Title: free api key issue
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# free api key issue

 *  Resolved [nitisolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nitisolutions/)
 * (@nitisolutions)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/free-api-key-issue/)
 * I have installed wordfence and while activated received below message
 * Message
    ———- Wordfence could not get an API key from the Wordfence scanning 
   servers when it activated. You can try to fix this by going to the Wordfence “
   options” page and hitting “Save Changes”. This will cause Wordfence to retry 
   fetching an API key for you. If you keep seeing this error it usually means your
   WordPress server can’t connect to our scanning servers. You can try asking your
   WordPress host to allow your WordPress server to connect to noc1.wordfence.com.
 * have done the same by doing save changes from options page.
    it gives below error
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 * Wordfence Live Activity: Scan terminated with error: There was an error connecting
   to the the Wordfence scanning servers: Failed to connect to noc1.wordfence.com
   port 4
 * so now how can i connect with the host.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/free-api-key-issue/#post-7060674)
 * Hi,
 * Your host may be blocking connections to our servers. Please try running the 
   Connectivity Test. If you are unable to connect, check with your hosting provider.
 * [https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#Click_to_test_connectivity_to_the_Wordfence_API_servers](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#Click_to_test_connectivity_to_the_Wordfence_API_servers)
 * Thanks!
    Brian

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