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Hey thanks for the writeup! Code review/table structure, etc are highly requested featured right now. I'm working on it but I don't want to rush and put someth

by shash7 9y ago

Hey thanks for the writeup! Code review/table structure, etc are highly requested featured right now. I'm working on it but I don't want to rush and put something wrong out there. I don't understand your second point. Can you point me to the plugin which keeps breaking after the license expires.

ddebernardy 9y ago
Not the OP, but what he likely means is some plugins calling home using a unique url tied to the licence, that can then be removed to revoke the ability to use the plugin.
scarecrowbob 9y ago
"I don't understand your second point. Can you point me to the plugin which keeps breaking after the license expires." Well, that, once again, is a pain in the ass to find. For instance, there is this business listings plugin: https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/ https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/ Personally, I found it a massive pain in the ass to use, but on top of that the add-on plugins are setup to work only with the specific version of the main plugin. So you can't update just one, you have to update them all, and you have to pay for them all each update== regardless of if there is an actual change to the software. IMO, that's BS. The WordPress community, in general, disagrees with me, but whatever :D Another example is that ACF used to (and maybe still does, I have an unlimited license and this doesn't seem to be a problem) set its license based on the URL of the site, so if I clone the site to another URL (like for staging on WPEngine) then the key is no longer functional and the plugin breaks.
- shash7 9y ago
  I'm not sure about the businessdirectory plugin but I can vouch for ACF. The plugin doesn't break if you remove the license key. In fact, you can actually give someone the pro version's plugin folder and they can use it for free(it just won't be able to update that's all) Perhaps this used to happen in the past but not anymore.

by shash7 9y ago

ddebernardy 9y ago

Not the OP, but what he likely means is some plugins calling home using a unique url tied to the licence, that can then be removed to revoke the ability to use the plugin.

scarecrowbob 9y ago

"I don't understand your second point. Can you point me to the plugin which keeps breaking after the license expires." Well, that, once again, is a pain in the ass to find. For instance, there is this business listings plugin: https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/ https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/ Personally, I found it a massive pain in the ass to use, but on top of that the add-on plugins are setup to work only with the specific version of the main plugin. So you can't update just one, you have to update them all, and you have to pay for them all each update== regardless of if there is an actual change to the software. IMO, that's BS. The WordPress community, in general, disagrees with me, but whatever :D Another example is that ACF used to (and maybe still does, I have an unlimited license and this doesn't seem to be a problem) set its license based on the URL of the site, so if I clone the site to another URL (like for staging on WPEngine) then the key is no longer functional and the plugin breaks.

shash7 9y ago
I'm not sure about the businessdirectory plugin but I can vouch for ACF. The plugin doesn't break if you remove the license key. In fact, you can actually give someone the pro version's plugin folder and they can use it for free(it just won't be able to update that's all) Perhaps this used to happen in the past but not anymore.