{"id":158230,"date":"2025-12-22T16:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=158230"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:51:17","slug":"troubleshooting-i-dont-see-the-license-option-in-wp-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/troubleshooting-i-dont-see-the-license-option-in-wp-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting: I don&#8217;t see the License option in WP Admin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The License option appears when you have an Elementor Pro plugin installed and activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax-534x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159667\" style=\"width:280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax-534x1024.png 534w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax-157x300.png 157w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax-768x1471.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax-802x1536.png 802w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/axaxax.png 808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If the License option doesn&#8217;t appear:<br>1. Install\/activate both the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/find-install-wordpress-plugins\/\">Elementor<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/installing-elementor-pro\/\">Elementor Pro<\/a> plugins or if you are ONE user go and activate it from the home page as seen in the next screenshot: <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1111-888x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159674\" style=\"width:280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1111-888x1024.png 888w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1111-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1111-768x885.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1111.png 1178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. If you see an \u201cUpgrade\u201d prompt and no License screen, you probably only have the free plugin installed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tttt-597x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159717\" style=\"width:280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tttt-597x1024.png 597w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tttt-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tttt-768x1318.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tttt.png 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. After installing Elementor Pro, follow the connection process and the License option will appear. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/activate-your-license-key\/\">Connect and activate Elementor Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The License option appears when you have an Elementor Pro plugin installed and activated. If the License option doesn&#8217;t appear:1. Install\/activate both the Elementor, and Elementor Pro plugins or if you are ONE user go and activate it from the home page as seen in the next screenshot: 2. If you see an \u201cUpgrade\u201d prompt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1463],"tags":[1325],"class_list":["post-158230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubleshooting-editor","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Troubleshooting: I don&#039;t see the License option in WP Admin | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Troubleshooting: I don&#039;t see the License option in WP Admin in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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