# Rotate your API key

Replace a workspace API key and verify the integrations that depend on it.

## Prepare for rotation

> **Note:** Workspace owners and admins can rotate the key. Once Monok switches the workspace to the new key, the old key can no longer authenticate requests to Monok.

Have access to update any custom content endpoints, affiliate backends, or jobs that use the workspace key. Shopify and Framer use their own credentials.

## Rotate and update

1. In your workspace sidebar, open API. In the API Key card, select Rotate API Key, then confirm with Rotate Key.
2. Wait for the results. Monok uses the current key to send the replacement to connected WordPress sites, including WooCommerce stores using the plugin. It also updates eligible Monok-hosted websites before switching the workspace key.
3. Review the updated and failed counts. The workspace switches to the new key even if individual sites fail to update. Select Done, then copy the new key from the API Key card.

## Update connections that still use the old key

- WordPress or WooCommerce listed as failed. In WordPress admin, go to Settings → Monok Settings. Paste the new key into the Api Key field and save your changes.
- Monok-hosted website listed as failed. Contact Monok support to resync the affected site. Share the site name and the error shown in the results.
- Custom endpoints, affiliate backends, and jobs. Replace the key in your server configuration, such as MONOK\_API\_KEY, then restart or redeploy the processes that read it.

## Verify the new key

Send a test draft to each content destination that uses the workspace key and confirm it arrives. If your backend uses the key to register referrals or report payments, verify those calls with the new key.

## Related guides

- [Content endpoint reference](https://docs.monok.com/integrations/content-api/reference) — Understand the requests Monok sends to your content endpoint and what it expects back.
- [Connect WordPress](https://docs.monok.com/integrations/wordpress) — Install your personalized Monok plugin and send articles to your WordPress site.