Tips before buying WordPress GPL Themes and Plugins

 Tips before buying WordPress GPL Themes and Plugins

Nowadays many people are confused between blogger and WordPress. Which one is best? Who gives more earnings, Who ranks better in Google? In terms of security which one is best? In this article, I am not going to show you the comparison between these two but here I am going to tell you some points that help you to choose the right one.

We all have some questions in our mind related to GPL Plugins, whether they are safe or not, is it legal or not to use GPL themes and plugins on WordPress website. So here I am going to answer all queries related to GPL themes and plugins, So read this article because this affects your website security and income.

What is the abbreviation of GPL?

At first, let's understand what the term GPL means General Public License. It is also known as GNU. So let's start with whether GPL Themes and Plugins get updates, security code, License key, virus issue, etc. 

Who created GPL?

GPL is a license that a user easily uses on her website. The main developer sells their Themes and Plugins to experts and these experts further make coding in this to improve its efficiency and to adjust it according to its need and this becomes the GPL version of a theme or plugin.  

Mainly developers sell these GPL themes and plugins for income, but there are few developers who placed some coding in it that help them a lifetime.

Is it safe to use free of cost GPL themes and Plugins?

If you are looking for free of cost of GPL themes and plugins then make sure that it is safe to use and it didn't have any coding that provides your website personal information to the developer.

There are many websites from where you can buy GPL themes and plugins at a cheap price. Here I am giving you the link to my personal trusted website. But make sure that you have trust in that website before buying.

The main advantage of purchased GPL themes and plugins is that you get minor support in it. Although you didn't get any 24/7 support. But you minor issues related to themes or plugins you will get minor help. But make sure that you purchased a GPL version of themes and plugins from a trusted source, there are many hackers and fraud people that are looking for their next target. So try to avoid and only choose that platform where you have trust.

Disadvantages of free GPL Themes and plugins 

In free GPL themes and plugins, it is possible that it contains any script that harms your website and gives your website personal details like : 

• From where your website gets traffic.
• Where your website links are made.
• And if you placed any Google Adsense code, in that case, if three people click on your ad then one click goes to that developer account.

But if you download a free GPL theme and plugins then you will not get minor help or support from the platform from where you download it. This is the main disadvantage of free GPL themes or plugins. You have to fully depend on that platform to provide any update of that theme and plugin.

Whether GPL Themes and Plugins get an update?

There are two answers to this question. The first one is if you purchased a GPL theme and plugin from a trusted website, in that case, you will get updates for a period of 6 months or mostly for 1 year, and after this, you have to renew it for further use.

The second one is if you download a free GPL theme or plugin then you will not get any future updates. For your whole life, you have to depend on that platform for a free update of that version. So this is the main disadvantage of a free GPL theme or plugin.

If you didn't want to go the GPL version of any theme or plugin that you have to pay a huge amount for this to the main developer of that theme or plugin. Again, in this case, you will get 6 months or 1-year updates and after this, you have to renew your GPL version for further use.

That's why many people consider GPL themes and plugins because it is cheap, and provides minor help and support for 6 months or 1 year. If you get any problem in that case you can easily contact through the platform from where you purchased it. But again friends only buy GPL themes and plugins from the website which you trust.

Otherwise, you can use free versions, there are lots of these available in WordPress. 

Always understand that if a plugin or theme is hugely popular in the market in that case you have to pay a little more for its GPL version. Don't go for the free version of this, Otherwise, you have to pay for it later.

Whether you get an activation code or license key in the GPL version?

If you purchased a GPL theme or plugin from a trusted website then definitely you will get an activation code or license key for it. But there are very few themes and plugins that didn't provide any activation code or license key in the GPL version.

But if a GPL version of a theme or plugins wants an activation key or license key it means friends that it wants these to provide you future updates or for auto-updates, and also you get support from the main developer of that theme or plugin.

 Always remember guys that in today's world nothing is free and after a point of time you have to pay for it whether directly by purchasing the GPL version or indirectly after your website gets hacked while using free GPL themes and plugins to recover it.

So always try to buy the GPL version of themes and plugins to protect yourself from any malware. If you have any trust issues in the GPL version only in that case go for the free version otherwise use the GPL version of that theme or plugin.