Some of you may notice the Youtube widget stopped showing the videos. This
widget needs an API key to run, and the old API key needed to be replaced with
a new one. In this tutorial I will show you how to replace the API key, then
your videos will show up on your template again.
I did separate
this tutorial into two - depending on the date you purchased your template -
because I have been updating the templates since August 2020. Follow along to
learn how to fix your Youtube widget.
If your template is before August 2020
- Go to Layout
- Locate the Youtube gadget and click on the pencil icon to open it
- On the code, locate the line where says api-key
- Select the code between the quote marks
- Replace it with this one: AIzaSyBZqxFMkq0Wu5OvWqa7lFwtDyqG2SArRMg
- Save the changes
Step-by-step video:
If your template is after August 2020
- Go to Theme
- Click on the arrow next to the Customize button
- Click on Edit HTML
- Click anywhere inside the code to enable the search
- Use ctrl+F or cmd+F to open the search box
- Search for api-key
- Select the code between the quote marks
- Replace it with this one: AIzaSyBZqxFMkq0Wu5OvWqa7lFwtDyqG2SArRMg
- Save the changes
Step-by-step video: