Activating your license key is the step that turns a freshly installed CTX Feed Pro into a fully unlocked plugin. Until you activate, Pro is present but its extra features stay switched off. This guide shows you exactly where to paste your key, what happens when you click Activate, and how to confirm the license is live — so advanced filters, attribute mapping, dynamic attributes, FTP/SFTP upload, multilingual and multi-currency compatibility, and AI-assistant access all become available on this site.
This step requires CTX Feed Pro. The free CTX Feed plugin does not use a license key — everything in free is unlocked out of the box. If you have not installed Pro yet, do that first (see How to install CTX Feed Pro); the free CTX Feed engine must also be installed and active, because Pro runs on top of it.
Opened the License page before installing Pro?
The License page is always listed under CTX Feed → System → License, even on a site that only has the free plugin. Until CTX Feed Pro is installed and active, it shows the steps to get there instead of the key field:
- Already bought CTX Feed Pro? Click Download CTX Feed Pro (it opens My Account → Downloads on webappick.com), then Go to Upload Plugin to upload the zip file and activate it. Then come back here and paste your key.
- Don’t have CTX Feed Pro yet? Click Get CTX Feed Pro, buy a plan, then download, upload and activate it the same way.
If CTX Feed Pro is already uploaded but switched off, the page says so and offers a one-click Activate CTX Feed Pro button instead:
The upload and activate buttons only appear for users who are allowed to install and activate plugins; other users see a note to ask a site administrator. Entering the license key also needs an administrator — a Shop Manager can open the License page but can’t activate it.
What a license key does
Your key ties this WordPress site to your CTX Feed Pro purchase. Activating it does two things:
- Unlocks Pro features. CTX Feed checks the key with the WebAppick licensing server and flips on the Pro-only capabilities for this site.
- Enables updates. An active license lets the site receive Pro plugin updates.
One key covers the number of sites in your plan (for example, a Single Site, Five Sites, or Ten Sites plan). Each site you activate uses one seat from that total.
Where to find your license key
You do not generate the key yourself — WebAppick issues it with your purchase. You can find it in either place:
- Your purchase confirmation email.
- Your WebAppick account at webappick.com, under My Account → License keys: copy the Master key, or the per-product key next to your CTX Feed Pro order (click Copy).
Copy the whole key exactly, with no leading or trailing spaces.
Activate the key
- In your WordPress dashboard, open CTX Feed, then go to System → License.
- On the Activate CTX Feed Pro card, paste your key into the License key field (its placeholder reads “Paste your API key”).
- Click Activate. (The button stays disabled until you have typed a key.)
- Wait a moment while CTX Feed contacts the licensing server. On success you see a confirmation and the page reloads automatically — the reload is required so the newly unlocked Pro features, menus, and settings appear everywhere.
You do not have to select a product or plan. Activation is key-only: CTX Feed automatically detects which plan your key belongs to and activates against it.
Confirm the license is active
After the reload, the License page shows the activated state instead of the key field:
- A green Active pill at the top of the license card.
- A details grid with PRODUCT (your plan’s product name), EXPIRES (your renewal date and the days left, or Lifetime), SITES (seats used out of your plan total, or the site count with “Unlimited plan”), and LICENSE KEY (shown masked for security).
- A License messages card summarising the current status — for example, a “License verified” note, or a “License expires in N days” reminder in the last 30 days before renewal.
If you see all of this, Pro is active on this site and you can start using the Pro features.
- Active pill — Pro is unlocked on this site; next to it, the renewal date or Lifetime.
- Manage license key — opens My Account → License keys on webappick.com.
- The details grid — PRODUCT, EXPIRES, SITES and the masked LICENSE KEY.
- Deactivate license — frees this site’s seat.
- License messages — the current status, such as “License verified”.
If your license expires
When a license is no longer active, Pro doesn’t switch off at once. After the weekly check reports it, you get 7 days’ notice with a License could not be verified warning (see Manage license key). After that, Pro features lock, and the License page shows the Activate CTX Feed Pro card again with a “License expired” message: renew in your WebAppick account, then activate the key again here.
Troubleshooting activation
If activation does not succeed, CTX Feed shows a message explaining why. The cause usually falls into one of three groups:
- A problem with your site’s connection. Your server could not reach the licensing server — commonly because outbound requests are blocked by a firewall, a security plugin, or the
WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNALsetting. Allow outbound requests to webappick.com (or add it toWP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS), then try again. - A problem at the licensing server. The server was briefly unavailable or returned an unexpected response. Wait a few minutes and click Activate again.
- A problem with the key itself. The key is mistyped, belongs to another product, expired, was refunded, or its activation limit is reached; the message shown is the license server’s own explanation. See Cannot activate API key — No API resources available for the account-side checks.
Other quick fixes:
- “Please enter your license key.” The field was empty — paste the key and retry.
- Nothing changes after activation. The page reloads by itself about a second after success. If Pro still looks locked, do a hard refresh of the admin page.
- Activation limit reached. All seats in your plan are in use. Deactivate the license on a site you no longer use to free a seat, or add sites to your plan.
Related guides
- How to install CTX Feed Pro
- Manage license key
- Deactivate license
- Cannot activate API key — No API resources available
