Title: subscription mandatory?
Last modified: October 18, 2023

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# subscription mandatory?

 *  Resolved [brobro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brobro/)
 * (@brobro)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-mandatory/)
 * I just installed Wordfence on a new site. I couldn’t really enable it without
   a license. Is there no free version anymore?

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 *  Plugin Support [wfmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmark/)
 * (@wfmark)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-mandatory/#post-17135632)
 * Hi [@brobro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brobro/), Thank you for reaching
   out to us.
 * The free version is still available. However, we made a few changes to the free
   license sign-up process. Existing free site keys created before the change will
   continue working, but all new installations require you to register for a new
   key.
 * You can see the reasoning behind why we changed the free signup process in the
   following blog post: [https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/11/wordfence-7-8-0-announcement/](https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/11/wordfence-7-8-0-announcement/)
 * Please click on the **Resume installation** button on the sites with issues and
   follow the instructions in the video on the page below to obtain a free license
   key.
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/help/api-key/#installing-your-free-license-key](https://www.wordfence.com/help/api-key/#installing-your-free-license-key)
 * Please note that you can use the same email address to obtain license keys for
   all your sites. There’s no limit to the number of free sites a single email address
   can configure.
 * Let me know in case you have any issues.
 * Thanks,
 * Mark.
 *  Thread Starter [brobro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brobro/)
 * (@brobro)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-mandatory/#post-17135648)
 * Thanks, I saw it. I was a bit overwhelmed because I didn’t use WordPress for 
   a bit and so many plugins now want you to pay for them. It becomes a bit much.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-mandatory/#post-17135648)
 * Status: resolved