Your Google API Key is not valid for this request and permission is denied.

@dmwc It sounds like you’ve followed the steps correctly. The usual solution to this problem as specified in the other replies to similar posts – the billing details need to be active with Google.

The error message in the Retrieved Data shows that it could be something slightly different here – are you sure that the API Key is specifically restricted to your hosting server’s IP and the API Restriction is set to “Places API”? I’ve noticed that some people sometimes set either of these incorrectly and receive a similar error to yours.

Let me know how this goes?

Ok, I triple-check ??

Billing is active I think. If I follow the link at “Update Frequency” this is shown: https://gyazo.com/5a7a3640c6728425deb2238ca5bfc213

If I choose La Chacra I am forwarded https://console.cloud.google.com/billing/… The site is simply shown, no call to action, credit card is activated. Looks fine to me. But maybe there is an action needed?

Restrictions are set correctly I think: https://gyazo.com/94a6d513f6ef3b9bda7b5bc31138eb2e

And if I go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/places-backend.googleapis.com?q=place there is a blue Enable button https://gyazo.com/25028d65b986ef5eb320a9670cf5e8c1. If I click that and choose the new project I am forwarded to https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/metrics, which is a bit odd.

@dmwc The Places API is enabled because it is selected in the API Restrictions, but I’m not sure that the billing is actually enabled here.

But it worked with this billing set up on two other pages … and even if I set the Update Frequency to Never, it doesn’t work.

@dmwc The Update value of “Never” only applies for the first time of use and for a new Google API account. I’m considering making the Billing a requirement in the near future as the free/unattached account provided by Google is so limited that it renders it near useless.

Please email me at wordpress dash plugins at designextreme dot com and I’ll provide you with a temporary API until you can resolve the billing matter with Google.

Ok, I checked the billing and this is definitively enabled: https://gyazo.com/4ab84488e1d67daa89d4fcd1a4611f77 Van Dyck is the project where it works, La Chacra where is doesn’t work.

Ok, I will send you an email, many thanks!

Resolved using a separate API Key from a different Google account.

@dmwc Actually resolved using the IPv6 IP address rather than the IPv4 displayed in the plugin. The Retrieved Data displayed the expected IP address, so this needed adding to the list of IP addresses in the API Key Restrictions.

I am going to improve the handling of this error in a future version as it doesn’t always show the IP address version that Google is using to verify the IP address – it will never be perfect, but the error message (and the list of “Server IPs”) can be improved.

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perfect!