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How to Protect My New Wordpress Plugin?

by Social Experts
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Ok, I have a new Wordpress Plugin coming out the WILL be shared on blackhat forums. What can I do to protect the plugin as much as possible?
#plugin #protect #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Matt

    Have it "call home" with a user ID and password you assign to valid users. Manage the passwords within a central database. That way if it gets shared by bluefarters you can simply disable the offending account.

    I've done this on some of my designs and it works very well. Hope it helps with yours, and best of luck with your plugin.

    Happy New Year!

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Social Experts
      Originally Posted by mywebwork View Post

      Hi Matt

      Have it "call home" with a user ID and password you assign to valid users. Manage the passwords within a central database. That way if it gets shared by bluefarters you can simply disable the offending account.

      I've done this on some of my designs and it works very well. Hope it helps with yours, and best of luck with your plugin.

      Happy New Year!

      Bill
      Yeah that's what I need Thanks a lot.
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      Chill.

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  • Profile picture of the author Happy_Balance
    Protection from hackers = already answered.
    Protection from lawyers?
    What about the lawyers...

    FYI:
    The Wordpress founder is increasingly radical about being "pure GPL" for all legit themes and plugins.

    The future of paid plugins lies in projects with the Lgpl, MIT, and other similar licenses.
    Good luck, I'm just trying to help.
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    Every Day Is Fun! :)

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  • Profile picture of the author Revolves
    There is a nice point that you bring there Happy_Balance. GPL does allow you to sell your plugins, but at the same time also allows your customers to redistribute it under GPL (possibly for free). However, if you provide good support, then people will buy from you to get that support, rather than using a random WP plugin.

    Also, if your plugin requires an API hosted on your servers, then you can charge for the API. Even though people may give away your plugin, but everyone will still need a valid API license.

    Regards,
    Revolves
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