Which License do I need?

The right license depends on where you buy, and how you use the plugin.

Direct customers (Freemius) — Standard or Commercial?

When you buy directly via wpcloudplugins.com, you choose between two license types. Each is available in 1, 5, 25, or Unlimited site tiers, and as annual or lifetime.

• Standard License — for your own sites, or sites you build for clients, where the plugin is used on publicly accessible sections of websites, or for internal administrative use where customers do not receive restricted access to the plugin's functionality.
   
• Commercial License — required when access to the plugin's functionality is restricted to paying customers, members, subscribers, or clients as part of a paid product or service. Examples include:
  • Membership websites
  • Subscription platforms
  • SaaS applications
  • Client portals available only to customers
  • Paid digital downloads
  • Customer-specific document, file, or media portals

If a Standard License is used on a commercial site, the license can be revoked. Full details and examples: documentation.wpcloudplugins.com/licensing.

CodeCanyon customers — Regular or Extended?

If you bought through CodeCanyon, two licenses are offered, both one-time purchases covering a single End Product, with unlimited updates and 6 months of free support.

• Regular License — for your own sites, or sites you build for clients, where the plugin is used on publicly accessible sections of websites, or for internal administrative use where customers do not receive restricted access to the plugin's functionality.
• Extended License — required when access to the plugin's functionality is restricted to paying customers, members, subscribers, or clients as part of a paid product or service.
  • Examples include:
  • Membership websites
  • Subscription platforms
  • SaaS applications
  • Client portals available only to customers
  • Paid digital downloads
  • Customer-specific document, file, or media portals

If a Regular License is used on a commercial site, the license can be revoked.

License terms: Regular · Extended.

How many licenses or sites do I need?

The principle is the same on both channels: one license activation (Direct) or one license (CodeCanyon) per End Product.

1. Main site organization.com + departmental subdomains newyork.organization.com, london.organization.com — separate End Products → separate sites/licenses
2. Subdomain shop.organization.com that is part of the main site organization.com — single End Product → single site/license
3. Live site + its development, staging, or localhost environment — single site/license (see the dev/staging article)
4. Separate domains a-organization.com and b-organization.com, or different TLDs organization.eu and organization.com — separate sites/licenses
5. Plugin used behind a paywall, membership, subscription, or paid product/service — Commercial (Direct) or Extended (CodeCanyon)
6. Plugin powering digital downloads in a WooCommerce shop — Commercial (Direct) or Extended (CodeCanyon)

Related

If you already have a license and want to know whether you can move it between sites, see Can I reuse my license on another website?

Still unsure?

Contact our support with a description of your setup and we'll tell you which license fits.