=== Software License Manager ===
Contributors: Tips and Tricks HQ, Ruhul Amin
Donate link: https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/software-license-manager-plugin-for-wordpress
Tags: license key, serial key, manager, license, serial, key, selling, sell, license activation, manage license, software license, software license manager
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 4.7
Stable tag: 2.7
License: GPLv2 or later

Create and manage license keys for your software applications easily

== Description ==

Software license management solution for your web applications (WordPress plugins, Themes, PHP based membership script etc.)

This plugin is very useful for creating a license server and doing the following via API:

- Create license keys in your system (license server)
- Check the status of a license key from from your application (remotely)
- Activate a license key from your application (remotely)
- Deactivate a license key (remotely)
- Check a license key (remotely)
- Track where the license key is being used.

You can also create license keys manually from the admin dashboard of this plugin.

= Please note that this plugin is ONLY for developers =

Check [license manager documentation](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/software-license-manager-plugin-for-wordpress) to learn more.

= Integration with WP eStore plugin =
Check [WP eStore integration documentation](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/integrate-wp-estore-with-software-license-manager-plugin-3731)

= Github repository =

https://github.com/Arsenal21/software-license-manager

If you need some extra action hooks or filters for this plugin then let us know.

== Installation ==

1. Go to the Add New plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
1. Click the upload tab
1. Browse for the plugin file (software-license-manager.zip)
1. Click Install Now and then activate the plugin

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
None

== Screenshots ==
See the following page:
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/software-license-manager-plugin-for-wordpress

== Changelog ==

= 2.7 =
- eStore integration update: changed expiry date field to accept number of days so the plugin can dynamically calculate the expiry date for the key.

= 2.6 = 
- Updated the eStore integration so a custom "Expiry Date" value can be set in the product configuration.

= 2.5 =
- Updated the eStore plugin integration so a custom "Maximum Allowed Domains" value can be specified in the eStore product configuration.

= 2.4 =
- Added new action and filter hooks in the add/edit interface so an addon can extend the functionality of that interface.
- Added nonce check in the add/edit license interface.

= 2.3 = 
- Added a new feature to enable auto expiry of the license keys. You can enable this option from the settings.
- If you don't specify a expiry date, when adding a manual license key, it will use the current date plus 1 year as the expiry date.
- Increased the width and height of the "Registered Domains" box in the edit license interface.
- Added a new table column product_ref in the license keys table.
- Added couple of new hooks in the plugin.

= 2.2 =
- Added integration with the squeeze form submission of eStore plugin.

= 2.1 =
- The license check query now outputs the date values also.
- Improvement for the WP eStore integration.

= 2.0 =
- Added a filter to remove any null values from the DB insert query parameter of the API Utility class.

= 1.9 =
- Replaced "esc_url()" with "esc_url_raw()" in the sample plugin. 
- Updated some CSS in the admin interface for WordPress 4.4

= 1.8 =
- Added new hooks before the API query is executed. This allows a developer to override the API query and do custom stuff.
- Added a new API to check the details of an existing license key.

= 1.7 =
* The license key is also included with the response sent to the new license creation request. Below is an example response:
{"result":"success","message":"License successfully created","key":"5580effe188d3"}

* You can now pass a pre-generated license key to the license creation API using the "license_key" parameter in the request.

= 1.6 =
* Updated the sample plugin code so the query works better.
* Added the ability to reset the debug log file from the plugin settings interface.
* The item_reference value will be stored in the database (if sent via the activation API query).

= 1.5 =
* Added the option to search a license key from the manage licenses interface.

= 1.4 =
* Updated the license key creation API check to use the value from "Secret Key for License Creation" field.

= 1.3 =
* Added more sanitization.

= 1.2 =
* Fixed a bug with the bulk delete license operation.

= 1.1 =
* First commit to wordpress repository.

== Upgrade Notice ==
None

== Arbitrary section ==
See the following sample/example for multi-site environment/setup:
https://github.com/paratheme/Software-License-Manager-Multisite-licensed