An API key is a unique credential that is used to authenticate requests sent to Google Maps Platform to ensure secure access and bill usage to the appropriate Google Cloud Platform account.
To use Google Maps Platform features, your WordPress plugin requires you to provide an API key that the plugin can use to make these requests on your behalf.
To create an API key, you will need to do the following:
- Create a Google Cloud Platform account, if you don't already have one.
- Create a new Google Cloud Platform project.
- Enable Google Maps Platform APIs.
- Generate an API key.
To make this process easy, you can use our
Google Maps Platform Quick Start Widget
, which will handle the setup of your account and generate the API key that you can provide to your WordPress plugin.