# What scopes exactly does the Wordpress API key need?

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**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-scopes-exactly-does-the-wordpress-api-key-need/175812 "2021-01-11T20:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-scopes-exactly-does-the-wordpress-api-key-need/175812/5 "2021-01-12T07:36:31Z")

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I’ve been thinking the same thing! (I currently maintain the plugin). This is the right category to raise it.

I’ll discuss it with @simon and get back to you.

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