Starting from version 1.8.0, license statuses in the Digital License Manager WordPress plugin are categorized into two distinct types:
🔒 Private License Statuses
These are internal statuses that determine how a license behaves in the system and how it’s managed by the admin or plugin logic. Typically, those shouldn’t be adjusted manually in most cases unless there is really valid reason.
- Active
Licenses available in stock and ready to be sold. When a customer purchases a product configured to assign licenses from stock, one marked as Active will be used. - Inactive
Licenses that are excluded from any processing or assignment. They are not considered in stock and won’t be used in orders. - Delivered
Licenses that have already been automatically delivered to customers upon purchase but haven’t necessarily been used or activated. - Sold
Licenses that have been sold directly from stock, indicating they are no longer available for other orders. - Disabled
Licenses that have been manually disabled by the admin and are no longer usable or assignable.
🌐 Public License Statuses
These statuses reflect how a license appears in the “My Account” area or how its condition is perceived by customers or integrations. They are derived from the private status and License expiration information (expires_at).
- Valid
A license is considered Valid if it has been Delivered or Sold, and it has not expired (based on theexpires_atdate). - Invalid
A license is considered Invalid if its private status is Inactive or Disabled, meaning it’s unusable or blocked. Licenses can be Disabled for various reasons, for example Refunds. - Expired
A license is Expired if it was Delivered or Sold, but its expiration date (expires_at) has passed.