Hi,
I installed the discourse plugin on wordpress its asking me for the admin api key, where do I find it ?
Thanks 
AI-generated summary
The discussion revolves around setting up the Discourse plugin on a WordPress site. coffee_lover is having trouble finding the admin API key, which is required for the plugin. mikechristopher and Grex315 provide guidance on how to find or generate the API key at <yourdiscoursesite.com>/admin/api. However, coffee_lover and coffee_lover are having trouble accessing the Discourse site, which is a prerequisite for setting up the plugin.
simon clarifies that the plugin acts as an interface between WordPress and Discourse, and that setting up both is necessary. He also provides installation guides and notes that the pluginās documentation is unclear.
Later, Yves_Lauzin asks about the difference between generating an API key for all users versus a specific user. angus explains that the API key is only used to set up the connection, and that publishing permissions are determined by the WordPress userās posting permissions. He recommends generating an API key for a specific admin user.
/admin/api
Or generate one from an admin user profile
I have installed the plugin but thereās nothing when I go to the URL, I thought maybe it needs to be done back end but I couldnāt find anything
You go to that URL on your Discourse forum not WordPress.
The discourse url is not yet setup as its asking for api key
To generate an API key go to yourdiscoursesite.com/admin/api. That is where you can generate an api key for the WordPress plugin. There will be a button that says generate key.
as I said the discourse site is not setup, plugin is installed but I canāt see discourse.. It gives me a 404 page not found
The wp-discourse plugin acts as an interface between a WordPress site and a Discourse forum. To get it to work, you need to first set up both a WordPress site and a Discourse forum. You will find the admin api key in the admin section of your forum at āyourdiscoursesite.com/admin/apiā.
The pluginās documentation about this is not very clear. Iāll try to add to it later this week.
Hi Simon (@simon ),
Thanks for the reply, I did add it manually to composer.json is there anything else to do ?
Iām not sure. You need to have a Discourse forum up and running to connect to your WordPress site. If you havenāt done that, you can follow either of these guides to do it:
or:
discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main Ā· discourse/discourse Ā· GitHub
Once that is done you need to go to the Discourse site at <yourforumdomain>/admin/api and click on the button to generate a new api key. Copy and paste the api key into the Discourse API Key setting on your WordPress site.
Okay Thanks I will try that .. Much appreciated !
Hello, I take the discussion and have a question : I have a discourse site and a Wordpress site, the differences between the Api key for all users and only one is :
All users ; all users could see and interact with both discourse and Wordpress
One user means that when connected this user only can interact with both wordpress and Discourse.
Am I right ?
What is the risk to generate an all user Api key and giving all permissions ?
Thanks
Hey Yves, the API key is only used to set up the connection.
Once that connection is set up, any Wordpress user with posting permissions can publish their posts to discourse, depending on what āPublishā settings you have.
I suggest you generate an API key for a specific admin user and call it āWordpressā.