--- title: Auto Activation for SureCart Licenced Plugins date: 2025-03-01T18:27:59Z modified: 2025-03-05T00:14:51Z permalink: "https://techarticles.co.uk/auto-activation-for-surecart-licenced-plugins/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 4594 categories: - Automation - Blog - Coding - Plugins - SureCart - Wordpress timestamp: 2025-03-05T00:14:51Z tags: - Automation - Blog - Coding - Plugins - SureCart - Wordpress --- I need to be able to auto activate a [surecart](https://ta0.uk/surecart) licensed plugin of mine, Ticket Manager Pro for SureCart, so I could create a sandbox to allow people to test it and this sandbox took a little planning for reasons like I needed to stop plugin uploads but allow people to connect there own SMTP connection – Thanks SureMails and Install SureCart but allow them to be able to connect there own API key. The issue I had was licenceing just like the bricks dilemea I couldn’t add it to the wp-config for it to spin up on creation so I needed to make another MU plugin to handle licence activation at creation of the site. My first port of call was the [Surecart SDK](https://github.com/surecart/wordpress-sdk); I was quite quickly able to produce a robust auto-activator that requires only three defined variables to work and should work with all SureCart Licenced products and add it to my MU autoupdater for future updates too. **Note 1** : SC\_OPTION\_NAME **MUST** be the correct one. I suggest activating and checking the database to make sure you get it correct. **Note 2:** The Plugins Public Token needs to go in SC\_PUBLIC\_TOKEN not your public token this connects the Licence Key to the plugin / Store and allows you to activate. ``` php /* Plugin Name: SureCart Plugins License Activator Description: Automatically activates a plugin license via SureCart API. Author: Nathan Foley Version: 1.3 */ // Exit if accessed directly. if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) { exit; } /** * Configuration constants. * * Replace 'your-license-key-here' with your license UUID. * Replace 'xxx' with your desired prefix (e.g., 'sc') for the option name. */ define( 'SC_LICENSE_KEY', 'licence key here' ); define( 'SC_OPTION_NAME', 'XXXXX_license_options' ); // This will result in an option named "xxx_license_options". define( 'SC_PUBLIC_TOKEN', 'Your Plugins Public Token' ); // This should be the public token". /** * SureCart Licensing Client */ class SC_Client { public $version = '1.0.1'; public $public_token; public function __construct( $public_token ) { $this->public_token = $public_token; } public function endpoint() { return 'https://api.surecart.com/'; } public function send_request( $method, $route, $body = null ) { $headers = [ 'X-SURECART-WP-LICENSING-SDK-VERSION' => $this->version, 'Accept' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => "Bearer {$this->public_token}", 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' ]; $response = wp_remote_request( $this->endpoint() . $route, [ 'headers' => $headers, 'method' => $method, 'timeout' => 30, 'body' => $body ? wp_json_encode( $body ) : null, ] ); if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) { return $response; } return json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) ); } } /** * SureCart License Management */ class SC_License { protected $client; public function __construct( $client ) { $this->client = $client; } public function validate( $license_key ) { $route = "v1/public/licenses/{$license_key}"; return $this->client->send_request( 'GET', $route ); } } /** * SureCart Activation Management */ class SC_Activation { protected $client; public function __construct( $client ) { $this->client = $client; } public function create( $license_id ) { $body = [ 'activation' => [ 'fingerprint' => esc_url_raw( get_site_url() ), 'name' => get_bloginfo(), 'license' => $license_id, ] ]; return $this->client->send_request( 'POST', 'v1/public/activations', $body ); } } /** * Activate SureCart License and store the activation data in the options table. */ function sc_activate_license() { if ( empty( SC_LICENSE_KEY ) || empty( SC_PUBLIC_TOKEN ) ) { error_log( 'SC License activation aborted: Missing license key or public token.' ); return; } // Check if activation is already successful $stored_license_data = get_option( SC_OPTION_NAME, [] ); // If activation data exists and matches, do nothing if ( isset($stored_license_data['sc_license_key']) && $stored_license_data['sc_license_key'] === SC_LICENSE_KEY && ! empty($stored_license_data['sc_activation_id']) ) { return; // No need to re-activate } // Initialize Client, License, and Activation handlers $client = new SC_Client( SC_PUBLIC_TOKEN ); $license = new SC_License( $client ); $activation = new SC_Activation( $client ); // Validate the license $validated_license = $license->validate( SC_LICENSE_KEY ); if ( is_wp_error( $validated_license ) ) { error_log( 'SC License validation failed: ' . $validated_license->get_error_message() ); add_action('admin_notices', function() { echo '

SureCart License validation failed. Please check your license key.

'; }); return; } if ( empty( $validated_license->id ) ) { error_log( 'SC License validation failed: No license ID returned.' ); return; } // Get License ID $license_id = $validated_license->id; // Activate the license $activation_data = $activation->create( $license_id ); if ( is_wp_error( $activation_data ) ) { error_log( 'SC License activation failed: ' . $activation_data->get_error_message() ); add_action('admin_notices', function() { echo '

SureCart License activation failed. Please try again.

'; }); return; } if ( empty( $activation_data->id ) ) { error_log( 'SC License activation failed: No activation ID returned.' ); return; } // Get Activation ID $activation_id = $activation_data->id; // Prepare the serialized data format $license_options = [ 0 => false, // Represents "i:0;b:0;" in the serialized format. 'sc_license_key' => SC_LICENSE_KEY, 'sc_license_id' => $license_id, 'sc_activation_id' => $activation_id, ]; // Store activation data in the options table update_option( SC_OPTION_NAME, $license_options ); error_log( 'SC License activated successfully and saved in the options table.' ); add_action('admin_notices', function() { echo '

SureCart License successfully activated.

'; }); } // Run the activation function on admin init add_action( 'admin_init', 'sc_activate_license' ); ```PHP