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3.3 Activating a License on a Site

This page covers the Tangible Cloud side of activating a license: copying the key and confirming the activation went through. For the first-time walkthrough that also covers downloading and installing the plugin, see Activating a Plugin on Your Site.

Before you begin​

Have:

  • A WordPress site with the Tangible plugin installed and activated in WordPress.
  • A valid Tangible Cloud license for that plugin — visible on the Licensing page with status Active and at least one remaining activation slot.

Copy the license key​

  1. Click Licensing in the left navigation.
  2. Find the license for the plugin you want to activate. Use the search or filter pills if needed (see Viewing Your Licenses).
  3. Click the copy icon next to the masked key in the Key column. The full key is copied to your clipboard.

Alternatively, open the license detail page, click Reveal Key, and copy from the input field.

Paste the key into the plugin's License tab​

Switch to your WordPress site's admin area. Each Tangible plugin adds a License tab inside its own settings. The exact location varies per plugin — the plugin-specific documentation has the path.

Paste the key into the License Key field and click Activate.

Confirm the activation in Tangible Cloud​

Back in Tangible Cloud:

  1. Open the license detail page from Licensing.
  2. Click the Activations tab.
  3. The site you just activated appears with status Active and Connection Accepted.

[MEDIA: screenshot | 3-3-licensing-detail-activations-populated.png | Same capture as used in 2.4 Activating a Plugin on Your Site — the Activations tab of a license detail page with at least one site listed. If that file already exists, reuse; otherwise follow the same capture guidance: license with active site(s), hostname plus Active plus Connection Accepted visible per row, descriptive tab text at top visible. Desktop view, tight crop.] [ALT: Tangible Cloud license Activations tab showing a populated list of sites where the license is currently activated] [CAPTION: none]

Two other places confirm the activation succeeded:

  • Websites in the left navigation lists the site with the plugin under it.
  • The license's activation count on the Licensing list page increases by one (for example, 0/1 becomes 1/1).

If the activation is rejected​

The most common rejection is the authorized_url_policy_denied error. It means you have URL Restrictions configured on the license and the site you're activating isn't on the allowed list. See Restricting License Usage for how to review and update restrictions.

For other errors (license expired, activation limit reached, connection pending), see the troubleshooting section in Activating a Plugin on Your Site.