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Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Please head over to Rank Math > Instant Indexing > IndexNow API settings > API Key > Click on Check Key button.

If the key file is not opening or redirects to a 404 page, please create a txt file in the root directory of your website.

The name of the file should be yourapikey.txt, and the content of the file should be your API key.

Please click on the Change Key button before creating the txt file.

Here is a screencast for your reference:
https://i.rankmath.com/OUWNtG

Hope this helps.

Thank you.

Hello,

No, you do not need the Google JSON key for IndexNow.

We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.