# 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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**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-scopes-exactly-does-the-wordpress-api-key-need/175812/8 "2021-12-20T02:15:17Z")

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@mattdm An update on this. I’m preparing changes that will allow you to generate an API key with scopes specific to the feature-set of the [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) plugin you’re using.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-12-20 at 10.12.12 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/0/e0309b364c7ec97b7331a077499f13e095229f8c.png)

This will require changes to core Discourse, so it is subject to approval. Will keep you up to date this week as I make a PR.

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