WC Licensed Product

A WooCommerce plugin to sell software products using license keys with domain-based validation.

Description

WC Licensed Product adds a new product type "Licensed Product" to WooCommerce, enabling you to sell software with automatically generated license keys. Licenses are bound to specific domains and can be validated through a REST API.

Features

• Licensed Product Type: New WooCommerce product type for software sales
• Automatic License Generation: License keys generated on order completion
• Domain Binding: Licenses are bound to customer-specified domains
• REST API: Public endpoints for license validation and management
• Customer Account: Customers can view their licenses in My Account
• Admin Management: Full CRUD interface for license management
• Version Binding: Optional binding to major software versions
• Expiration Support: Set license validity periods or lifetime licenses

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or higher
• WooCommerce 10.0 or higher
• PHP 8.3 or higher

Installation

1. Upload the wc-licensed-product folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. The plugin will create necessary database tables on activation

Usage

Creating a Licensed Product

1. Go to Products > Add New
2. Select "Licensed Product" from the product type dropdown
3. Configure the product price in the General tab
4. Set license options in the "License Settings" tab:
   • Max Activations: Number of domains allowed per license
   • License Validity: Days until expiration (empty = lifetime)
   • Bind to Major Version: Lock license to current major version
   • Current Version: Your software's current version

Customer Checkout

When a customer purchases a licensed product, they must enter the domain where they will use the license during checkout.

Viewing Licenses

• Customers: My Account > Licenses
• Administrators: WooCommerce > Licenses

REST API

Validate License

POST /wp-json/wc-licensed-product/v1/validate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "license_key": "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX",
  "domain": "example.com"
}

Check Status

POST /wp-json/wc-licensed-product/v1/status
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "license_key": "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"
}

Activate License

POST /wp-json/wc-licensed-product/v1/activate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "license_key": "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX",
  "domain": "newdomain.com"
}

Deactivate License

POST /wp-json/wc-licensed-product/v1/deactivate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "license_key": "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX",
  "domain": "example.com"
}

License Statuses

• Active: License is valid and usable
• Inactive: License has been deactivated
• Expired: License validity period has ended
• Revoked: License has been manually revoked by admin

Support

For issues and feature requests, please visit: https://src.bundespruefstelle.ch/magdev/wc-licensed-product/issues

Author

Marco Graetsch

License

GPL-2.0-or-later