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Create a WordPress Application Password

The correct credential for API access, not your normal login password.

3 min read Beginner

To let the platform write fixes to WordPress, you create an Application Password. This is a dedicated credential for API access that you can revoke any time, never use your normal login password.

  1. 1Log in to your WordPress admin at yoursite.com/wp-admin.
  2. 2Make sure the account is an Administrator (or Editor). A Subscriber cannot edit content and will be rejected.
  3. 3Go to Users → Profile and scroll to the Application Passwords section.
  4. 4Type a name like “SEO by Creative Nexus” and click Add New Application Password.
  5. 5Copy the generated password (it looks like: abcd EFGH ijkl MNOP qrst UVWX). You will not see it again.

The username is your WordPress user_login (shown in Users → Profile), not your email address. Email is unreliable for API auth.

The credential you enter in the platform is one line: username:application_password, your username, a colon, then the Application Password. Spaces in the password are fine.

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