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EDD Software License Manager

Description

Seamless integration between Easy Digital Downloads and Software License Manager.

Features

  • Automatically creates license keys for each sale with Easy Digital Downloads
  • Licensing is optional and can be activated/deactivated individually
  • Normal and variable pricing supported
  • Send generated license keys to your customers within your existing email notifications
  • Visit the plugin page
  • Regular updates and improvements: Go though the changelog

Please note
The license validation part for your distributed plugins and themes is not part of this plugin. Therefore please take a look into the Software License Manager documentation.

Support

Credits

Configuration

The plugin is really simple and well structured so you don’t have to prepare a lot in order to get it working.

  1. After the successful installation you will find a prepared options page here: “Downloads” > “Settings” > “Extensions”
  2. Enter your Software License Manager API credentials
  3. Go to your Downloads and activate licensing where it’s required

Screenshots

  • Configuration screen
  • Activating licensing for a download
  • Output the generated license keys within your emails
  • See your generated license keys within the license manager plugin

Installation

The installation and configuration of the plugin is as simple as it can be.

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Search for ‘edd software license manager’
  3. Click ‘Install Now’
  4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
  3. Select edd-software-license-manager.zip from your computer
  4. Click ‘Install Now’
  5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

  1. Download edd-software-license-manager.zip
  2. Extract the edd-software-license-manager directory to your computer
  3. Upload the edd-software-license-manager directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

FAQ

Is it necessary to install both plugins on the same WordPress installation?

No! That’s one of the biggest benefits of this integration. Easy Digital Downloads and the Software License Manager can be installed on different sites.

Can I use this plugin to validate the generated license keys?

No! The license validation part for your distributed plugins and themes is not part of this plugin. Therefore please take a look into the Software License Manager documentation.

Reviews

September 3, 2016
it says software license , how exactly will it work for downloaded videos ?. also i create softwares for android ,apk , and pc softwares how would i impliment the license in them.
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Contributors & Developers

“EDD Software License Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

Version 1.0.1 (7th November 2015)

  • Fix: Email license key listing showed only the last item

Version 1.0.0 (17th July 2015)

  • Initial release