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Licence & API keys: YouTube and Vimeo

Enter your CodeFlavors licence key and connect the YouTube Data API and Vimeo so VideographyWP can pull high-resolution thumbnails, titles and descriptions.

Open Settings → VideographyWP → API Keys. This tab holds three fields: your licence key, the YouTube server key and the Vimeo personal access token.

VideographyWP API Keys tab: CodeFlavors licence key, YouTube server key with a Test button, and Vimeo personal access token
The API Keys tab under Settings → VideographyWP.

CodeFlavors licence key

Paste the licence key from your CodeFlavors account into CodeFlavors licence key and save. This activates PRO features, automatic updates and support.

YouTube Data API key

A YouTube key lets the plugin retrieve high-resolution images and full descriptions for YouTube videos. Without it, imports still work but use a low-resolution thumbnail and no description.

  1. Open the Google Cloud Console and create (or select) a project.
  2. Enable the YouTube Data API v3.
  3. Go to Credentials → Create credentials → API key and copy the key.
  4. Paste it into YouTube server key and click Test YouTube key to confirm it works.

Vimeo personal access token

  1. Go to developer.vimeo.com/apps and create an app.
  2. Under Authentication, generate a personal access token with read scopes for your videos.
  3. Paste it into Vimeo personal access token and save.

The token enables Vimeo videos, including private and domain-restricted ones.

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