Thinking about what you’d lose if you decide not to renew your Restrict license? Here’s the honest, complete answer for both Restrict for WordPress and Restrict for Elementor — including the one case where renewal never comes up at all.
What stops working when a yearly license expires
Once your yearly license expires and you decide not to renew it, all of the premium features will stop working. You also won’t receive any further updates, and you’ll no longer have access to premium support.
What keeps working
Your website won’t break. You will still have the set of features available in the free versions of Restrict and Restrict for Elementor, which you can keep using for as long as you like. In other words, an expired license takes you back to the free feature set — nothing more dramatic than that.
Lifetime licenses never expire
This whole question only applies to yearly subscriptions. If you purchased a one-time lifetime license, there is nothing to renew: it never expires, and you keep the premium features, updates and support forever with no recurring payments.
Deciding whether to renew
Renewing keeps your premium features active and ensures the plugin stays up to date with new WordPress releases and with integrations like WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and Tickera. If you’d rather not think about renewals again, you can switch to a lifetime license — upgrades can be made at any time from your account dashboard, and you only pay the difference. Current plans and prices (1 site, 5 sites or unlimited sites) are listed on the pricing page.
Not sure what’s best for your situation? Feel free to contact us and we’ll help you figure it out.