Title: Second Site cannot get API
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Second Site cannot get API

 *  [miketran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miketran/)
 * (@miketran)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/)
 * I have three sites on a dedicated GoDaddy Server. I installed Wordfence on the
   first site without any problems. When I added Wordfence to my second site, it
   is unable to get the free API. I had read that this is a problem. I have tried
   saving options, but that did not help. How can I have Wordfence installed on 
   all of my sites?
 * I have no problem paying for the premium version, but I want to make sure that
   it works for the free version first.
 * Error Message:
    Wordfence could not get an API key from the Wordfence scanning
   servers when it activated. You can try to fix this by going to the Wordfence “
   options” page and hitting “Save Changes”. This will cause Wordfence to retry 
   fetching an API key for you. If you keep seeing this error it usually means your
   WordPress server can’t connect to our scanning servers.
 * Thanks…

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 *  [User78342324](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rune-vantage/)
 * (@rune-vantage)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/#post-5199996)
 * I don’t know if you mean to do this, but you posted your topic twice : /
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome)
 * —-
    But, I’ve had that problem before. Have you tried **completely** uninstalling
   the plugin, then reinstalling it
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordfence-security-wordfence-could-not-get-an-api-key?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordfence-security-wordfence-could-not-get-an-api-key?replies=6)
 *  Thread Starter [miketran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miketran/)
 * (@miketran)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/#post-5200004)
 * Marc,
 * I am not sure I understand…I only posted this topic once. I did find a similar
   post, but that was related to a problem after first installing Wordfence.
 * I have Wordfence installed already on one site and it’s working great…I have 
   installed on two other sites on the same server and they both cannot get API 
   keys…
 * I have tried removing and re-installing but that did not help…
 * Any other suggestions?
 *  [Zach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m108/)
 * (@m108)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/#post-5200042)
 * (via [Wordfence FAQ](https://support.wordfence.com/support/solutions/articles/1000011139-how-many-wordfence-api-keys-do-i-need-one-per))
 * > > How many Wordfence API keys do I need? One per site?
   > If you want to use the paid version of Wordfence, _you need one API key per
   > WordPress installation_. However if you run WordPress multi-site, you only 
   > need one API key for the entire Multi-Site installation.
 * This may be a limitation of the free API key. Unless you’re able to implement
   it on the entire network instead of each site individually
 *  [User78342324](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rune-vantage/)
 * (@rune-vantage)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/#post-5200159)
 * **[@miketran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miketran/)** Sorry for the 
   late reply. I tagged the second topic for a moderator to delete since it was 
   just a copy.
 * Have you tried manually signing up on WordFence.com, and entering a API key on
   your WordPress site?

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [User78342324](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rune-vantage/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-site-cannot-get-api/#post-5200159)
 * Status: not resolved

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