Title: Google Maps API Key
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Google Maps API Key

 *  [Joost Blankestijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pchulpjoost/)
 * (@pchulpjoost)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/)
 * I get the following error in the footer on [http://cgkrenswoude.nl](http://cgkrenswoude.nl)
 * The Google Maps API server rejected your request. This service requires an API
   key.
 * Where can I get and supply this API key?

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 *  [madvin08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madvin08/)
 * (@madvin08)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/#post-7714457)
 * Hello Joost Blankestijn,
 * Kindly check the following Answer
 * Make sure you have enabled “Static Maps API” service in addition to “Google Maps
   API”.
 *  [Muhammad Arslan Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arximughal/)
 * (@arximughal)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/#post-7714478)
 * The problem you are having here is that you are using the older map api v1 url
   to show the map.
    Update the api version and get a new url to display map. This
   will solve your problem.
 * Checkout this thread on stackoverflow: [thread](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5154608/google-static-map-api-getting-403-forbidden-when-loading-from-img-tag)
 *  Thread Starter [Joost Blankestijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pchulpjoost/)
 * (@pchulpjoost)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/#post-7714496)
 * Hi there,
 * Thanks for describing the problem.
    I’m using a pre-built theme. Can I get that
   with an plugin?
 *  [Muhammad Arslan Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arximughal/)
 * (@arximughal)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/#post-7714522)
 * If you use a plugin to do that, it might through an error for API Key. Because
   then you’ll be providing two API keys, one from the theme’s default and the other
   from the plugin.
    So, you’ll have to do that manually. You can find that in theme’s`
   functions.php` file.

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 * Last reply from: [Muhammad Arslan Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arximughal/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-api-key-2/#post-7714522)
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