Google Places API Key: Create for Free (in 5 easy steps)

How to DIY
Published on Jun 18, 2021
I’ll show you how to create a Google Places API Key for free in five easy steps. I’ll be using a WordPress website as an example, but this will work for any type of website. There is no way to do it without billing details. So you will have to enter your credit card or bank account number to get access to Places API.

But, if you have a small site, so less than 15000 visitors per month on the page with the map, it should be totally free for you.

Go to Google developers console 👉 https://console.developers.google.com
For pricing 👉 https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing

00:00 Signup to Google Developers account
Let’s get started by signing up for Google Developers Console.

02:44 Enable & Generate Google Places API

03:34 Create credentials for the API key.
We need to create credentials for the API key so that you can use it in WordPress plugins and in JavaScript applications.

04:25 Restrict the access to your API
Don’t forget to restrict access to your API, so that other people won’t use your quota.

06:08 Get the API key and enter on your website
Grab the API key and enter it on your website or WP plugin or in the code.

In this video we will get a Google Places API key for free in 2020, the set up is not too hard, but you will need to add your credit card information to make this work. You can use the Google API key in WordPress or on a website with JavaScript, the process of getting the key is the same. The same key works also for Google Maps, and other Google APIs. You just need to add them to the dev tools.

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