Title: Settings error: Failed to validate API key
Last modified: April 19, 2026

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# Settings error: Failed to validate API key

 *  [joshmbean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmbean/)
 * (@joshmbean)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-error-failed-to-validate-api-key/)
 * I can’t seem to get Anthropic to work with this plugin. I keep getting: Failed
   to validate API key whenever I try to enter in my API key. I’ve checked that 
   my system can communicate with Anthropic through that API key and it can no problem.
   So I’m not sure why it’s not working.
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 * Last reply from: [joshmbean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmbean/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-error-failed-to-validate-api-key/)
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