Software License Manager

Description

Software license management solution for your web applications (WordPress plugins, Themes, PHP based membership script etc.)

This plugin is very useful for creating a license server and doing the following via API:

• Create license keys in your system (license server)
• Check the status of a license key from from your application (remotely)
• Activate a license key from your application (remotely)
• Deactivate a license key (remotely)
• Check a license key (remotely)
• Track where the license key is being used.

You can also create license keys manually from the admin dashboard of this plugin.

Please note that this plugin is ONLY for developers

Check license manager documentation to learn more.

Integration with WP Express Checkout Plugin

Check WP Express Checkout integration documentation

Integration with WP eStore plugin

Check WP eStore integration documentation

Github repository

https://github.com/Arsenal21/software-license-manager

If you need some extra action hooks or filters for this plugin then let us know.

Arbitrary section

See the following sample/example for multi-site environment/setup:
https://github.com/paratheme/Software-License-Manager-Multisite-licensed

Installation

1. Go to the Add New plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
2. Click the upload tab
3. Browse for the plugin file (software-license-manager.zip)
4. Click Install Now and then activate the plugin

FAQ

None

Reviews

A great plugin

Trung Hieu Bui October 21, 2024 1 reply

I am using this plugin to distribute license keys for my theme. It would be great if you could write an extension to connect it to WooCommerce and support HPOS.

beware

jagielskiwilk August 27, 2024 1 reply

Tips and Tricks HQ. Their WP eStore plugin crashed my entire website.

Working really great! Compatible with my custom integration with Woocommerce!

Ilham Wahyudin Roma Dhoni January 15, 2024 1 reply

Hi there! i want to say thank you very much for creating this beautiful yet powerful plugin. It makes beginner plugin developer like me finds easy to sell our product. Currently, i use it with Woocommerce and works really great! Thanks a lot!

Works great – thank you!

brings November 3, 2022 1 reply

I’m using this plugin for quite some time now and it’s very helpful – thanks so much!

Solved my problem!

fdavidsen August 28, 2022 1 reply

This plugin answered my need of the license management system.

Cool!

Ed Os May 26, 2022 4 replies

Working perfect.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

4.5.8

• Added minimum PHP version requirement (PHP 7.4.0).
• Added a condition to suppress the debug warning when the ‘item_reference’ parameter is not included in the API call.

4.5.7

• PHP 8.3 compatibility related updates.
• Using Use COUNT(DISTINCT) to ensure that it is counting the number of distinct license keys.

4.5.6

• PHP 8.2 compatibility related update.

4.5.5

• Added the current date to the slm_check API response.

4.5.4

• Added a new action hook for when it receives an activation request for an expired license key (slm_api_listener_slm_activate_key_expired).
• Added new hook in the add license interface.
• Added hooks to the delete license domain interface.
• WP eStore Integration: it will use the default 1 year expiry date if a product specific expiry configuration is not set.

4.5.3

• Added a new database column named “user_ref” for allowing a user reference to be saved in the database with a license key (if applicable).

4.5.2

• PHP 7.2.x compatibility.

4.5.1

• Added nonce check to the ‘slm_delete_domain’ action. Thanks to Jetpack Scan team at Automattic.

4.5.0

• More variable escaping and sanitization.
• Replaced CURL with wp_remote_get() function.
• Removed example/sample plugin code file from the plugin.
• Added the sample plugin download option on our website.
• Removed the unused list table class.

4.4.9

• Added nonce check for debug log reset
• Log file name is automatically generated.
• Added confirmation for log file reset operation.
• Added more sanitization to various request parameters.

4.4.8

• Sanitize the “edit_record” parameter in the “Edit License” menu. Thanks to WPScan team for pointing it out.
• Sanitize the prefix parameter in the settings menu. Thanks to WPScan team for pointing it out.
• Integration with the WP Express Checkout plugin.

4.4.7

• It is recommended that you backup your license database before upgrading this version (just to be sure).
• Improved the database query of the manage license page to be more efficient so it loads faster.
• Improved the database query of the manage license page’s search function to make it more efficient.
• Added nonce check to the bulk delete action.

4.4.6

• Added sanitization and nonce check for the settings interface to prevent any potential CSRF attack issue. Thanks to Koken for pointing it out.

4.4.5

• The IP address is logged in the debug log file for an API request (if debug option is enabled in settings).

4.4.4

• Added “Add New License” button in the Manage licenses menu.
• PHP Notice in the manage licenses menu fixed.

4.4.3

• Fixed an issue with the sorting option in the Manage Licenses interface.

4.4.2

• Added a new filter for the Management Permission constant (so it can be customized by an addon).
• Fixed a wpdb::prepare query with the search feature. Thanks to @Nauriskolats for pointing it out.

4.4.1

• Fixed a product editing glitch with the WP eStore plugin integration.

4.4

• The following UI improvements were submitted by Brian DiChiara. A big Thank You to @solepixel
• Adds domain to license search.
• Retain search term value in search field.
• Better UI for deleting domains:
  Wider domain table.
  Allow for more domains visible in table.
  Easier to click “delete” button.
  Prompt before deleting asking “Are you sure you want to remove this domain?”.
  Intuitive post-delete to remove section if no more domains are active.
• Displays total activated domains in Manage Licenses table.

4.3

• The product quantity of WP eStore product is taken into account when creating a new license key.
• Added a new action hook in the listener API (can be used to override the API query).

4.2

• Added a new optional column “subscr_id” to the license keys table. This can be used to store the subsriber ID value (if any) for recurring payment plans.
• The “subscr_id” will also be present in the license query API output.

4.1

• Added a new action hook for estore recurring payments.

4.0

• Fixed a typo with the slm_api_response_args filter
• The license key is also included in the license check API query’s JSON output.

3.9

• The license status parameter can now be passed when executing the license create API query.

3.8

• The manage licenses admin interface improvements for mobile devices.
• The product reference (if any) is shown in the manage licenses interface also.

3.7

• Added couple of filters to the API response args.

3.6

• The check license query now outputs all the db column values.
• It now captures the WP eStore product ID in the “Product Reference” column of the license manager (if the license is created by eStore).

3.5

• Updated slm-api-utility.php to add Content-Type header to the API response.

3.4

• The slm_create_new api call will no longer show an error code incorrectly.

3.3

• Check for existence of company_name query value before using to fix undefined index error when it doesn’t exist.
• Add ability to specify product_ref when creating license via API. Thanks to @maddisondesigns for the update.

3.2

• Fixed undefined index warning “enable_auto_key_expiry”
• The product_ref field is now available in the add/edit license menu. Also, this value is output with the “slm_check” API call. Thanks to Tobias Hildebrandt for implementing this.

3.1

• Added a new error code for the following condition:
  If maximum activation has reached and the license key is used on the domain (where the request came from) then it will return a new error: LICENSE_IN_USE_ON_DOMAIN_AND_MAX_REACHED

3.0

• The integration with WP eStore cart will create multiple licenses when a customer purchases more than 1 quantity of a product.

2.9

• The API response will now include a numeric error code (in the event of an error). Thanks to Steve Gehrman.

2.8

• The registered domains (if any) of a license key will get deleted when that key is deleted from the manage licenses menu.
• Added wp_unslash() for firstname, lastname, registered domain and company name. Thanks to @sgehrman.
• Added a new action hook (slm_license_key_expired) that gets triggered when a license key expires.

2.7

• eStore integration update: changed expiry date field to accept number of days so the plugin can dynamically calculate the expiry date for the key.

2.6

• Updated the eStore integration so a custom “Expiry Date” value can be set in the product configuration.

2.5

• Updated the eStore plugin integration so a custom “Maximum Allowed Domains” value can be specified in the eStore product configuration.

2.4

• Added new action and filter hooks in the add/edit interface so an addon can extend the functionality of that interface.
• Added nonce check in the add/edit license interface.

2.3

• Added a new feature to enable auto expiry of the license keys. You can enable this option from the settings.
• If you don’t specify a expiry date, when adding a manual license key, it will use the current date plus 1 year as the expiry date.
• Increased the width and height of the “Registered Domains” box in the edit license interface.
• Added a new table column product_ref in the license keys table.
• Added couple of new hooks in the plugin.

2.2

• Added integration with the squeeze form submission of eStore plugin.

2.1

• The license check query now outputs the date values also.
• Improvement for the WP eStore integration.

2.0

• Added a filter to remove any null values from the DB insert query parameter of the API Utility class.

1.9

• Replaced “esc_url()” with “esc_url_raw()” in the sample plugin.
• Updated some CSS in the admin interface for WordPress 4.4

1.8

• Added new hooks before the API query is executed. This allows a developer to override the API query and do custom stuff.
• Added a new API to check the details of an existing license key.

1.7

• The license key is also included with the response sent to the new license creation request. Below is an example response:
  {“result”:”success”,”message”:”License successfully created”,”key”:”5580effe188d3″}

• You can now pass a pre-generated license key to the license creation API using the “license_key” parameter in the request.

1.6

• Updated the sample plugin code so the query works better.
• Added the ability to reset the debug log file from the plugin settings interface.
• The item_reference value will be stored in the database (if sent via the activation API query).

1.5

• Added the option to search a license key from the manage licenses interface.

1.4

• Updated the license key creation API check to use the value from “Secret Key for License Creation” field.

1.3

• Added more sanitization.

1.2

• Fixed a bug with the bulk delete license operation.

1.1

• First commit to wordpress repository.