Description
License Keys for WooCommerce is a simple and powerfull license keys manager, that adds a new product type to your WordPress and WooCommerce setup, and lets you create and handle license keys that can be used to validate your licensed products.
Built-in API
This plugin will enable your WordPress to act as a validator API (service) with endpoints that will let you activate, validate and deactivate license keys via HTTP requests; we provide various solutions (as PHP libraries, packages and documentation) to integrate the API with your products.
License Keys
License Keys will be generated automatically when a WooCommerce order is completed, the code is appended in the Order completed email notification sent by WooCommerce. Each License Key data is generated per product configuration. The License Key product type will add a new options tab that will allow you to:
- Expire options: Set the expiration of a license key.
- Virtual: Check the virtual checkbox to set the product as physical or virtual.
- Downloadable: Check the downloadable checkbox to append downloadable files to the product.
You can customize this plugin and add more options by your own, or purchase our extension that will allow you to:
- Limit options: Set the limitation of a license key (per number of activations, per domain), and unlimit on development environments.
- Offline options: Set offline options to allow a product to run when not connected to the internet.
- Downloadable data: Set to append the downloadable data on API responses, to allow automatic updates.
Customer account pages
License Keys for WooCommerce will add management pages to WooCommerce My Account section to allow license keys to be self-managed by users; these pages will allow them to view purchased licenses and license key activations.
Aside from the API endpoint, customers will be able to deactivate their licenses at these pages.
Admin management
License keys can be searched by admins at the Orders section of WooCommerce, details (such as the customers license key code, expiration date and the number of activations) can be reviewed when viewing and editing an order.
Product integration
We offer an SDK, software libraries and documentation to implement easily the APIs integration in your products.
Customization
We have built this plugin with customization in mind. We have placed WordPress hooks all over the source code, making it flexible to be customized or extended. All HTML templates can also be modified in themes.
Paid extension
If you dont wish to customize this your self, we offer the option to add an extension that will expand its capabilities with the following features:
- Additional product options for the License Key product type.
- Product variable and price variations support.
- License keys admin management module, these management pages will allow admins to edit generated license keys options, deactivate activations and view more details.
- Built-in semi-automatic subscription system supported by any WooCommerce payment gateway.
- Automatic subscriptions (Recurring payments) through compatibility with WooCommerce Subscriptions and Subscriptio.
- Analytics module and reporting.
- Import custom license key codes.
- Add, edit and delete custom license key codes.
You can opt to obtain these features here.
Who do I thank for all of this?
Screenshots
Installation
- Head to your WordPress Admin Dashboard and click at the options Plugins then Add new.
- Search for this plugin usign the search input or if have downloaded the zip file, upload it manually.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- Integrate the validator API at WooCommerce->Settings->API->License Keys API.
FAQ
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Install and activate the plugin. Follow the settings documentation to integrate the API with your products, these are located at WooCommerce->Settings->API->License Keys API.
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The plugin comes with a built-in validator API that does this job for you. Follow the settings documentation to integrate the API with your products, these are located at WooCommerce->Settings->Advanced->License Keys API.
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For full documentation click here.
Or follow the quick documentation in the plugin, located at WooCommerce->Settings->Advanced->License Keys API.
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Refresh and flush permalinks. To do this, go to Settings->Permalinks at your WordPress setup and click the Save Settings button.
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Customizable templates are located at folder /templates inside the plugin. Follow WooCommerce guidelines to modify them. Aside from the templates provided by this plugin, use WooCommerce template single-product/add-to-cart/simple.php to customize the Add to cart button.
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Enable extended features here.
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At the time this document was created, we only tested on WordPress 4.9.4, we believe, based on the software requirements, that any WordPress version above 3.2 will work.
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At the time this document was created, we only tested on WooCommerce 3.3.3, any version above 3.3.3 will work.
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Any greater or equal to 5.4 is supported.
