Cryptographic license keys
Ed25519-signed, AES-256-GCM encrypted. Clients verify authenticity offline without calling the server.
WP License Manager
Issue, validate, activate, and revoke license keys. Native subscription billing. Full REST API. Zero recurring cost.
What is WP License Manager?
Section titled “What is WP License Manager?”WP License Manager (WPLM) is a self-hosted software licensing server that runs as a WordPress plugin. It gives software vendors everything they need to sell, issue, validate, and revoke license keys — with no ongoing subscription cost to the platform itself.
Device & seat management
Node-lock licenses to specific hardware fingerprints, manage seat limits, and support floating/concurrent licensing.
Native subscription billing
Sell recurring licenses without the paid WooCommerce Subscriptions extension. Dunning, proration, and self-service all built in.
Full REST API
40+ endpoints covering every licensing operation. Secure per-key scoped auth. Powers the official client SDKs.
Feature highlights
Section titled “Feature highlights”| Area | Capability |
|---|---|
| Core licensing | CRUD, signed keys, expiry (absolute + relative), grace periods, bulk generation, CSV import/export |
| Devices | Fingerprint binding, seat accounting, floating leases, component tracking, overage strategies |
| Monitoring | Heartbeat monitor, zombie cull, anomaly detection (impossible travel, churn, spikes) |
| Revocation | Instant revoke/suspend/terminate, device revoke, global blacklists, signed CRL for offline clients |
| Subscriptions | Native recurring billing, dunning, upgrade/downgrade, trials, sign-up fees, self-service portal |
| WooCommerce | Licensed products, subscription product types, auto-delivery, order meta box, My Account portal |
| REST API | 40+ endpoints, Basic auth with scoped consumer keys, signed response envelopes |
| SDKs | PHP/WordPress, Dart/Flutter, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, OpenAPI spec |
Open source
Section titled “Open source”WPLM is licensed under GPL v2 or later. The entire feature set — including the subscription engine — ships in one open-source package.