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title: Pixabay
description: "Pixabay is a royalty-free photo bank. You must provide your own **username** and **API key**. **Free.** Available on the Free plan. Source badge: **Photos**. **Gutenberg:** yes. Enable it as a search tab on **Magic Post Thumbnail → Gutenberg Block**. API…"
url: "https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/docs/pixabay/"
updated: "2026-08-16"
category: Image Databases
---

# Pixabay

Pixabay is a royalty-free photo bank. You must provide your own **username** and **API key**.

**Free.** Available on the Free plan.

Source badge: **Photos**.

**Gutenberg:** yes. Enable it as a search tab on **Magic Post Thumbnail → Gutenberg Block**. API keys and filters stay on Source.

## Open the bank in Source

In version 7, banks are configured from **Magic Post Thumbnail → Source**. Click the bank in the left column (or tick it to add it to the chain), then click **Configure**. The **Banks Settings** panel opens on the right. Save when you are done.

The left column is the **Automatic generation chain** used by the editor button, bulk generation, cron and imports. Drag to set priority: the first bank is tried first. Unchecked banks sit below the chain.

![Pixabay bank settings](https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/panel-pixabay-1.png)

## Get a username and API key

1. Register at [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/en/accounts/register/).
2. Open the [Pixabay API documentation](https://pixabay.com/api/docs/) while logged in. Your username and API key are listed there.
3. Paste both into the Source panel, then click **API testing** to verify the key. Save.

## Options

- **Pixabay username** — required.
- **Api key** — required.
- **Image Type** — All (default), Photo, Illustration, Vector image. All and Photo usually return more results; Illustration and Vector image can be thinner.
- **Choose the language** — Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Bulgarian, Russian, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Chinese. Match the language of your content.
- **Orientation** — All (default), Horizontal, Vertical.
- **Minimum width** — pixels (0 = no minimum).
- **Minimum height** — pixels (0 = no minimum).
- **Safesearch** — Off (default), Active.