Title: API key invalid error
Last modified: January 9, 2023

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# API key invalid error

 *  Resolved [anshuak47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anshuak47/)
 * (@anshuak47)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-invalid-error/)
 * We are getting 500 error when searching images using pexels. WP Rest API is enabled.
   We tried to add PEXELS API key but it shows API Key invalid. 
   But same is working
   fine with previous version. How can we solve it?

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 *  Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/)
 * (@dcooney)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-invalid-error/#post-16354275)
 * Hi [@anshuak47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anshuak47/)
 * Yes, this is a known issue for Pexels but are you also getting this with Pixabay?
   
   [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pexels-fails-to-validate-api-or-return-search-results/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pexels-fails-to-validate-api-or-return-search-results/)
 *  Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/)
 * (@dcooney)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-invalid-error/#post-16358935)
 * [@anshuak47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anshuak47/) I’ve just released
   5.0.1 that should temporarily resolve the issue until Pexels responds to my support
   request.

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 * Last reply from: [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-invalid-error/#post-16358935)
 * Status: resolved