One API key for all my blogs or a different key for each blog?

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  patriciarobinett · Member · Jul 26, 2010 at 7:06 am

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  i am not certain how API keys work, so here is my question…

  i have several blogs.
  do i use the same API key for all my blogs?
  or does each blog require a distinct API key?
  thank you!

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  naokomc · Member · Jul 26, 2010 at 8:01 pm

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  You can use the same API key for multiple self-hosted WordPress.org blogs, as long as you want to share the WordPress.com account associated with them.

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  patriciarobinett · Member · Jul 26, 2010 at 9:10 pm

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  with one API key will each blog have distinct stats?
  one API key does not mean all stats will be combined?

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Jul 26, 2010 at 10:05 pm

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  Correct, one API key does not mean all stats will be combined. Each blog using a single API key will have its own separate and distinct stats.

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  patriciarobinett · Member · Jul 27, 2010 at 7:06 am

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  thank you, happiness engineers. :) neat job!

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Jul 27, 2010 at 6:27 pm

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  :) You’re welcome!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 27, 2010 at 7:38 pm

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  Reference link > http://en.support.wordpress.com/api-keys/#changing-the-api-key-used-for-stats

  Maybe the support documentation could be “adjusted” by Staff to improve clarity re: the information found in this thread.