How do licenses work for any plugins that are bundled with the theme I bought?

Updated 1 year ago

Many themes sold on ThemeForest come bundled with premium plugins from CodeCanyon.

A plugin is an additional component that offers functionality and features beyond a typical theme installation. Theme authors (who sell the themes) may choose to include certain plugins (such as Visual Composer, Revolution Slider or other page builder plugins) within their item to add these special functions and features to the theme package. You don’t need a separate license to use a bundled plug-in as part of the theme it was bundled with.

Bundled plugins offer the same core features and functionality as the standalone version of the item on CodeCanyon.

Some plugins may ask for a purchase code for registration/activation once installed, however, you can simply ignore these messages as bundled plugins do not require activation or registration. The plugin will still work as intended with the theme once the theme has been activated/registered.

When a plugin is updated, the theme author will include the latest version of the bundled plugin with their next theme update. So you can easily update the bundled plugin when you next update your theme.