Update forces a second license for lifetime owners
After an update, the plugin demands a second license purchase even from a site owner with a lifetime membership.
1 public report · first reported 6 October 2025 · last reported 6 October 2025
What's going wrong
Some WP Statistics owners who bought lifetime memberships found that after a recent update the plugin stopped working until they bought an additional license. One owner had paid years ago, installed it on a new website, and saw the redesigned version refuse to work without another purchase. The problem affects long-time paying customers who expected their purchase to cover the product, and it creates a sense of being charged twice. A fix could be a license manager that checks entitlements before updates ship and an upgrade path that honors earlier purchases, which would reduce surprise costs for loyal users.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative.
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Who has this problem
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