Title: Problem Setting up Plugin Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Problem Setting up Plugin * Resolved [excaliburzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excaliburzero/) * (@excaliburzero) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/) * Hi, * I’m completely new to WordPress, plugins, widgets, blogs, etc. * That said, I have set up a website [http://www.indiebookblurb.com](http://www.indiebookblurb.com) which I intend to use as a book review website. I have downloaded and followed( as far as I can tell, accurately) all the steps, including the API key (which I understand is necessary to populate the info automatically for a book, once the title has been typed in). * What I’m trying to do is add information to the area where it says to add the book title and/or the ISBN etc (a lot of ebooks don’t have 10 digit ISBNs at Amazon Books, but they do all have ASINs) and after I do and I click the **Get Book Info** button, I get an error message suggesting that I may not have accurately added the API key. The thing is that after following all the steps to do so, I think **I have** installed the API correctly. * So at this point I can’t use the plugin. Can you help me figure out what it is that I’m doing wrong? * Regards and thank you so much for providing this free resource. Turhan * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnapep/) * (@donnapep) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154055) * Hi Turhan, * The Google Books API that the plugin uses requires the ISBN to be specified in order to automatically retrieve the detail’s of a book. ASIN is an Amazon specific number and it is not recognized by Google Books. You also don’t have to specify the title. That will be populated automatically using the ISBN. * Having said that, you don’t need to use this functionality in order to use the plugin; it’s just a handy time-saver. You can still type in the information manually. * If you still can’t get it to work and you’re OK with disclosing your API key to me, please email me the ISBN and API key and I’ll see if I get the same results. * Thx. * Thread Starter [excaliburzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excaliburzero/) * (@excaliburzero) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154114) * Hi Donna, * I’m not sure where my last reply to you has gone, I don’t see it here or in my gmail inbox or trash. Anyhow, here’s the current API that I’m working with AIzaSyAaBOoXdxD3JlUbyeIM4eaEa9xcZSUmz7U * I went to Google Books and typed in several of the books I have reviewed and along with their ISBNs I typed all their information into your handy form and for some reason it doesn’t auto-populate. Here’s one of those books. Title Reign of Blood Author Alexia Purdy Publisher Lyrical Lit. Publishing, 2012 ISBN 061563978X, 9780615639789 Length 318 pages * Please let me know if the API works for you or if you can think of why it isn’t working for me. * Regards Turhan * [Interpolat Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmdziba/) * (@jmdziba) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154196) * Did you ever get this to work. I am also having trouble getting this to work and have emailed the plugin author but have not yet heard back. * Plugin Author [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnapep/) * (@donnapep) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154197) * Hi, * Sorry for the delayed response. This one is tricky, as that ISBN works with my API key but not with the one that you provided. * Are you located, or rather, is your server located outside of the US? The API does have some copyright restrictions as documented [here](https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using#UserLocation), and so I suspect that some books just simply aren’t available due to your server being in another country. That’s my best guess right now. * Thx. * Thread Starter [excaliburzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excaliburzero/) * (@excaliburzero) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154198) * Nope, I’m in New Jersey and I’m not using any outside servers. * [Interpolat Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmdziba/) * (@jmdziba) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154199) * AS far as I am aware, my server is also located here in the US (DC). * Plugin Author [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnapep/) * (@donnapep) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154200) * OK, thank you both for your replies. I’ll have to do a little more digging to see if I can figure out what’s going on. * Plugin Author [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnapep/) * (@donnapep) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154201) * OK, in the [Google Developers Console](https://console.developers.google.com/project), can you go into the project you created for the plugin. In the sidebar, click on _APIs & auth_ to expand it and then on _Credentials_. Is there a value specified in the _IPS_ field? If not, what you’re going to need to do is enter the IP address of your server into this field – [http://www.screencast.com/t/ftwhOolvp](http://www.screencast.com/t/ftwhOolvp) * I got my server’s IP by logging into cPanel, and it was listed in the sidebar under _Shared IP Address_. If you don’t have access to cPanel, then you’ll need to contact your hosting provider to find out the IP address. After you enter the IP address, you’ll need to wait 5 or 10 minutes for the change to propagate. * Also, as an extra precaution, click on APIs in the sidebar of the Developers Console and ensure that the Books API has been enabled. * Thx. * Plugin Author [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnapep/) * (@donnapep) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-setting-up-plugin/#post-5154221) * Closed due to inactivity. 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