Maps API Key High Usage (Beware!)

  • Resolved Jennifer

    (@jks7152)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    Beware of setting up your own Google Maps API key in The Business Directory Plugin! I woke up this morning to over $1K bill from Google Cloud for Geocoding API usage for a site receiving less than 100 hits per day. The request is coming from a Business Directory page that contains a map and I recieved this message from Google “Exposed GCP API keys”. This plugin is dangerous.

    My credit card was cancelled, I can no longer verify my new card with Google because my account with them has now been suspended. Because of my account suspension, other plugins that use Maps API are now no longer functioning. This is awful, and I’m freaking out over the charges!

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Jennifer.
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