Let's say you have a cleaner library. Is it okay to limit the free version that is hosted on the WordPress-repo to max clean 10.000 entries; after that you would have to pay for the pro version?
Let's say you have a cleaner library. Is it okay to limit the free version that is hosted on the WordPress-repo to max clean 10.000 entries; after that you would have to pay for the pro version?
Share Improve this question asked Sep 14, 2020 at 21:47 FooBarFooBar 4441 gold badge8 silver badges23 bronze badges 1- Questions about the plugin repository should be directed to them, as they are not questions about WordPress itself. You should review the plugin guidelines if you have any questions: developer.wordpress/plugins/wordpress-org/…, particularly #5. – Jacob Peattie Commented Sep 15, 2020 at 0:16
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Reset to default 0Trialware is not permitted (props @jacob): https://developer.wordpress/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/#5-trialware-is-not-permitted
With the only exception being
Attempting to upsell the user on ad-hoc products and features is acceptable, provided it falls within bounds of guideline 11 (hijacking the admin experience).
https://developer.wordpress/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/#11-plugins-should-not-hijack-the-admin-dashboard
Sounds like the feature must be in a separate plugin itself to be within the guidelines for submitting a plugin to WordPress
Just make sure you're not that guy that has a plugin that's super annoying trying to upsell :)