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Search setup gives no sign it is working

After adding the API key and engine ID, the plugin shows no working search and owners cannot tell whether it is running.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 3 December 2020 · last reported 16 November 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who install the Search with Google plugin report that after they add a Google Programmable Search API key and engine ID, the search box either fails outright or shows no visible change.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.