Title: Why do I need a API Key ?
Last modified: July 7, 2026

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# Why do I need a API Key ?

 *  Resolved [Jairo Ochoa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jairoochoa/)
 * (@jairoochoa)
 * [6 days, 21 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-need-a-api-key/)
 * Hi
 * Former version was free but now it doesn’t work without an AI API Key.
   Is there
   any way to run it API-less ?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [Nilambar Sharma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nilambar/)
 * (@nilambar)
 * [6 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-need-a-api-key/#post-18959002)
 * API key is needed only for AI review. Even without API key from AI provider, 
   plugin should work as normal.
 *  Thread Starter [Jairo Ochoa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jairoochoa/)
 * (@jairoochoa)
 * [4 days, 6 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-need-a-api-key/#post-18961437)
 * [@nilambar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nilambar/) thanks for clearing
   that up.

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 * Last reply from: [Jairo Ochoa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jairoochoa/)
 * Last activity: [4 days, 6 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-need-a-api-key/#post-18961437)
 * Status: resolved