MyBookaro Pro requires an active, valid license to boot premium modules. Lite continues working with or without Pro, and even when a Pro license has expired.

Activate your license #

1. WP Admin → MyBookaro → License.
2. Paste the license key from your purchase email.
3. Click Activate.
4. Wait for the status to flip to Active (usually a couple of seconds).

After activation, Pro tabs appear in Settings: Payments, Calendar, Messages, Webhooks, Reports, Exports, Staff, Custom Forms.

What gets sent on activation #

• License key
• Site URL
• Plugin version

No analytics or telemetry. The licensing service responds with a signed payload that’s verified locally against an embedded RSA public key.

Deactivate before moving sites #

If you’re migrating to a new domain, deactivate first on the old site so the seat frees up. Otherwise activation on the new site may fail with “seat limit reached”.

If your license expires #

• Lite keeps working normally.
• Pro premium modules stop booting (Payments, Calendar, Chat, Reports, etc.).
• Pro updates are blocked.
• Existing data stays untouched. Renewing re-enables everything.

Troubleshooting #

• “Invalid license” — verify the key, check that the site URL hasn’t changed, and check that BOOKARO_PRO_LICENSE_API_URL is reachable.
• “Public key missing” — your Pro plugin is older than the licensing system; update Pro to the latest version.

For developers: see Reference → Constants & defines for the full list of BOOKARO_PRO_LICENSE_* constants you can override.

Related docs #

• Choose your lane
• First booking test
• Install MyBookaro