How to Generate a Woocommerce API Keys Manually?

Created by Webliska Consulting, Modified on Fri, 15 Apr, 2022 at 4:26 PM by Webliska Consulting

Generating/Enabling a Woocommerce API in WordPress is convenient. Just follow this tutorial and get to know what to do next.


Step 1: Head to your WordPress dashboard.


Step 2: Then Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced >> REST API.


Note: Keys/Apps was found at WooCommerce > Settings > API > Key/Apps prior to WooCommerce 3.4.


Step 3: Now click on the Add Key button. After that, you will be taken to the Key Details screen.



Step 4: Add a Description.


Step 5: Select the User you would like to generate a key for in the dropdown.


Step 6: Where it says this – Select a level of access for this API key — Read access, Write access or Read/Write access.


YOU MUST CHOOSE READ/WRITE ACCESS, ELSE it WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU…


Step 7: Click Generate API Key and WooCommerce will create API keys for that user.







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