{"id":18984866,"date":"2026-08-05T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/semrush-settings-will-not-save\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:00:27","slug":"semrush-settings-will-not-save","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/semrush-settings-will-not-save\/","title":{"rendered":"Semrush Settings Will Not Save"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am trying to save my Semrush API key in the Semrush settings rea. When I press the &#8220;Save Semrush Settings&#8221;, I receive the following error message for DataforSEO (I&#8217;m not using nor trying to configure DataforSEO):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>DataforSEO credentials cannot be saved: WordPress security salts are missing or set to placeholder values. Credential encryption requires unique SECURE_AUTH_KEY and SECURE_AUTH_SALT values in wp-config.php.<br \/><br \/>Fix options: WP-CLI: wp config shuffle-salts \u2014 or visit api.wordpress.org\/secret-key\/1.1\/salt\/, copy all 8 lines, and replace the matching lines in wp-config.php. Note: rotating salts will log out all active WordPress sessions.<br \/><br \/>DataforSEO: both login and API password must be saved together.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18984866","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-semrush"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18984866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18984866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18984866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}