This guide explains how PublishPress license keys work for multisite networks, and sites installed on subdomains or subfolders.
Licenses and multisite networks #
A single site license is all you need to use PublishPress plugins on a WordPress multisite network.
A WordPress multi-site network only has a single plugins directory, which is shared by all sites. So if a plugin is updated for one site, it is updated for all sites. For that reason, a single license can be used for an entire network.
Adding the license to multisite networks #
Add the license key to the main site in your multisite network. You will be able to check for new updates from the main site and also the network admin site.
If you add the license key to individual sub-site, each one will be counted as an extra site in our system. Please contact us if you want to do this as you may need need extra site licenses.
Licenses and individual sites on the same domain #
PublishPress support and plugin updates are provided using site licenses. That is not the same as a “domain license”. So if you have separate WordPress installs located across subfolders and subdomains, each site will require a unique site license.
One way to think about this is that you need a license for each /wp-content/plugins/ folder. A multisite network only has one of these folders, but separate WordPress installs all have their own version of this folder.