Google API key rejected on import
Google rejects the API key with an internal server error, so no channel, playlist, or keyword import works even after regenerating keys.
6 public reports · first reported 18 May 2017 · last reported 14 August 2018
What's going wrong
Site owners using this WordPress importer for YouTube report that Google rejects their API key with an internal server error as soon as they try to add a channel, playlist, or keyword search. Several say they created fresh keys, regenerated them several times, and added their domains to the allowed list, yet the error persists. Owners on recent WordPress and PHP versions report the same failure, so it does not look version-specific. The plugin gives little guidance on diagnosing the rejection. There is an opening for a setup checker that validates the key, quota, enabled APIs, and domain restrictions against Google's API and explains the exact fix in plain language.
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Products affected
Import YouTube videos as WP Posts.
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