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Paying for Renewal of WPML Plugin for My Website

Learn how to take over ownership of a site a developer built for you.

If the developer who built your site has registered it under their WPML account, they control renewals, access to support, and other factors related to your site. 

This may not be an effective setup for you in the long term — especially if you lose contact with the developer.

To ensure you have control and ownership of your site:

1. Purchase the WPML Multilingual CMS plan. This also allows you to register more sites under this account, apart from the one your developer has built.

2. Go to your site’s admin and click on Plugins → Add Plugin and switch to the Commercial tab.

3. Click on Unregister WPML from this site.

Unregistering WPML

4. On the pop up, click on Get a key for this site to get a new registration code from your own account, and paste it in the field. WPML is now re-registered under your own WPML subscription.

Re-registering with a new site key

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I change the URL registered with WPML?

If your developer registered WPML on a development or staging site, you can update it to your production URL in your WPML account.

Simply log into your WPML account, go to Register WPML on your sites and click the icon next to the site you want to modify.

What happens if I don’t renew WPML?

If your WPML subscription expires, you will stop receiving plugin updates, lose access to support, and won’t be able to register WPML on new sites or re-register it if your site’s URL changes. Over time, your site may also experience issues as you’re using an outdated plugin.

To learn more about what happens when your subscription expires, see our WPML Renewals page.