You just built
something valuable.
Don't give it away.
Whether you used AI, wrote every line yourself, or hired a dev —
your plugin deserves to get paid every time it's used. Freemius takes 7% forever. Your one-time $149 pays for itself fast.
Sentio License Manager makes that happen.
✓ One-time $149 · ✓ Self-hosted on your server · ✓ No SaaS fees. Ever.
You just used AI to build
the next great WordPress plugin.
The WordPress ecosystem is exploding with a new wave of builders — developers using Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Cursor to ship commercial plugins and themes faster than ever before.
You've got the product. You've listed it. Maybe you're already getting orders. But here's what most new plugin developers don't realize until it's too late:
Without a licensing system, your plugin is a one-time sale at best — and free software at worst.
Most new plugin developers
have no idea how to protect their work.
You're a builder, not a licensing engineer. And that gap is exactly where money disappears.
Do you know how to prevent customers from sharing their license key?
Without domain-based activation limits, one purchase can run on dozens of sites. You get paid once. They use it forever.
What stops someone from putting your plugin on GitHub after they buy it?
Without license verification, your plugin continues to function even when distributed freely. Your code becomes open source — whether you intended it or not.
How do you charge recurring revenue for ongoing access?
A one-time sale is a product. A subscription is a business. Without a licensing system, you can't tie access to active payments.
Here's what happens
when you ship without licensing.
It doesn't happen all at once. It happens slowly, then all at once.
Revenue Loss
One buyer. Ten sites. Zero recourse.
A customer buys your plugin for $99. They install it on their own site, their client's sites, their friend's site. Without activation limits, you have no way to know and no way to stop it. Every one of those installs is revenue you'll never see.
Code Exposure
Your plugin ends up on GitHub. For free.
It happens to commercial plugins constantly. Someone purchases, extracts the files, uploads to a public repo or a "nulled plugins" site. Anyone can download and install your work without ever paying you. No license check = no protection.
No Recurring Revenue
You're stuck selling one-time licenses with no subscription lever.
The most successful plugin businesses run on subscriptions — annual or monthly renewals that compound month after month. Without subscription-linked licensing, you restart from zero every sales cycle.
Trust Gap
No My Account dashboard = amateur hour.
Enterprise buyers and agencies evaluate your professionalism. If they can't manage licenses from a clean dashboard — view domains, switch plans, cancel — they'll buy from someone who looks like they've done this before.
The math on doing nothing
over 12 months = $11,880 that never hit your account
Meet Sentio License Manager.
Built for exactly this moment.
A WooCommerce-native licensing and subscription engine designed so you can plug it into your plugin in an afternoon — no SaaS dependency, no revenue share, no ongoing fees.
Automatic License Generation
The moment a WooCommerce order completes, a license is created and emailed. Zero manual work on your part, ever.
Login-Based Activation — No Keys to Steal
Customers activate by logging into your plugin with their store credentials. No license key to copy, share, or paste into a forum.
Domain Limits That Actually Enforce
Set max activations per license. Track every domain. If they go over, activation is denied. You stay in control.
Built-In Subscriptions (No WC Subscriptions Required)
Stripe-powered renewals, upgrades, downgrades, proration, and cancellation — all self-contained. No third-party subscription plugin needed.
Daily License Heartbeat
Your plugin checks in daily. If the license lapses or is suspended, your plugin disables features automatically. Enforcement is passive.
White-Label — 100% Your Brand
Your logo, colors, email sender name. Customers see your brand, not ours. Built-in live preview on the Branding settings page.
Drop-In Integration Code Included
An example client plugin with a ready-to-use license check class ships in the box. The Integration Guide in WP Admin has copy-paste code for every endpoint.
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Up and running in an afternoon
Four steps from install to protected.
Install & Activate
Drop the plugin into your WooCommerce store. Activate it. Tables create automatically.
Link a Product Plan
Connect any WooCommerce product to a license plan. Set site limits, expiry, and subscription type.
Add 3 Lines to Your Plugin
Copy the client license check class from the Integration Guide. Add the daily verify call. Done.
Customers Log In, Not Copy Keys
From your plugin's settings page, customers enter their email & password. One click. Domain activated.
Stop paying 5%
of every sale
to a SaaS platform.
Freemius, EDD, Paddle — they all take a cut. Every month. Forever. The more successful your plugin, the more you pay them.
Sentio License Manager is $149 once. Install it on your server. It runs on your infrastructure, talks to your WooCommerce, stores data in your database. No platform dependency. No revenue share. No annual renewal.
✦ Sentio License Manager v1.3.1
One-time · Unlimited sites · Lifetime updates
Available on sentioaddons.com & WooCommerce Marketplace
You built the plugin.
Now protect it.
Every day you ship without licensing is a day someone installs your work without paying for it. $149 pays for itself the first month.
One-time purchase · Self-hosted · WordPress 6.7+ · WooCommerce 9+
*All Sales are final. Once you download the source code, it’s yours forever. We can’t get it back.*