my MailChimp API Key and I keep getting the error message “Invalid
   MailChimp API Key”
 * Can’t figure out what I did wrong.
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 *  Plugin Contributor [mikeaag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeaag/)
 * (@mikeaag)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-mailchimp-api-key/#post-6261396)
 * Hi Scott,
 * Your API Key should consist of 32 alphanumeric characters, followed by “-us” 
   and then then a number. eg a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6-us8
 * Would you be able to email me the API key you are trying to use? (mike at wearecontrast
   com)
 * Thanks,
    Mike

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