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WooCommerce API Manager

by Todd Lahman LLCv3.9.0Unlimited sites

WooCommerce API Manager is a plugin from Todd Lahman LLC that helps you sell and manage API keys for digital products inside WooCommerce.

Product facts

Version
3.9.0
Released
30 October 2026
Type
Plugin
Licence
GPL
Included in
Every plan, or $9.79 / year on its own

Overview

Selling software, apps or subscription services through WooCommerce raises a practical question: how do you decide who gets access, and for how long? This plugin answers it by issuing a key when a customer buys, then checking that key whenever the customer's software contacts your store. Activation limits and access rules stay under your control, and the setup works with products and orders you already have.

The plugin includes a RESTful API for activating, deactivating and checking keys, listing products and delivering updates, so it works with any programming language. A PHP library is included for WordPress plugins and themes. It also connects to WooCommerce Subscriptions for recurring payments, which suits developers and digital product sellers who need renewals and upgrades handled in one place.

Features

  • Automatic key generation: A key is issued when a customer buys a product, so only paying customers receive access to your software or digital services.
  • RESTful licensing API: Handle activation, deactivation, status checks, product listings and update deployment programmatically, using any programming language that can make API requests.
  • Renewal reminder emails: Built-in emails go out 30, 7 and 1 day before a subscription expires, with a follow-up after it has expired.
  • Upgrades and downgrades: Customers can switch subscription tiers or add more activations, with pro-rated billing applied to the change.
  • Software update delivery: Deliver updates through secure links hosted on Amazon S3, remote URLs or local servers, with support for auto-updates.
  • WooCommerce Subscriptions integration: Recurring payment collection and subscription management work through WooCommerce Subscriptions and its supported billing gateways.
  • API key access control: Validate customer API keys online to control product access and enforce activation limits on your digital assets.
  • Migration and PHP library: Move data over from the WooCommerce Software Add-on, and use the included PHP library to connect your own WordPress plugins and themes.

Best for

  • Developers selling WordPress plugins or themes
  • Software and SaaS vendors using WooCommerce
  • Stores selling subscription-based digital services

Changelog

Version 3.9.0 — 29 October 2026

  • Improved Misc - Requires WordPress 6.3+ and WooCommerce 9.9+. Update WooCommerce before updating API Manager
  • Fixed Renewals of a product sold on a WooCommerce Subscriptions plan no longer issue a second license, and the Licensing resources repair tool removes the ones already created
  • Fixed Removing a product from a subscription now keeps its license key and activations working until the end of the period already paid for
  • Fixed Regenerating licensing resources after changing an order's customer now moves its licenses, and the user license key that activates them, to the new customer
  • Fixed The Regenerate licensing resources order note now says how many licensing resources the order has, or why none could be created
  • Fixed Ignore activations from local sites such as localhost, 127.0.0.1 and [::1] when test activations are ignored
  • Fixed Deactivating a site that is now recognized as a test site frees the activation it used before
  • Fixed Sites with an activated license now see a product's new version in update checks as soon as the product is saved, instead of once the API cache expires
  • Improved Update the bundled Fenix framework to version 1.14
  • Improved Update the bundled CommonMark library to version 2.10, which includes upstream security fixes
  • New Add the `kestrel_api_manager_is_test_activation` filter to decide whether an activation is a test activation that doesn't count against the activation limit

Earlier versions

  • 3.8.1 (23 September 2026): 1 fixed
  • 3.8.0 (29 July 2026): 3 improved, 3 fixed
  • 3.7.7 (7 July 2026): 1 improved, 1 fixed

FAQ

Is WooCommerce API Manager free?

The code of WooCommerce API Manager is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. Buy GPL is a paid service: a plan or a purchase of WooCommerce API Manager gives you the download and its updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.

Which version of WooCommerce API Manager is this?

Version 3.9.0, released 30 October 2026. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them.

How do I update WooCommerce API Manager?

Install Buy GPL Updater on your site and paste your key from My Account. It installs new versions of WooCommerce API Manager for you.

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