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License Keys for WooCommerce

by 10Quality · eCommerce

Enable and handle "License Keys" with WooCommerce. Software license keys manager for Wordpress.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 40/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

80+

≈86 estimated

Momentum

-5%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “license keys”, “software license manager” and “woocommerce” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

How scoring works →
40 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 60/100
Support 70/100

40 health vs 71 average across 9,786 eCommerce plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.5%

of downloads still active

At least 80 of 16.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,162 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24.

Details

Version
1.5.6
Last updated
6.1y ago
Added
2018-02-28 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
5.5.24
Requires PHP
5.6

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 2/100

Updated 2220 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 22/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 73/100

3.1★ over 23 reviews, smoothed to 3.78★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 84/100

3 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 2220 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-5% vs prior 30d
112 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 112 · peaks are release surges

952 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.12 Nov 2026

Update activity

Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.

Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

6.1y ago

latest release · v1.5.6 · 4 Oct 2020

42

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.6 · 4 Oct 20201.5.5 · 24 Sep 20201.5.4 · 9 Sep 20201.5.3 · 3 Sep 20201.5.2 · 24 Aug 20201.5.1 · 19 Aug 20201.5.0 · 17 Aug 20201.4.1 · 16 Aug 20201.3.8 · 9 Feb 20201.3.7 · 31 Dec 20191.3.6 · 20 Dec 20191.3.5 · 20 Dec 20191.3.4 · 14 Dec 20191.3.3 · 12 Dec 2019

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈86

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.

Install history since 2 Aug 2018

802 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ brianekins
    3.3y ago

    I’ve been using this for the past few years and was very happy. The support was also good when I had an issue. Unfortunately, it appears to be dead. I pay for the professional version and had another small issue. I’ve contacted them twice with no response. It hasn’t been updated for a few years. I have to switch to something else because I don’t know if/when the latest version might become incompatible and quit working.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ Florent Maillefaud
    4.4y ago

    Hi! This plugin does not work anymore. So bad.. no support… no anwsers..

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ diegonol1991
    4.7y ago

    Good plugin without support

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ kenny
    5.3y ago

    no support This topic was modified 5 years ago by kenny.

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  5. ★★★★★ auditdataanalytics
    5.6y ago

    You can’t get support. If the free plugin works for you, you’ll probably be okay. However, if you need the premium plugin you’re out of luck. The premium plugin keeps deactivating its own license key saying that it’s not valid until you force it to re-validate itself. If you’re using a staging site, you can also forget about it. The premium plugin’s license doesn’t allow for that. You push, and then you can’t validate the plugin’s license key at all. It will only work for either your staging or your live site, but not both. And you probably need the premium plugin, unless you’re okay with selling license keys that are basically unlimited with no way of managing them. I’ve tried to contact these people twice. They don’t even send an automated message confirming they got your message and will get back with you. I’ve seen where other people out there on support forums, etc. can’t get them to respond either. So, my company shops for another plugin. Our sales are screwed up in the mean time. I’d give them zero stars if I could.

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  6. ★★★★★ blueforcer
    5.6y ago

    The plugin was pretty good, until the last update. since then, activations are no longer counted. This means that despite the limit, each key can be used infinitely often. For weeks I get no response from the official support, which is a cheek, because I have recently bought a new extension key.

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  7. ★★★★★ petertrenbleton92
    6.1y ago

    Great plugin, I have purchased the extension to allow us import and use custom license keys and the plugin just works. We used to the normal version to make our testing before purchasing the paid extension and the transition was seamless. The support from the devs was really good as well, they helped us clear out our questions and to customize our solution, thank you.

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  8. ★★★★★ shrunkyq
    6.2y ago

    not good. This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by shrunkyq.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Danish 80%
Spanish (Spain) 48%
Dutch 23%
Chinese (China) 8%

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

7 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Enable and handle "License Keys" with WooCommerce. Software license keys manager for Wordpress."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 3,418 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "software license manager" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-27 90+ → 80+ down after 164 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-14 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-07 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-03 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-02 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-30 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-29 100+ → 90+ down after 1122 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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License Keys for WooCommerce: 80+ active installs, 3.1★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/woo-license-keys

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