Title: Cloudflare — Global API Key
Last modified: October 9, 2019

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# Cloudflare — Global API Key

 *  [beyonz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyonz/)
 * (@beyonz)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-global-api-key/)
 * Hello,
 * I installed this plugin and I was asked for Cloudflare Global API Key in order
   to minimize potential conflict (as what this plugin says). I am using Cloudflare.
   Can someone enlighten me here why I should provide Cloudflare Global API key?
   What potential conflicts if I don’t provide the key? Can just the plugin be able
   to work properly without the key? Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/)
 * (@emrevona)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-global-api-key/#post-12014581)
 * if you do not add the cloudflare integration, you need to purge the cache on 
   cloudflare manually after you clear the cache of wpfc.
 *  Thread Starter [beyonz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyonz/)
 * (@beyonz)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-global-api-key/#post-12017400)
 * Hi Emre,
 * Thanks for the reply. But it seems that cloudflare doesn’t encourage to purge
   the cache. In their panel, it is written “Note: Purging the cache may temporarily
   degrade performance for your website and increase load on your origin”.
 * So, I am rather confused here. If purging the cache can degrade the performance
   of my website and increase load on the origin, what is then the purpose of purging
   the cache of wpfc?
 *  Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/)
 * (@emrevona)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-global-api-key/#post-12018760)
 * I don’t know what I should say. I just give some technical support hear.

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 * Last reply from: [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-global-api-key/#post-12018760)
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