Free users blocked by paid license prompts
Free-tier users see paid license prompts and cannot get updates, while core search quirks stay locked behind the subscription.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 7 July 2025 · last reported 7 February 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners who installed the free version of the search plugin say that updates now prompt them to buy a license, and that the account page shows them as premium users even though they are on the free tier.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.