Plans & License Types

WPLM’s commerce model is built on Plans and License Types — reusable, product-agnostic pricing and entitlements you define once and attach to any WooCommerce product. No special product types are required.

The model

• A Plan is a named container (e.g. “Pro App”) with a description and an active flag.
• A Plan holds one or more License Types — the purchasable tiers a customer chooses between (e.g. Monthly, Yearly, Lifetime). Each license type carries its own price and its own licensing rules (seats, validity, generator, billing).
• You assign a plan to a product. On the product page, the customer picks a license type; checkout fulfils it automatically.

Plan: "Pro App"
 ├── License Type: Monthly  — R20 / month, generator #1, 3 seats
 ├── License Type: Yearly   — R100 / year, generator #1, 3 seats
 └── License Type: Lifetime — R400 one-time, generator #1, 5 seats

Creating a plan

License Manager → Plans → Add New. Give it a name, description, and tick Active. Then add license types with + Add license type.

License type fields

Field	Notes
Name	Shown to customers (e.g. “Monthly”).
Type	recurring, lifetime, or onetime. For lifetime/one-time the billing period is ignored.
Price	Amount charged.
Every / Period	Billing frequency for recurring types (every N day/week/month/year).
Sign-up fee	One-time fee on the first order.
Trial days	Free-trial days before the first charge.
Length (cycles)	Maximum billing cycles (0 = until cancelled).
Generator	Which generator produces the license key.
Max seats	Activation limit for the issued license.
Benefits	One per line — shown on the product page (e.g. “365 days”, “priority support”).
Active	Inactive license types are hidden from the storefront.

Assigning a plan to a product

Edit any WooCommerce product → Product data → Licensing tab → Subscription Plan → choose your plan. When a plan is assigned, the simple one-time licensing fields hide automatically (they’re mutually exclusive).

What the customer sees

On the product page, a “Choose a license type” selector lists each active license type with its price and benefits. The headline price shows “From {lowest price}”, and the product is purchasable even without a WooCommerce price set — the license type defines the price.

What happens on purchase

When the order completes, WPLM fulfils the chosen license type automatically:

• Recurring type → creates a subscription (billing schedule, trial, sign-up fee), stores the customer’s payment token for rebilling, issues the bound license, and ties the license status to the subscription.
• Lifetime / one-time type → issues a perpetual (or fixed-term) license with no recurring billing.

See Billing & lifecycle for what happens after the first payment.