Install & Validate: Apps & Plugins Licensing
(Required for all products)
Use this guide first before any individual plugin instructions. It takes you from download to validation so your purchased plugin(s) unlock correctly.
Before you start
- WordPress Role: Administrator
- WordPress version: 6.x recommended
- Access you’ll need:
- Your WordPress admin area
- Your purchased license key (find it in your purchase email or in My Account on apps-and-plugins.co.uk)
Important: Until a plugin is validated, its menus, widgets and front-end integrations are hidden/gated.
1) Download the Licensing Plugin
Download the Apps & Plugins Licensing Plugin (one-time install; it supports all our plugins).
Download the Licensing Plugin
2) Install the Licensing Plugin
Method A — via WordPress admin (recommended)
- In WordPress go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- Choose File and select the .zip you just downloaded.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
Method B — via (S)FTP
- Unzip the download locally.
- Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
- In WordPress go to Plugins and click Activate for the licensing plugin.
After activation you’ll find a new page at Settings → Apps & Plugins Licenses.
This page will look empty until you install/activate one of our plugins.
3) Upload and Activate your Purchased Plugin(s)
Install your purchased plugin(s) in the usual way (Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin → Install Now → Activate).
When an Apps & Plugins product is activated, a matching licensing panel will appear dynamically on Settings → Apps & Plugins Licenses.
4) Open the Licenses Page and Validate
- Go to Settings → Apps & Plugins Licenses.
- Find the panel for your activated plugin.
- Paste your license key into the field for that plugin.
- Copy it exactly as shown (watch case; no extra spaces/characters).
- You’ll find the key in your purchase email or in My Account on apps-and-plugins.co.uk.
- Click Save & Validate.
- Wait a moment while your website securely checks and registers the key.
Success: You’ll see a Valid tick next to the key. The plugin unlocks immediately, and any admin menu items/widgets become available.
If you don’t see the menu straight away, refresh the page. If you use a cache plugin, clear/refresh caches.
In your apps-and-plugins.co.uk account, refresh your Licenses page and you’ll see the license now marked In Use.
5) Using More Than One Plugin?
- Keep the Licensing Plugin installed just once.
- Install/activate each additional Apps & Plugins product, then validate it in its own panel on Settings → Apps & Plugins Licenses.
- Each product validates independently.
Moving a License to Another Website
- Log in to apps-and-plugins.co.uk → My Account → Licenses and Deactivate the license for the current site.
- On the current site, go to Settings → Apps & Plugins Licenses, clear/remove the key for that plugin and click Save & Validate (it will now show as deactivated).
- On the new website, install the Licensing Plugin (if not already present), install/activate your product, then enter the same key and click Save & Validate.
Troubleshooting
- “Valid” shows but no menus/widgets appear
Refresh the admin page. If you use page/object caching, purge caches. Hard-refresh your browser (Shift+Reload). - “Invalid key” or “Could not validate”
Double-check you pasted the exact key (no spaces). Confirm you’re validating the right product. If the key is already in use elsewhere, deactivate it there first. - No licensing panel appears
Ensure the purchased plugin is installed and activated. The panel only appears for active Apps & Plugins products. - Firewall/security plugin blocking validation
Allow outbound requests from WordPress (WP_HTTP/cURL). Whitelist your site’s connection to our license server if your security plugin blocks external calls. - Still stuck?
Note any on-screen message and contact support with: your site URL, plugin name & version, WordPress version, and the exact issue observed.
Good to know
- You only need to install the Licensing Plugin once. Add as many Apps & Plugins products as you like; validate each in its panel.
- If you remove the Licensing Plugin, you will also remove access to license management/validation until it’s reinstalled.
That’s it—your plugin is now installed, validated and ready to use.
Welcome to Visaro Agency Server Installation!
This documentation helps with the installation of Visaro Agency Server only – all documentation on how to setup, configure, etc., is built in to the plugin itself inside the comprehensive Help pane (bottom left of menu on all panes).
1. Recommended Installation
We recommend that Visaro Agency Server is insalled in a stand-alone WordPress install only.
Installation can be a sub-domain or a completely stand-alone domain, it’s really up to you and how we wish to use Visaro Agency Server – you may wish to have a completely white-labelled domain or you may want a sub-domain if your clients are using your client links to view or interact with their data.
2. Before You Begin
You must have:
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The Apps & Plugins Licensing plugin installed and activated.
3. Installation
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- Install your Visaro Agency Server plugin just as the Apps & Plugins Licensing plugin above.
- Once uploaded to your chosen istall of WordPress, navigate to the Apps & Plugins Licensing plugin in the left admin menu, insert your licence code, validate – you are complete and ready to start configuration using the details found in the plugins Help menu.