# Licensed products

> Turn a WooCommerce product into licensed software, set its site limit, terms and release.

Tick **Licensed** at the top of a product's data box: each purchase then issues a license key. Fill in the **Licensing** tab:

![The Licensing tab of a product. Numbered: License works for, Updates and support for, and Latest version.](../../../../assets/docs/elm-product-licensing-tab.png)

**1** License works for. **2** Updates and support for. **3** Latest version. The table below explains every field.

| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Sites per license | How many sites one key can be active on at the same time, or unlimited. |
| License works for | Counted from the day the order is paid. 0 means it never expires. |
| Updates and support for | After this the key keeps working but gets no new versions. 0 means updates never stop. |
| Keys | Generate a new key for each sale, or hand out keys you import in the License Center. |
| Latest version | Sites running an older version are offered the update. Change it when you upload a new zip. |
| Rollout (%) | Offer the latest version to this share of sites first. See [Beta channel and staged rollouts](/docs/license-manager/beta-and-rollouts/). |
| Requires WordPress, Tested up to, Requires PHP | Shown in WordPress's "View details". For Tested up to, enter the branch, such as 7.1: it counts for every 7.1.x release. |
| Changelog | Shown to site owners with the update. |
| Beta version, Beta file | Offered only to sites that ask for the beta channel. |

The update file is the first `.zip` under the product's **Downloadable files**, the same one buyers download. When you save the product, Sell Your Plugins reads the version inside that zip: it fills in **Latest version** when that's empty, and warns when the two differ. The product's image is the icon WordPress shows next to the update.

## Variations

Each variation uses the product's licensing settings unless it sets its own under **Variations**: whether it issues keys, **Sites per license (0 = unlimited)**, how long the license works and how long updates last. A 1-site, 5-site and unlimited plan can be three variations of one product. Each purchase issues one key per unit bought. A variation's sites download the first `.zip` under that variation's **Downloadable files**, or the product's when it has none.

## Licenses made by hand

**Create licenses**, under **WooCommerce › Licenses**, makes keys for a customer without an order: for a support case, a reviewer or a plan change. Each key gets the product's (or variation's) **Updates and support for** period, as a sale does. To give more, change the date in the license's panel.

## Installs by version

A product's Licensing tab shows how many sites run each version, and each license's panel shows what each of its sites runs.

Checked against ZealDen Sell Your Plugins 1.1.4 on main, 19 October 2026.