License Management

Your license key switches the plugin on for a site. Each key has a number of activation slots, one per site. The License panel shows your key, its status, who it is licensed to and every site that uses a slot, and lets you move the plugin between sites.

Where to find it:

Free List Building, then the Settings tab. The License panel is the first thing on the screen. Before a key is activated, the plugin shows only this panel when you open Free List Building.

What the panel shows:

• License Key: your key, shown with only the first and last few characters, the rest hidden behind stars.
• Status: Active, or Not active.
• Licensed To: the email address on the license.
• Activated Domains (for example 2/3 sites used): each site that uses a slot. This site is marked "(this site)". Every other site has an X Remove link.

The buttons:

• Activate (when no key is stored) or Replace key: paste a key into the box and click it.
• Refresh License Info: asks the license server for your latest details and connects the key for plugin updates.
• Deactivate This Site: releases this site's slot. The plugin returns to the license screen on this site until you activate again.
• All my keys & downloads: opens your account portal with all your keys.

Step by step: activate on a new site:

1. Install and activate the plugin, then open Free List Building.
2. Paste your key into the box under Activate Your License Key. Your key was emailed to you when you purchased. Lost it? Click "Find it in your portal".
3. Click Activate.
4. The status changes to Active and the full menu appears.

Step by step: move the plugin to another site:

1. On the old site, open Settings and click Deactivate This Site, then confirm.
2. On the new site, paste the key and click Activate.

Step by step: free a slot from a site you cannot reach:

1. On any site where the key is active, open Settings.
2. In Activated Domains, click X Remove next to the old site and confirm.
3. The slot is free for a new site. This frees the slot only; it does not switch the plugin off on that other site.

A real example:

Sam's key allows 3 sites and shows 2/3 sites used: yoursite.com and a staging copy. Sam builds a new site for a podcast, so Sam clicks X Remove next to the staging copy, then activates the key on the new site. Activated Domains now lists yoursite.com and the podcast site.

Tips:

• Free the slot of a staging or test copy before you delete it.
• If plugin updates say the site is not connected, click Refresh License Info.
• For help with a key, see How to Get Support or "License Won't Activate".