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Revenue First Analytics needs an active license key to receive plugin updates. The key is in your wpgens.com purchase receipt email and on your purchase history page. Enter it in Rev Analytics > Settings, in the License & Updates card, and click Activate. Once the license is active, new versions appear on the Plugins screen and under Dashboard > Updates like any other plugin.
Where do you find your license key?
- Purchase receipt email: sent by wpgens.com right after checkout, with the key and the download link.
- Purchase history: log in to wpgens.com and open your purchase history. Each purchase lists its license key and the plugin download.
Activate the license on your site
- Install and activate the plugin as described in Getting Started with Revenue First Analytics.
- Open Rev Analytics and click the gear icon in the top bar to open Settings.
- The License & Updates card is the first card. Paste your key into the License key field and click Activate (or press Enter).
- A green dot and the message License active. Updates are enabled. (or License active until [date]. Updates are enabled.) confirm the activation. The card shows your key masked, with only its last four characters visible.
Activation contacts wpgens.com once and records your site URL against the license. The key is stored on your site only after wpgens.com reports it as valid; if activation fails, the card shows the reason and nothing is stored. The site needs to be able to reach https://wpgens.com for activation, status checks and updates.
What do the status messages mean?
The card checks the license with wpgens.com and caches the result for 12 hours. Activating or deactivating refreshes it immediately.
| Message | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Add your license key to receive plugin updates. | No key is stored yet. | Paste your key and click Activate. |
| License active. Updates are enabled. / License active until [date]. Updates are enabled. | Valid and activated for this site. The date is the expiry; lifetime licenses show no date. | Nothing. |
| Your license expired on [date]. Renew it to keep receiving updates. | The license has lapsed. | Renew on wpgens.com, then reactivate (see below). |
| License key is valid but not active for this site. Click Activate. | The key exists but this site URL is not registered against it, for example after a domain change or a site copy. | Click Deactivate site, then enter the key and Activate again. |
| This license is not active for this site. | Activation was refused for this URL. | Check that the key belongs to this purchase; if the key has moved to another site, deactivate it there first. |
| This license key has reached its activation limit. | Every site slot of the license is in use. | Deactivate the license on a site you no longer use, or upgrade the license on wpgens.com. |
| Invalid license key. | The key does not exist. | Copy it again from your receipt or purchase history; watch for extra spaces. |
| This license key is not for Revenue First Analytics. | The key belongs to a different WPGens product. | Use the key listed for Revenue First Analytics. |
| This license key has been disabled. | The license was disabled or revoked. | Contact WPGens through the contact page. |
| Could not reach wpgens.com. Please try again. | Your server could not connect to wpgens.com. | Try again later; if it persists, ask your host whether outgoing HTTPS requests are blocked. |
While the license is anything other than active, the card also shows a Manage license on wpgens.com link to your purchase history.
How do updates show up?
With an active license the plugin joins WordPress’s regular update check. When wpgens.com has a newer version, you see it in the same places as every other plugin:
- On the Plugins screen, an update notice under the Revenue First Analytics row with an update now link and a View version details link that opens the changelog.
- Under Dashboard > Updates, where you can update it together with other plugins.
- In the update count badge on the admin menu.
Updating keeps your settings, goals, funnels and all analytics data; the database tables are upgraded in place if the new version needs it. You can also download the latest zip from your purchase history and upload it over the installed version at any time.
Move the license to another site
Each activation is tied to a site URL. To move it:
- On the old site, open Settings and click Deactivate site in the License & Updates card. Confirm the dialog. The slot is released and the key is removed from that site.
- On the new site, enter the key and click Activate.
If the old site no longer exists, manage the activations from your purchase history on wpgens.com instead. Deactivating the license does not affect tracking or reports on either site.
What happens when the license expires?
The plugin keeps working. Tracking, attribution, reports, goals, funnels and integrations do not check the license and are never switched off. What stops is updates: WordPress no longer offers new versions, and the card shows Your license expired on [date]. Renew it to keep receiving updates.
Renew the license
Renew from your purchase history on wpgens.com. Because the status is cached for 12 hours, the card may still say expired right after renewing. To refresh it immediately, click Deactivate site, then enter the same key and click Activate again. The next update check will then include the plugin.
Every other setting on the screen is covered in Revenue First Analytics Settings Explained.