Error: Your Google API Key is not valid for this request and permission is denie

@joshdraha thanks for letting me know about this. Someone else said there was a similar error but didn’t sent me the precise details.

I’ll fix this and release a new version in the next hour or so, please install this one and you’ll be fine.

Note that when you uninstall the plugin, you’ll lose all the collected review data.

@joshdraha

1. Fixing the error – update to 2.13 when it’s released soon
2. More than 10 reviews – collect reviews over time, set the limit to 10, or you can use the HTML Import in the Advanced tab to kick start the reviews

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Design Extreme.

@joshdraha Resolved the array count error in version 2.13. It would be a once-only error because once set, the array exists and can be counted. In any case, version 2.13 corrects this issue.

I’m sorry for the inconvenience caused here.

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply!. I try it tomorrow.

PS: The plugin only lets me select up to 5 reviews. I tried leaving the selection blank for all the reviews and it still only does 5. Any idea why that might be?

Uploaded the new 2.13 plugin and it has this error: Notice: Undefined variable: retrieval in /home/dh_sbjm83/whmilwaukee.com/wp-content/plugins/g-business-reviews-rating/index.php on line 1898

@joshdraha Thanks for making me aware of this issue. I see that there can be an instance where the variable is not set – so I am releasing a small update to resolve this. Please download Version 2.14.

With the plugin only letting you select up to 5 reviews – do you only have 5 reviews retrieved using the Google Places API? It will gradually collect more over time but will only ever get 5 (most relevant) at each time. This is a restriction in place with Google’s service.

To get more reviews, you may wish to use the Advanced HTML Import functionality in the Advanced tab.

I have also written about this limitation in the FAQ.

Does this help explain your current status?

Thanks again,

Noah

Updated. I get this error now on the reviews page: Notice: Undefined index: icon in /home/dh_sbjm83/whmilwaukee.com/wp-content/plugins/g-business-reviews-rating/index.php on line 1779

Page: https://whmilwaukee.com/reviews/

@joshdraha In Advanced tab, clear the cache and it should sort out the missing data caused by the previous error. If this doesn’t work, please let me know?

Thanks,

Noah

Cleared the cache and I still get the error. Any ideas?

@joshdraha You have the latest version and there’s a a variable not set or similar?

Please can you post the error as it shouldn’t exist any more?

Thanks,

Noah

@joshdraha Actually, can you email me on: wordpress dash plugins at designextreme dot com? I’ll send you a file to correct this data so it will force the archive will build properly after your initial error.

Thanks,

Noah

Email sent!

@joshdraha I’ve sent an advanced copy of the next version for you. This will perform a check before attempting to set the “icon” in this way.

All the best,

Noah

Hello,

I have the same problem and followed all instructions, doesn’t work. Error message is the same: Error: Your Google API Key is not valid for this request and permission is denied. Please check your Google API Key.

I created the Key on https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials/key

Settings:

Application restrictions: Radio Button IP addresses is on
Accept requests from these server IP addresses: The IP the WordPress backend gives me is pasted here
API restrictions: Restrict Key is restricted to Places API

Troubleshooting:

1. trying it over and over again ??
2. Creating a new Key and restricting it afterwards

Nothing helps ??

Can you help me?

Thanks a lot!
Dirk

• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by dmwc.

Update: Reading helps ?? I needed to create a billing account on https://console.cloud.google.com/billing, after that it worked!

Even I don’t really understand why they want my credit card for creating an API key …

• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by dmwc.