Title: WordPress.com Stats Rejecting API Key
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress.com Stats Rejecting API Key

 *  [wagerrard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wagerrard/)
 * (@wagerrard)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/)
 * I’m attempting to install WordPress.com Stats. It’s refusing to accept my API
   key.
 * I get a page that contains this:
 * “The API key “############” belongs to the WordPress.com account of “#########”.
   If this is not your account, please re-enter your API key.”
 * The key and the account name shown are correct.
 * Below that, this appears:
 * “Add new blog to my account
 * Do this if this blog is new or has never been associated with your API key. This
   blog will be added to your WordPress.com account.”
 * When I follow that “Add new blog” option, I’m shown a large red notice that warns
   me of a “Missing API key”. When I enter the API key, it just starts the loop 
   over again.
 * THis is on a new 2.7.1 self-hosted site.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/#post-1032135)
 * Check your WordPress.com accounts. It looks as if the blog (or at least the url)
   is already associated with one of your other WordPress.com accounts.
 *  Thread Starter [wagerrard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wagerrard/)
 * (@wagerrard)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/#post-1032161)
 * I was not able to post this to support because neither of the blogs involved 
   are wordpress.com sites.
 * That said, this is obviously a wp.com issue.
 * I have two wp.com accounts, but no wp.com site::
 * 1. dayoldpie; [inboxbillg@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/inboxbillg@gmail.com?output_format=md)
   
   2. wagerrard; [bill.gerrard@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/bill.gerrard@gmail.com?output_format=md)
 * Two self-hosted WP blogs are associated with dayoldpie:
 * 1. [http://www.distanttarget.com](http://www.distanttarget.com)
    2. constanttarget.
   com
 * Note: distanttarget.com no longer exists.
 * I want to do two things:
 * 1. Delete distanttarget.com. Because that site no longer exists, there is no 
   wp-admin page available to enable the deletion.
 * 2. Dis-associate **constanttarget.com** from the dayoldpie account and associate
   it with the **wagerrard** account.
 * I want to use the API key associated with the wagerrard account with the stats
   plugin.
 * FYI: The Aksmet plugin didn’t reject that key.
 * Possible?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/#post-1032222)
 * The Kismet plugin seems to happily accept any valid API key. It’s only the stats
   plugin that’s affected by the wp.com account association. You’ll need to email
   support at wordpress.com and ask them to break the associations for you, so you
   can set them up again properly.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-rejecting-api-key/#post-1032222)
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