A friend who builds foreign trade websites just asked Naiba: „It“s about plugins. After buying for one year, you have to continue buying, right?„
UseWordPress to build websitesFriends should know that WordPress has many paid plugins and themes that can be purchased and used, which is very convenient. However, most of them are subscribed on an annual basis, meaning you need to renew the second year.
So,Do WordPress paid themes and paid plugins need renewal?
Let's start with theanswer：Paid themes do not need renewal; paid plugins may need renewal depending on the situation.
Paid themes can be used without renewal
Most foreign trade professionals, when choosing a paid theme for website building, consider purchasing fromThemeforestpurchasing (Tutorial), for example, popular themes like Avada, The7, Flatsome, only have about 6 months of paid support. If you want to continue paid support, you have to pay extra to purchase it.
And if you don't renew in the second year, it means you lose after-sales support. However, if the theme has updates, you can still download the new version installation package from the backend.
Does technical support for paid themes need renewal?
There is no special need, because their support is only for the theme itself, such as not knowing how to use it or theme bugs, but they won't help you operate. That is, if you have a problem, you email them, and they tell you how to set it up. Most of the setup methods are links to their help documentation.
And generally, it's very rare that a website isn't built within 6 months, so after-sales support is unnecessary.
Paid plugins may need renewal depending on the situation
For paid plugins, after the first year expires, check whether you can download the latest installation package from the backend of the purchase website.If you can download it, then no renewal is needed; if you cannot download it, then renewal is recommended.。
Plugins are different from themes. Theme updates are mostly CSS styles or new feature additions, with very few security-related updates.
Plugin updates, on the other hand, usually include bug fixes for older versions, which have a greater impact on security. So if you can't keep it up to date, for the sake of website security, it is recommended to renew to get update support.
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