Licensing And Updates

Licensing & Updates

Hooked on Facets is GPL-2.0-or-later. The premium distribution adds a license key that unlocks automatic updates from the SHEPDESIGN store, backed by Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Software Licensing.

For site owners

1. Buy a license at https://hookedonfacets.com.
2. In Hooked on Facets → License, paste your key and click Activate.
3. Once valid, update notifications and one-click updates appear on the Plugins screen like any other plugin.

The plugin re-validates the key daily (cron) and on demand. Deactivating the key frees the activation for use on another site.

Enforcement

Enforcement is soft by default: an unlicensed site sees an admin notice but all features keep working. (A future strict mode can gate features.) Override:

define( 'HOF_LICENSE_ENFORCEMENT', 'soft' ); // or 'strict'

Configuration constants

Set in wp-config.php:

Constant	Purpose
HOF_LICENSE_STORE_URL	EDD store base URL (default https://hookedonfacets.com).
HOF_LICENSE_ITEM_ID	The EDD Download / item ID this plugin maps to.
HOF_LICENSE_ENFORCEMENT	soft (default) or strict.
HOF_LICENSE_DEV_MODE	true to treat any key as valid (local dev / CI).

For the store operator (SHEPDESIGN)

To make activation and updates work end to end:

1. Stand up EDD + EDD Software Licensing on hookedonfacets.com.
2. Create the Download for Hooked on Facets and note its item ID.
3. Wire that ID into the build as HOF_LICENSE_ITEM_ID (or ship it in a config).
4. Upload each release ZIP to the Download so the updater can serve it.

See the Launch Checklist for the full runway.