Pro & license
Pro adds a free shipping bar, coupons, recommendations, display rules, cart behavior options and design extras to the same settings screen. Free keeps working on its own.
What Pro adds
| Tab | Adds |
|---|---|
| Cart Goal | A free shipping or spend-goal progress bar. |
| Coupon | Apply and remove coupons in the cart. |
| Product Recommendations | Related, cross-sell or upsell products. |
| Custom Content | A cart note and trust-badge blocks. |
| Advanced | Display Rules, Behavior, Mini/Side Cart, Floating Cart and Custom CSS. |
| License | Activation and status. |
Pro also adds 7 design presets to the top of the free Appearance tab. Colors, panel text and styling, the cart icons, animation and the quantity setting are free settings and work without a license.
Pro's settings are saved separately from Free's. If you set up colors, panel text or styling in an earlier Pro version, the values that were switched on are copied once into Free's settings, so your carts keep their look. Deactivating Pro leaves the Free Mini Cart, Side Cart, Header Cart and Floating Cart working as before.
Activating your license
- Install Pro next to Free
Free must be installed and active; WooCommerce too.
- Open License
Paste your key and click Activate. The status shows Active (or Active (Lifetime)) with the renewal date and a masked key.
- Set up the tabs
Each feature has its own Enable switch.
- Status "Active" with the "Renews/expires" date
- Masked key and Deactivate button
Only administrators can activate or deactivate; Shop Managers see the status and "Only a site administrator can activate or deactivate the license." The license is checked from wp-admin and background tasks (every 12 hours), never when shoppers browse. If the license server can't be reached, the last known status is kept and the check is retried an hour later. Activating on another site uses one of your license's sites; deactivate here first when moving.
Pro also adds a Settings link to its row on the Plugins screen (it opens this tab) and a Pro License card (Active or Inactive) to System Status.
Status labels
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Active · Active (Lifetime) | Pro is on. A license with an end date also shows "Renews/expires" and the date. |
| Inactive | No key is entered, or the license server no longer accepts it for this site (for example it expired, was cancelled or isn't activated for this site's address). Renew, or click Activate again. |
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| That license key is not valid. | Check you copied the whole key. |
| That license key is for a different product. | Use your Mini Cart & Side Cart Pro key. |
| Could not reach the license server. | Your server can't make outgoing HTTPS requests; try again or ask your host. |
| Activation failed. Please try again. | Often the license is already active on its maximum number of sites; deactivate it elsewhere or contact Siteryn. |
Before you activate
Every Pro tab can be explored as a preview ("Pro preview": "Activate your license to use this feature") with its controls disabled and no Save button or Reset card; the banner links to Activate license and Get a license. The design presets are hidden on the Appearance tab. Pro settings can't be saved or reset without a license (a save attempt shows "Activate your license on the License tab to save Premium settings."). Nothing Pro runs on your store until the license is active.
Activating or deactivating on the License tab unlocks or locks the Pro tabs and presets straight away, without reloading the page.
What changes when you activate
If a license lapses
- All Pro features stop on the storefront, and the cart looks and behaves like Free (including on the cart and checkout pages). Your colors, panel text and styling are free settings, so they stay.
- Pro settings are kept and shown as a preview until you renew.
- Coupons shoppers already applied stay on their carts.
Deleting Pro
Deleting Pro removes its settings and license data. Free's settings are untouched.