Activating your License

Now you’re ready to register and activate your license.

1. Navigate to the settings screen of your Daan.dev plugin (e.g. CAOS or OMGF) and click on the newly added Manage License tab.

   

2. Enter your license key in the input field, next to the name of your purchase plugin, e.g. CAOS Pro, OMGF Pro or WP Help Scout Docs.
3. Click Activate License next to the input field you just entered your license.

Not getting a Success Message?

No worries. We’ll figure it out. Contact me and include the full error message in your message.

Activating your License using WP CLI

In v1.13.0 (released on July 26th, 2023 in all my plugins) of the license manager I’ve included WP CLI support.

This version is included with:

• OMGF Pro v3.8.3
• CAOS Pro v2.5.4
• OMGF Additional Fonts v1.3.3

For those of you managing a lot of sites (Agency and Ultimate license holders) this allows you to automate plugin installation (using wp plugin activate  ) and license activation. Here’s how it works:

Listing installed Daan.dev plugins

To activate your license, you’ll need a license key (provided to you in the checkout success screen, by email and in your account area) and the ID by which the plugin is identified in the license manager system.

This ID can be retrieved by running the following WP CLI command, without any additional parameters:

wp daan list_plugins

This command will list all installed Daan.dev plugins on your system, along with their internal IDs.

Activating your Daan.dev license using WP CLI

Once you’ve retrieved the internal ID, the rest is a breeze.

Simply run the following command to activate your license key using WP CLI:

wp daan activate --key="your license_key" --id="internal_id"
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You might’ve guessed that your_license_key  and internal_id  need to be replaced with actual values, e.g.

If successfull, the output will look something like this:

Licence(s) Failed to Validate

My plugins include a license manager, which encrypts your license keys before storing them into your database. This is to ensure they never end up in anyone’s hands besides yours. For encryption two random strings are generated. To limit the risk of a malicious actor finding both: one is stored in the database and the other is stored in WordPress’ wp-config.php file.

The licenses are used to check for updates. If for some reason decrypting the license fails, the license manager will display an error in WordPress’ admin area:

Required Encryption Key(s) are Missing

After the page has reloaded, both the button and the error message should no longer be displayed.

If the error message is still there, then it might be your wp-config.php file is locked for editing. This means you’ll have to make the modifications yourself:

1. Navigate to the wp-config.php file stored in the root of your WordPress install.
   

   Please note that on some hosts the wp-config.php is located elsewhere for improved security, usually one directory up from the WordPress install root.
   
   Example: the German hosting provider, Raidboxes, allows you to edit the wp-config.php file from within the server administration area: Login to your raidboxes.io account > [Name of your box] > Settings > WordPress > wp-config.php.

   Some hosting providers (like WP Engine’s FlyWheel) don’t allow access to the wp-config.php file. In this case you’ll need to contact them and ask them to make the proposed changes.

2. Verify that there’s no line near the top of the wp-config.php file, containing the string DAAN_LICENSE_ENC_KEY.
   

   If it is and you’re getting the error mentioned above, make sure that there’s not another wp-config.php file in use elsewehere. Lost? Contact me

3. Generate a random encryption key, by clicking here.
4. Enter the following code, right before this line: “/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */“
   define('DAAN_LICENSE_ENC_KEY', 'YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY');
5. Replace YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY with the string you generated, so it’ll look something like this:
   define('DAAN_LICENSE_ENC_KEY', 'psg9LRaDZw2LGnwZ5cKx4OHnF0pcEMLeqSX3DGnVAz3I8F5Cv9lv9p8Sn49Ru3NL');

After this you can savely (re-)enter your license keys.

Still getting the “Required Encryption Keys are Missing” error message?

If you’re still getting the required encryption keys are missing error, after adding the DAAN_LICENSE_ENC_KEY  constant to the wp-config.php  file, then something odd is going on. Please contact me and provide as much context as you can.

Encryption Key has Changed

In the unusual event that the encryption key has been changed or removed, the error above will be displayed. Without the encryption key, the license keys can’t be restored. The only way to resolve this is to re-enter your license keys.